[Publib] NISO Performance Measures Webinar – November 14

[Cynthia Hodgson]

*NISO Performance Measures Webinar *

Date: November 14, 2008
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2008/webinars/measures/

*About the Webinar*

The sixth webinar in NISO's Demystifying Standards series will focus on 
Performance Measures for libraries and archives, in particular how to 
translate data into service improvements.

What are concrete steps we can take to measure our library's progress, 
help researchers assess their impact, and improve outcomes? If you've 
ever asked yourself--or been asked--this question, this webinar can 
help. This event will cover specific performance measures and real-world 
application of these measures to assess performance and enhance your 
programs or services. The webinar will review both the current state of 
performance measures and where improvements are needed as well as 
include specific case studies of ongoing performance assessment programs.

*Speakers*

The Performance Measures webinar will feature presentations from:**

-- Johan Bollen, Staff Researcher, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
Research Library. Bollen is the principal investigator for the MEtrics 
from Scholarly Usage of Resources (MESUR) project 
(www.mesur.org/MESUR.html) whose objective is enriching the toolkit used 
for the assessment of the impact of scholarly communication items, and 
hence of scholars, with metrics that derive from usage data.

-- Dianne L. Carty, Head of State Aid & Data Coordination, Massachusetts 
Board of Library Commissioners. Carty is the chair of NISO's Z39.7 
Standing Committee that is responsible for the ongoing maintenance and 
updating of the standard, Information Services and Use: Metrics & 
statistics for libraries and information providers—Data Dictionary 
(www.niso.org/dictionary).

Additional speaker(s) to be added shortly; check the event website. The 
webinar will provide attendees with ample opportunity for questions 
during the event; NISO will post the questions asked during the event 
and their answers on the event website following the webinar.

*Costs & Registration *

-- NISO and ALCTS Members: $59

-- Non Members: $79

Register online at: https://www.regonline.com/measures 
<https://www.regonline.com/measures>


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Cynthia Hodgson
NISO Technical Editor Consultant
National Information Standards Organization
Email: chodgson at niso.org <mailto:chodgson at niso.org>
Phone: 301-654-2512