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Heads of Cataloging
Departments Interest Group “Assessment 101” Monday, June 25, 2012 - 8:00am
to 10:00am Anaheim Convention Center,
209B The Heads of
Cataloging Departments Interest Group is pleased to announce
the first of what we hope will be a series of meetings focused
on assessment. The first session will be held at the ALA 2012
Annual Conference in Anaheim. The cataloging and
technical services communities have long struggled with making
evidence-based decisions about their particular areas of
librarianship. Without robust and tested metrics for
evaluating technical services operations, and without a strong
contingent of assessment experts existing within our ranks, it
has been difficult to define and develop a broad culture of
assessment for cataloging. To help foster the
growth of assessment expertise within our community, the Heads
of Cataloging Departments Interest Group will be dedicating
several meetings to the topic. At Annual 2012, we will
sponsor a seminar-style presentation on the essentials of
assessment. This session will be lead by Joyce Chapman,
Project Librarian for the Triangle Research Libraries Network.
Joyce will provide attendees with an understanding of the
basics of assessment theory, help managers acquire an
understanding of assessment best practices and techniques, and
facilitate a group discussion on why, how, and when assessment
techniques could be most beneficial within the specific
context of cataloging and technical services. This initial
“Assessment 101” session will set the stage for future Heads
of Cataloging IG meetings, starting with Midwinter 2013, where
we will invite speakers who have implemented an assessment
project within their cataloging/metadata/TS unit to share
their experiences and best advice. Speaker Bio: Joyce Chapman is Project
Librarian for the Triangle Research Libraries Network's
"Content, Context, and Capacity" grant, where she leads
quantitative and qualitative project evaluation efforts.
Previously, Joyce was a Libraries Fellow at North Carolina State
University. In this role, she conducted research to assess
the cost and value of metadata creation and maintenance
workflows, and led data analysis and
visualization initiatives to help staff better
understand how patrons use library spaces and services. Joyce
serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the journal Evidence
Based Library and Information Practice. She received
her Masters in Information Science from UNC-Chapel Hill in
2009. A copy of Joyce’s presentation
will be posted on the Interest Group’s homepage on ALAConnect
after the conference: http://connect.ala.org/node/66155.
Please contact Chris Cronin ([email protected]),
Chair of the ALCTS Heads of Cataloging Departments Interest
Group, with any questions. ___________________________________________
Christopher
Cronin Director
of Technical Services University
of Chicago Library 1100
E. 57th Street Chicago,
IL 60637 Phone:
773-702-8739 Fax:
773-702-3016 Skype:
christopher-cronin E-mail:
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