From: NISO Announce <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 14:51:54 -0400

SPECIAL NISO TRAINING SERIES

Assessment Practices and Metrics for the 21st Century

October 19, 2018 – December 21, 2018, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm (Eastern)

 

Early Bird Registration Rates Extended Through October 5th.

Use this form, if paying by credit card. A printable registration form is available on the NISO event page linked above.

 

Objective: To provide consistency of training and a common baseline of knowledge for information professionals in considering and applying assessment practices for scholarly resources across multiple information services and systems.  

 

Who Will Benefit from this Training Series:

  • Academic librarians whose role includes assessment as a professional role or who have been assigned to conduct assessment exercises in their own library
  • Early or mid-career publishing staff in product development or marketing roles who seek a better understanding of assessment activities and the metrics by which a product or service may be evaluated
  • Mid-career managers or supervisors whose roles require them to conduct small and medium size assessment projects or exercises.

 

Course Moderator: Martha Kyrillidou, Director & CEO, Qualitymetrics, LLC

 

Confirmed Guest Lecturers:

  • Starr Hoffman, Director, Planning & Assessment, University of Nevada – Las Vega; 
  • Sarah Murphy, Assessment CoordinatorResearch and EducationThompson Library, Ohio State University;
  • Steven Braun, Data Analytics and Visualization SpecialistNortheastern University Libraries
  • Nancy A. Turner, Associate Director for Organizational Research & Strategy Alignment, Temple University;
  • Frankie Wilson, Head of Assessment & Secretariat, Bodleian Library, Oxford University; 

 

Other names to be announced shortly. 

 

Course Dates and Duration: October 19, 2018 – December 21, 2018. The course will consist of eight segments, one per week and each lasting between 60 and 90 minutes. Sessions are scheduled as a lunch hour learning opportunity on Friday afternoons, 11:30 – 1:00pm (Eastern). Registrations include access to an archived recording, distributed within 24-48 hours of the program segment. As per standard NISO practice, a single registration allows the gathering of an unlimited number of staff from your organization/institution in a conference room setting to view the event on the day of the live broadcast.

 

Have questions? Get in touch:

 

NISO

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Baltimore, MD 21211-1948

Phone: +1.301.654.2512

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