[Neasis-l] Register Now for "Metrics for Special Collections" -- Special Pricing

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*Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education*

 

Metrics for Special Collections: An Introduction

 

June 25, 2011

9:00am - 12:30 pm

Simmons College Campus, Boston


Special Pricing: $80 (Simmons GSLIS Alumni Price $62)

 

PDPs: 3.5

 

What is the difference between an output and an outcome? What do granting
agencies mean by demonstrating effective change through evaluation? How can
we foster and embed a culture of assessment in our repositories, regardless
of the types of collections we hold or number of staff? And what kind of
data should we be trying to capture anyway?

 

OCLC's recently released report, Taking Our Pulse: The OCLC Research Survey
of Special Collections and Archives (October 2010), has the development of
metrics to enable the "standardized measurement of key aspects of special
collections use and management" as one of its main recommendations for
action. This half-day workshop is designed to introduce participants to the
national metrics conversation: why archivists need to think beyond user
statistics; how assessment can improve practice; and the value of metrics
not only as a reporting mechanism for management, but as a way to advocate
for staff and dynamically change workflow and patron interaction.

 

At the end of this course, you will understand key metrics-related
terminology and avenues for evaluation, and discover what tools and models
are available to archivists to facilitate data collection, including MD, a
tool for capturing processing metrics for archival and manuscript
collections developed by Emily Gustainis.

 

Instructors: 

 

Kathryn Hammond Baker is the Deputy Director for the Center for the History
of Medicine, Countway Library, Harvard Medical School.

 

Emily R. Novak Gustainis (MLS) has been the Collections Services Archivist
for the Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Library, Harvard
Medical School, for the past two years, collaboratively leading the Center's
descriptive program and processing metrics initiative.

 

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For additional information or to register see
http://alanis.simmons.edu/ceweb/registerinfo.php or contact
gslisce at simmons.edu

 

 

-- 

Kris Liberman '87LS

Program Manager

Simmons GSLIS CE

T - 617-521-2803

F - 617-521-3192

gslisce at simmons.edu

http://gslis.simmons.edu/ce

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