>
>Dear Folks:
> Our colleagues in ALA, LITA are working on developing new
>measures for library quality. In light of our current work on
>ABA/AALS standards and measures, we should watch this discussion.
>
>Betsy McKenzie
>St. Louis University
>School of Law Library
>
>
>
>
>>From: IN%"JENG@zodiac.rutgers.edu" 13-MAY-1994 11:39:49.50
>>To: IN%"visions@library"
>>CC:
>>Subj: LITA Research Comm. Open Hearing in Miami
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>** This announcement has been cross-posted on several lists.
>> Please excuse any duplication. **
>>
>>
>>At the ALA Midwinter meeting in Los Angeles, the newly-created LITA Research
>>Committee agreed to launch an examination of one of the most vexing problems
>>of the Information Age: how to measure and evaluate a library's information
>>resources and services in the emerging electronic environment. The
>>difficulties of measuring and evaluating electronic library services range
>>from capturing the utilization rates of collections and services ("turnstile
>>counts") for users who access the online catalog or library gopher server
>>from remote locations, through counting the "circulation" of networked
>>texts, to evaluating the "collection resources" of a library that provides
>>unrestricted access to the vast information assets of the Internet, and
>>include a growing concern with evaluating the outcomes of library service as
>>well as measuring resource inputs.
>>
>>These issues have been of concern to library researchers, managers and
>>practitioners for some time, and considerable work has already been done.
>>The Research Committee believes that the time is right to identify and
>>synthesize the previous research and development work in this area, to help
>>define the work that remains to be done, and to demonstrate the ways in
>>which the research findings can be applied to the development of actual
>>solutions to measurement and evaluation problems related to electronic
>>information. To this end, the committee will prepare a proposal for a
>>program to be held at the 1995 Annual Conference.
>>
>>To assist in preparing for the program, the Research Committee will hold an
>>open hearing at the 1994 Annual Conference in Miami. The hearing is
>>scheduled for Sunday morning, June 26, from 9:30 to 11 AM, and we encourage
>>all LITA members with an interest in this topic to attend and participate in
>>the discussion. In addition, we invite anyone who has conducted or is
>>conducting research on measurement and evaluation of libraries in an
>>electronic environment, or who has a perspective on the issues that would
>>help frame discussion, to submit to the Committee a brief (250-word)
>>description of their research or analysis of the issues. These submissions
>>will help us to prepare background information on the topic and plan the
>>1995 program and any related publications; in addition, we may ask some of
>>the respondents to join us at the open hearing in Miami to deliver a brief
>>presentation on their work as background for the discussion. Please send
>>these submissions to the committee chair, Gary Lawrence, at Office of the
>>President, University of California, 300 Lakeside Drive, 18th Floor,
>>Oakland, CA 94612-3550; telephone (510) 987-9461; fax (510) 987-9456; e-mail
>>gary.lawrence@ucop.edu. Submissions or questions are welcome at any time,
>>but submissions received by May 31, 1994 will be given first consideration
>>for inclusion in the open hearing at Miami.
>>
>>
>
>
>--Boundary (ID TMj2K/a9kWJVk6l3XcZrvg)--
Betsy McKenzie
Readers Sevices Librarian
St. Louis University
School of Law Library
3700 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 658-2739
I-net mckenziebm@sluvca.slu.edu
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