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6th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in
Libraries and Information Services

An IFLA Satellite Conference
 
22nd – 25th August 2005, Collingwood College, Durham, UK
 
The Impact and Outcomes of Library and Information Services: Performance
measurement for a changing information environment
 
 
Following five highly successful previous Conferences since 1995, the
Division of Information and Communication Studies in the School of
Informatics, Engineering and Technology at the University of Northumbria in
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, is pleased to announce its sixth conference in 2005
and to issue this Call for Papers.
 
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
*Andrew Booth, Senior Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare Information &
Director of Information Resources, University of Sheffield, UK 
*Sue Henczel, Manager, Training and Consortia, Caval Collaborative
Solutions, Australia
*Karen Motylewski, Research Officer, Institute for Museum and Library
Services, USA
*Dr Roswitha Poll, former director of University and Regional Library Mü
nster, Germany
 
AUDIENCE
Library and information professionals in ALL sectors of library and
information services and research and teaching staff.
 
CONFERENCE TOPICS
Conference presentations are sought in, but not limited to the following
areas:
● The Digital Library ●Measuring Electronic Services ●The Internet as
Information Source ● Libraries and Information Services – Value and Impact
●Methodologies ●Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis ●Research Projects
●Benchmarking ●Evaluating Performance Measurement ●Measuring the
Effectiveness of Collaborative Working ●Building a Culture of Continuous
Improvement ●The Human Dimension 
 
PRESENTATION FORMATS
Proposals are invited for presentations in a variety of formats which may
include, but are not limited to:
●Seminar Presentation ●Panel Discussion ●Workshop ●Meet the Expert
moderated question and answer ●Poster Session ●Demonstration –
Information Technology/Audiovisual 
 
Presentation sessions should be no more than 30 minutes in length including
time for questions from the audience.   An outline of the presentation
together with appropriate handouts and/or bibliographies should be made
available (in electronic format) in advance of the conference for inclusion
in the conference notebook.  Posters will be displayed for the duration of
the conference with specific time allocated for delegates to discuss posters
with the presenters.  Posters are particularly welcome from students.
Poster size should be ISO A1 (594 mm by 841 mm).
 
The language of the Conference is English
 
For a proposal form and submission guidelines contact Sarah Howells, School
of Informatics, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST.
Email: [log in to unmask], Tel:  00 44 (0) 191 227 3222, 
Fax:  00 44 (0) 191 243 7203.  Website: www.northumbria.ac.uk/imri
 
The Conference brochure and other registration details will be published in
June 2005.  
 
 
 



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