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UKSG are pleased to offer the second in our series of usage statistics
seminars:


 


UKSG Usage Statistics for Decision Making


 


Thursday 2 February 2012, London


 

 

This one-day seminar from UKSG follows on from the UKSG Usage Statistics
Training Seminar, which has now been running successfully for several years.

 

Course summary/why you should attend

Libraries have access to more data than ever before about the way that their
electronic resources are being used by readers, and advances in
standardisation led by the COUNTER initiative are making these more
accessible and reliable as a basis for decision making.

 

At the same time, public sector institutions are being asked to make
extremely difficult choices about priorities for spending.  Although this
presents huge challenges, it can also be an impetus to change the ways in
which services are provided.

 

This seminar offers invaluable background information on how usage
statistics are collated and what they do and do not measure, as well as case
studies demonstrating how statistics are informing the decision-making
process in real life, and gives delegates the chance to share their own
experiences, positive and negative, with using statistics for decision
making.

 

Course level and previous knowledge required
This course is at intermediate/advanced level and is aimed at those who
already have some experience of gathering usage statistics.  It will be of
particular interest to librarians and library managers working in the
further and higher education sector but may also be of interest to those
working in other areas of the scholarly information industry.

 

Please note: We also highly recommend the UKSG Usage Statistics Training
Seminar, a practical workshop on gathering and manipulating usage statistics
which is run twice a year.

 

Learning objectives

Delegates will:

*	learn about how usage statistics are created and what they actually
measure
*	learn about practical ways in which e-journal and e-book usage
statistics have been used by staff in university libraries to inform
decision-making processes
*	discuss their own experiences of gathering and manipulating usage
statistics in order to make financial, management and service decisions.

 

 


PROGRAMME


 

10.00   Registration and coffee

 

10.20   Welcome and introduction by the Chair and UKSG representative

Kate Price, Head of E-Strategy & Resources, University of Surrey

 

10.30   What do usage statistics actually measure and what should libraries
watch out for?
Sonja Lendi, Usage Research Manager, Elsevier BV

 

11.10   Apples, oranges and other unfair comparisons: ensuring decisions are
based on reliable information

Kate Price, Head of E-Strategy & Resources, University of Surrey

 

11.50   Break

 

12.10   Panel discussion

 

12.30   Lunch

 

13.30   Evaluating the Big Deal: what metrics matter?

Selena Killick, Library Quality Officer, Cranfield University

 

14.10   IReL: the place of usage statistics in making difficult decisions

Arlene Healy, Sub-Librarian, Digital Systems and Services, Trinity College
Library Dublin

 

14.50   Tea


15.10   Panel discussion

 

15.30   Open forum
Delegates are invited to speak about issues and challenges they have
encountered with usage statistics and to share ideas with fellow
practitioners.  Comments are welcome on the day but, to make this forum more
effective, delegates are invited to submit their questions/issues to the
panel via the UKSG Administrator at the time of booking.

 

16.00   Feedback and evaluation forms


16.15   Close of seminar

 


 


Fee (includes refreshments and lunch)


UKSG members         £175.00 + £35.00 VAT [20%] (total £210.00) 

Non-members             £225.00 + £45.00 VAT [20%] (total £270.00)


 


Venue


The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, SW1 

 

How to book

Please book via the UKSG website – www.uksg.org/event/usdecisionmaking020212
– or contact me as below.

 

Venue location details will be sent with confirmation of booking. 

 


Cancellations


By Wednesday 25 January 2012                   Full refund


From Thursday 26 January 2012                   No refund


 

NB:  UK Serials Group reserves the right to alter or vary the programme due
to events or circumstances beyond its reasonable control without being
obliged to refund monies.

 

 

Karen Sadler

Administrator

UKSG

Tel. +44 (0)1865 310834

Fax. +44(0)1865 310834

www.uksg.org

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