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UKSG are pleased to announce this new course to be held in London next
month:
UKSG Usage Statistics for Decision Making
Thursday 18 November 2010
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London
This new 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 four case studies on how usage 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 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 practical ways that 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
Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Liaison & Academic Services, Newcastle University
10.30 Apples, oranges and other unfair comparisons: ensuring decisions are
based on reliable information
Terry Bucknell, Electronic Resources Manager, University of Liverpool
11.15 Patron-led acquisition of e-books: managing the risks and exploiting
the benefits
Jill Taylor-Roe, Head of Liaison & Academic Services, Newcastle University
12.00 Evaluating the Big Deal: what metrics matter?
Selena Killick, Research & Development Officer, Cranfield University
12.45 Lunch
13.45 Counting the cost: the role usage statistics can play in a library
subscriptions review
Sarah Thompson, Acting Customer Services Manager and Content Acquisition
Librarian, University of York
14.30 Questions for the panel on the case studies presented
15.00 Tea
15.15 Open forum
Delegates are invited to speak about issues and challenges they have
encountered with usage statistics and managerial decision making, and invite
comment and advice from the panel. Comments are welcome on the day but to
make this forum more effective, delegates are invited to submit their
questions/issues for the panel, via the UKSG Administrator, at the time of
booking.
15.45 Feedback and evaluation forms
16.00 Close of seminar
Fee (includes refreshments and lunch)
UKSG members £150.00 + £26.25 VAT [17.5%] (total £176.25)
Non-members £200.00 + £35.00 VAT [17.5%] (total £235.00)
Venue
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London, SW1
How to book
Please book via the UKSG website –
https://www.uksg.org/event/USdecisionmaking181110/book
or contact Karen Sadler, UKSG Administrator as below.
Venue location details will be sent with confirmation of booking.
Cancellations
By Wednesday 10 November 2010 Full refund
From Thursday 11 November 2010 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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