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Outcomes, Value & Impact: Metrics for Library Success
www.metricsandlibraries.org Monday & Tuesday, Oct 2nd & 3rd, 2017 the iSchool at the University of Toronto Early Bird extended to Sept. 29th! The current world is challenging all organizations to demonstrate their financial value and economic impact in ways that are new to many of us. All types of libraries are being asked to prove their worth in terms of the amount of money taxpayers or stockholders invest versus the value they receive in return. Join us for in-depth conversations and hands-on practice as well as tips and techniques to apply more metrics in your organization. Are your measurement strategies up-to-date?
If these questions interest you and your team, then this is the symposium for you to explore new ways to think about measurement as well as to address our future challenges. This symposium is about the various metrics and measures the library sector and discipline uses to manage what it is doing (its activities and individual services) and the value of what it is doing. These are very different measurement objectives and processes, yet complementary and vital. It discusses "measurement" in a broad sense, including the value of selected services as well as the overall management of processes and services. It is very important that people in the library sector are aware of different measures - - with different objectives. Who knows where new ideas will come from? All libraries can learn from each other. This 1.5-day event illustrates the breadth and depth of the challenge for stronger and better measurements of our impact and value:
Explore with your colleagues the opportunities and practices in both qualitative and quantitative measurements as well as best practices in visualization of data and communicating with our funders, management, councils and more. Speakers: Rebecca Jones, Director, Services, Brampton Public Library Richard Hulser, Chief Librarian, Natural History Museum of LA Christa Werle, Public Services Project Manager, Sno-Isle Libraries (via Skype) Lindsay Hanson, Data Analysis Librarian, Sno-Isle Libraries Jason Griffey, Founder & Principal Consultant, Evenly Distributed LLC & former Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University Elizabeth Malak, Toronto Public Library Elizabeth Glass, Toronto Public Library Carmen Ho, Toronto Public Library Stephen Abram, Executive Director,Federation of Ontario Public Libraries Carl Thompson, Counting Opinions Daphne Wood, Director, Communications & Development, Greater Victoria Public Library Kyla Everall, User Services Librarian, Reference & Research Services, University of Toronto Robarts Library Judith Logan, User Services Librarian, Reference & Research Services, University of Toronto Robarts Library Lisa Gayhart, User Experience Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries Tony Del Monaco, Director of Finance & Facilities, Hamilton Public Library Krystin Parkinson, Senior Planning & Development Officer, Hamilton Public Library Brendan Howley, BothAnd / OpenMediaDesk for Ontario Libraries Conference Co-Chairs: Jane Dysart, Senior Partner, Dysart & Jones Stephen Abram, Federation of Ontario Public Libraries Location: Faculty of Information, University of Toronto Claude Bissell Building 140 St. George Street Toronto, ON M5S 3G6 Gold Sponsor Counting Opinions http://www.countingopinions.com/ For sponsorship opportunities or a chance to demonstrate technology please contact: Jane Dysart, jane@dysartjones.com |
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