Featured NISO Two-Part Webinar on Metrics, August 9 and 16

What You'll Want to Know!

Usage metrics are both useful and controversial — a complicated arena of exploration. New technologies and policies lead to new behaviors and practices. How much should libraries rely on usage to justify their continued investment in a publication, database, or platform?  What sorts of metrics do publishers use, and how? How well do our existing definitions and tools work in an increasingly open access world? Are there opportunities for libraries and publishers to work together on new and more equitable metrics? In our increasingly data-driven world, this two-part webinar will enable a much-needed deeper discussion of these and other important questions for all stakeholders in the information community.

Confirmed speakers include Sherine Eid, Acting Head of Quality Improvement Unit, Library Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA); Sebastian Hammer, Co-founder and President, Index Data; Klara Maidenberg, Assessment Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries (UTL); John McDonald, Director of Product Management for Analytics & Assessment for EBSCO and a member of the board at COUNTER; Dr. Roswitha Poll, Chair of the International LIbrary Statistics Working Group, ISO TC 46 SC 8 Quality - Statistics and Performance Evaluation, retired Chief Librarian, Muenster University Library; and Jian Wang, Electronic and Continuing Resources Librarian, Portland State University and member of the SPARC Data Analysis Working Group.

A special thanks to Beth German, Assistant Director Library Assessment and User Experience, at Princeton University, and member of the NISO Education Committee for working closely with us in the planning of this program!

Join us on August 9th and August 16th at 11:00am (Eastern Standard Time, US & Canada)! Be sure to visit the event pages for updates and to register.