Call for Papers
The Call for Papers for the satellite meeting has ended. We thank you all for your kind interest to our calls.
Many interesting and promising submissions were received (47 altogether) and 15 papers has now been selected to be presented at the meeting.
We are also pleased to announce that the programme is to be found on our Programme page, though it may be subject to change.
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World Library and Information Congress 78th IFLA General Congress and Assembly 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Satellite Meeting
August 8-9, 2012
University of Turku, Turku, Finland
IFLA Statistics and Evaluation Section
IFLA Management and Marketing Section
IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section
Library’s Efficiency, Impact and Outcomes
Statistical Evaluation and Other Methods as Tools for Management and Decision-making
The radical change in the operational environment of libraries has set new challenges for library leadership and management. The traditional method for libraries has been collecting a substantial amount of statistical data. This is no longer enough for modern management. New ways of analysing efficiency, impact and outcomes measurement are needed to obtain better data and information for marketing and managing as well as demonstrating the impact of libraries. In addition to the quantitative data, one also needs qualitative data and methods of identifying users’ needs. Finally, combining different types of results and data will provide new possibilities in fighting for the library’s resources and meeting the users’ service needs.
Main themes
- Statistical analysis and qualitative methods as tools for the advocacy of libraries
- Evidence based management
- Case studies about efficiency, impact and outcomes measurement
Evaluating Committee
Markku Laitinen, Finland, Statistics and Evaluation Section, Chair of Evaluating Committee Planning Officer
The National Library of Finland
Email: markku.laitinen@helsinki.fi
Wanda Dole, USA, Statistics and Evaluation Section
Dean of Library
University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Ottenheimer Library
Email: wvdole@ualr.edu
Àngels Massísimo i Sanchez de Boado, Catalonia, Spain, Management and Marketing Section
University of Barcelona
Faculty of Library and Information Science
Email: amassisimo@ub.edu
Päivi Kytömäki, Finland, Management and Marketing Section
Library Director
Oulu University Library
Email: paivi.kytomaki@oulu.fi
Jarmo Saarti, Finland, Academic and Research Libraries Section
Library Director
University of Eastern Finland Library
Email: jarmo.saarti@uef.fi
Chao-chen Chen, Taiwan, Academic and Research Libraries Section
Professor and University Librarian
Taiwan
Email: cc4073@ntnu.edu.tw
Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen, Finland
Head, National Electronic Library Services
The National Library of Finland
Ulla Nygrén, Finland
Library Director
Turku University Library
