Feb'15: How to Listen to Your Community 1: Using Surveys to Gather Data for Needs Assessment and Advocacy (Texas State Library)

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6804463311051138817
Feb 18 2015  2-3pm CST

Collecting data on patron use and needs for library and technology services is critical to providing valuable services to your community. This session discusses how to efficiently collect data through surveys, and will address planning your survey to get information you can use, structuring the survey and wording questions, and how to use the data for strategic planning and advocacy efforts.

Oct: Standards for Collection Management in 2 parts (ALCTS)

This webinar is the first session of a two-part series intended to familiarize attendees with the practical applications of standards and best practices for collection management in an increasingly electronic world:
•    usage statistics (COUNTER/SUSHI)
•    licensing (SERU)
•    publisher/platform changes (Transfer)

The second session will be held on October 9, 2014 and will cover:
•    quality of data in knowledge bases (KBART)
•    presentation and identification of e-journals (PIE-J)
•    demand-driven acquisition (DDA) of monographs
•    accessibility and openness of journal articles (open access indicators [OAI])

ALCTS Member (individual)    43
Nonmember (individual)    59

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/100714

May: Methods for Digging Deeper: Examining Web Services through the Lens of Data-based Decision Making (LLAMA)

Wed., May 28, at 1:30 – 3:00 PM (Central time).

This webinar will discuss why it's important to collect data about your web site and services, and how this data can create a foundation for assessment and improvement initiatives. Specific tools to be demonstrated will include Google Analytics and Loop11.
By the end of this webinar participants will:

• Understand specific principles and tools for web-based use testing
• Learn methods for conducting web site testing online
• Have a greater awareness of the role and usefulness of web analytics and the data it provides
• Understand how to apply web analytics data to discern success with web site interactions

Presenter:  Rebekah Kilzer, Director, Clark Memorial Library, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio
Target audiences: library managers and administrators, Web/Online services librarians, assessment librarians, and anyone interested in assessment.

Fees:
LLAMA member: $49
Non-LLAMA member $59
LLAMA group rate (5 or more people at one site) $199
Non-LLAMA group rate (5 or more people at one site) $239

Register online: http://tinyurl.com/3zhtecm