Category Archives: News from the Field

Congress’ Failure to Protect Our Privacy in the Digital Age: Free NYLA Webinar

Freedom or the Status Quo: Congress’ Failure to Protect Our Privacy in the Digital Age

June 9th, 2015
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Presented by: Kade Crockford

Over the past fourteen years, congress has only acted to erode Fourth Amendment protections. The most important privacy laws on the books haven’t been updated in decades, leaving them woefully inadequate to protect our information in the digital 21st century. Technology moves much faster than the law, leaving all of us at risk of routine privacy and human rights violations. Learn about exactly what kinds of information government agencies are collecting without warrants, and the basic fixes to the law we need to ensure the possibility of privacy for the next generation.

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Using Data for Peer Benchmarking & Best Practices: FREE Webinar

Date:  May 26, 10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. EDT

Program:  Using Data for Peer Benchmarking and Best Practices
With: Robert Dugan, Dean of Libraries, University of West Florida

While trend analysis is used by most libraries to compare inputs and outputs internally, accrediting organizations may ask institutions for peer benchmarking information as part of a program’s or institutional self-study.  Additionally, libraries may want to identify other libraries that are successfully conducting a service they want to offer or improve, oftentimes referred to as a best practices study. An example would be providing longer public service hours with existing staff.  Dugan will demonstrate the use of ACRLMetrics for benchmarking and best practices studies.

Register at: https://scrlc.org/events/view/5597 

Communicating the Library’s Value: FREE Webinar

Date: May 15, 2015, 10 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. EDT
Program: Communicating the Library’s Value
With: Zsuzsa Koltay, Director of Assessment and Communication, Cornell University

Unquestioned support for the academic library can’t be taken for granted any more. Our parent institutions challenge us for evidence about what we contribute to institutional outcomes. What does this evidence look like? Is it one irrefutable piece of data, or more of a composite picture? And how do we communicate it most effectively to users, opinion-leaders, and decision-makers? This session will present a framework with practical examples of hits and misses based on the work of the presenter’s unit, Assessment and Communication, at Cornell University Library.

Outcomes:
Participants will be able to understand the:
• Nature of value and impact evidence in the context of academic libraries
• Interconnectedness of assessment and communication efforts in this context
• Data components that triangulate value and impact
• Relevant communication channels and presentation approaches
• Importance of understanding and adapting to local environments

Register at: https://scrlc.org/events/view/5593