Building A Community of Practice: The Library Assessment Conference Steve Hiller, Martha Kyrillidou, Jim Self Baltimore,

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Building A Community of Practice: The Library Assessment Conference Steve Hiller, Martha Kyrillidou, Jim Self Baltimore, Maryland 2010Seattle, Washington 2008Charlottesville, Virginia 2006

Food For Thought and Action “What I take in at the Library Assessment Conference is all “grist to the mill” (Canadian participant) “Conference proceedings and accompanying online presentations are my assessment encyclopedia” (U.S. participant)

Building Community “I Don't Want To Belong To Any Club That Will Accept People Like Me As A Member." (Marx, 1959)

Role of Conferences in Developing Emerging Fields “Conferences... can help provide the critical mass and focus that can trigger field evolution that leads to both individual interaction and resultant institutional change as well as the emergence of newly defined body of inquiry and practice.” (Lampel and Meyer, 2008) “Professional conferences, both academic and non- academic, are an under-researched domain. Given their importance and frequency in the life of those who attend, it is remarkable that they have been the focus of so little study.” (Jacobs and McFarlane, 2005)

What Makes a Good Conference? New research, developments and information presented Participants balanced between new & experienced Time for informal exchanges, gossip & networking Mix of papers, panels, posters, discussions & workshops Provocateurs and contrarians for different perspectives Interesting and desirable location Great organizers and smooth logistics Buzz!

Value of Specialist Library Conferences Opportunity to present results and developments – Lack of a strong publishing tradition for practitioners Isolation of sub-fields within individual libraries – Opportunity to network, meet others with similar interests Emergence of learning communities/organizations – A learning community is a group of people who share common values and beliefs, are actively engaged in learning together from each other. Discovery

Conference Value Stephen Discovers A New World (PM 4, Pittsburgh 2001)

The Value of the Northumbria Conferences “Since the first Northumbria conference in 1995, library professionals have recognized that the traditional library measures of "goodness" that count collections and transactions no longer provide an adequate picture of the library's contributions to its constituents. Each successive conference has focused on the evolving research and practice in the developing and testing of new measures... and the importance of presenting the library's contributions in terms of impacts and outcomes.“ (Joan Stein, 2002)

Valued Source of Information

Whence a North American Library Assessment* Conference? Conference idea arose in Summer 2005 based on insights gained from ARL assessment consulting service (MLAW) visits Emergence of LibQUAL+® as standard assessment tool Success and value of the Northumbria conferences, especially Pittsburgh in 2001 Absence of any similar conference in North America First conference set for September 2006 in Charlottesville, Virginia *Assessment used as it is part of the higher education vernacular in North America

Early Insights from ARL Consulting Visits Strong interest in using assessment to improve Uncertainty on how to establish and sustain assessment Lack of assessment knowledge among staff More data collection than data utilization Finding assessment methods appropriate to need Need to demonstrate value to stakeholders Great interest in what other libraries were doing

Library Assessment Conference Goals (2005) Nurture an active learning community for library assessment Focus on practitioners Provide a forum for high quality presentations on effective, practical and sustainable assessment Encourage informal interaction among participants, Build the knowledge base of participants Make it fun! LEARN SHARE CONNECT DEMONSTRATE VALUE

Library Assessment Conference Basics 2006 Charlottesville, VA 2008 Seattle, WA 2010 Baltimore, MD Registrants Registration Fee 217 $ $ $390 Presentations (papers) Poster sessions Workshops (half day, offered 2x) (half-day) (full-day) 4 (half-day) Proceedings (published within 10 months of conference) 452 pages552 pages788 pages (PDF only)

Where Do LAC Registrants Come From? registrants registrants registrants ARL institutions Other higher ed Other organizations 70% 25% 5% 45% 48% 7% 47% 43% 10% USA92%85% Canada 5% 8% 10% Outside USA & Canada3% 7% 5%

Registrant Positions by Conference 2006 (n=217) 2008 (n=377) 2010 (n=460) Library administrator 6128%8422%11124% “Assessment” in job title 15 7% 32 8% 61 13% Educators/Students 84%103%174% From the organizers (ARL, UVA, UW) 2512%3810%257% Others 11151%21858%24754%

Registrant Program Participation Number of registrants who: #%#%#% Presented papers or led workshops 8238%9726%99 (53 ARL) 22% Presented posters only 2411%4712% 89 (39 ARL) 19% Did not present 10751%23362%27259%

Number of Presentation Sessions by Theme Collections11 Data/Statistics21 Digital library111 Effective library assessment programs333 Evaluation and assessment methods11 Information services11 LibQUAL+®221 Organizational climate/culture221 Organizational planning/performance213 Place112 Qualitative studies222 Teaching and learning242 Value and impact123

Most Valuable Aspects of 2010 LAC

Reasons for Success Association of Research Libraries, U.Va and UW – Martha, brand name, banker, publisher, publicity, Web site and so much more – U.Va. and UW staff and our university librarians support Growth of the assessment community and activity Conference evaluations/using results for improvement Focus on practitioners – effective, sustainable, practical Affordable! Good value !

Conference Value From the Participants You almost always learn something that is unexpected, and in a way I think the unexpected things are most memorable I learn that almost anything can be assessed and learn new techniques for looking at and thinking about our work with users, our use of space, and our in-house infrastructure A presentation spurred us to develop a set of personas that have been useful in designing web pages & addressing virtual access issues The conferences offered me the opportunity to share information with our assessment committee, the entire library staff and our University Office of Institutional Effectiveness Being assured that there is no magic bullet that I alone am missing

More Value from Participants Bottom line: I would not have had the career I've had if it weren't for the LAC and the support of the assessment community. This community has enriched and informed my professional life in profound ways. I feel indebted to the community, and am committed to continuing my participation, and contributing any value I can while it continues to grow and evolve It’s been a major opportunity to connect with people…find research partners, meet with people who have read my work, etc. So it’s really made a unique and hugely significant contribution to my professional work

Live from Charlottesville! At The Historic Paramount Theatre! It’s the 2012 Library Assessment Conference! 2012 Reception and Plenary Sessions Delivering Value in Challenging Times

See You in Charlottesville October 29-31, 2012