Resources Committee

Community of Practice: Assessment

Charge: To explore and foster emerging and best practices in assessment of physical and digital resources such as collections, facilities, websites, and discovery tools.

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Our Work

Deliverables:

  • Programming on the topics of assessment of physical and digital resources (e.g., conference program at the Annual Conference, preconference workshop, webinars, publishing in LL&M or in other LLAMA communication vehicles)
  • Networking with groups of colleagues in other divisions who share interest in the assessment of resources (e.g., PLA, ALCTS, etc.)

Expected time commitment:

  • Approx. 12-25 hours for conference calls, program development, and program/social attendance if individually desired at the Midwinter Meeting or the Annual Conference

Desired skills, knowledge, experience:

  • Engagement with exploring emerging and best practices in assessment of resources
  • Any amount of program development experience from novice to expert
  • Interest in engaging with colleagues/networking

Staff contact and roles:

  • Kerry Ward, kward@ala.org, 800-5454-2433, ext. 5036. Overall management, committee charges/appointments, budget requests, etc.
  • Fred Reuland, freuland@ala.org, 800-545-2433, ext. 5032. Webinar production, program planning and scheduling, conference support, etc.

Resources available:

  • Ongoing consultation with the leader of the Assessment Community of Practice leader: Consuella Askew, 2017-2018 membership cycle, and others active within LLAMA’s Assessment Community
  • Leadership and coordination of LLAMA’s engagement in assessment topics
  • Access to funding upon request and review
  • Virtual meeting support