"Sixty Minutes To Save Libraries": Gathering Evidence to Demonstrate Library Services' Impact and Value
"Sixty Minutes To Save Libraries": Gathering Evidence to Demonstrate Library Services' Impact and Value
Brian Kelly and Nicola McNee facilitated a session on
""Sixty Minutes To Save Libraries": Gathering Evidence to Demonstrate Library Services' Impact and Value"
at the MashSpa event
which was held in the Chapel Arts Centre, Bath on Friday 29th October 2010.
A brief
Note that a blog post
about this session was published. On the 20th October we will hear details of the level of the cuts
which will be applied across higher educational institutions over the next three
years. In
The
Independent on 6 September Richard Lambert, director general of the Confederation
of British Industry (CBI) warned that "some universities might find it difficult
to 'pull through' as a result of the scale of the cuts" adding that
"there is talk of 35 per cent cuts over the lifetime of the spending review".
Similar concerns also affect public libraries, with the BBC recently asking
Do libraries
have a future? with campaigners fearing that "up to 1000 libraries could
close as local councils try to save money". How should libraries respond to such concerns? And what can Web developers help?
These questions will be addressed in this session. In the session participants will be given sixty minutes to identify ways in
which evidence can be gathered and used to demonstrate the impact and value of
libraries and library services. This discussion session is open to everyone with an interest in this area -
developers as well as non-developers. One possible outcome from the session could be the identification of approaches
for gathering data which developers could exploit in order to measure impact and
value. Note that if there is sufficient interest the session might continue after the
first hour, in order to provide an opportunity for participants to implement
their ideas.Abstract
Slides