24 July 2019
Booking is open for the UKSG Usage Data for Decision Making seminar being held on 24 October 2019 in London.
Course summary
This seminar provides illustrations by expert decision makers on how statistics are used to make strategic decisions. It will also present the challenges, such as demonstrating value and presenting data to different audiences, and future developments within the field will be addressed, together with consideration of how these will impact on decision making in the future, for example new approaches to analytics. There will be discussion on how the development of open access is impacting usage behaviour and influencing considerations for collection development.
Learning objectives:
- learning about ways in which library resource usage statistics have been used by staff in university libraries to inform decision-making processes
- developing an understanding of how usage statistics can be used to demonstrate value from a publisher perspective
- gaining knowledge of the impact of open access publishing on usage statistics and demonstrating value
- gaining a greater insight into the wider environment and context in which usage statistics decision making is carried out and new approaches to this
- having an opportunity to discuss and share experiences of gathering and manipulating usage statistics to make financial, management and service decisions, as well as evidencing value
Who should attend
This seminar is aimed at those in libraries who need to analyse or interpret usage data to support decision making about resources and collections, within a strategic context. It will be of interest to those with a responsibility for overseeing the management and evaluation of library collections in the further and higher education sector who need to demonstrate impact and value to senior leadership teams, rather than those involved in the operational role. It will also be of importance to publishers who need to understand the collection development decisions of their customers.
This seminar does not cover the practical aspects of collecting usage data, or of creating reports. These topics are covered by the UKSG Practical Usage Statistics for Librarians seminar, a hands-on workshop on gathering and manipulating usage statistics.
Booking
Booking is available via the online booking form. For further information, contact Vicky Drew, UKSG Events Assistant, at events@uksg.org.