NISO Training Series - Assessment Practices and Metrics for the 21st Century - October 26, 2018 - Session Two - Collection of Data and Research Design

NISO runs two, eight-week online training series each year, typically designed to provide early to mid-career information professionals with guidance on specific aspects of their roles, which they can then put into practice in their day-to-day work. Each session is recorded, shared immediately with participants, and made openly available after two years.

Martha Kyrillidou runs a consulting company, QualityMetrics, LLC, from Silver Spring, MD. She consults in management, evaluation, assessment and R&D activities. She helps libraries respond to customer needs through the development of user-focused services and culture that enhance the user-experience. Martha holds a PhD in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MLS and an MEd with specialization in evaluation and measurement from Kent State University.

Starr Hoffman (PhD, MLS, MA) is the Director of Planning and Assessment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries. Her contributed volume, Dynamic Research Support for Academic Libraries, which addresses emerging methods of supporting faculty and student research in both public and technical service areas, was recently released by Facet Publishing and ALA. When she’s not playing with data in R or Tableau, she sometimes writes at:https://geekyartistlibrarian.wordpress.com/