10th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services

Conference Dates and Location

The 10th Anniversary of the Northumbria Conference will be hosted at the Royal York Hotel, York, UK, between Monday 22nd and Thursday 25th July 2013.

Programme

The first draft of the Conference programme is now available to download: 10th Northumbria Conference Programme (PDF , 524kb)

Registration

Registration for the Conference is now open. Please note that registration with accommodation at the Conference hotel is limited and we expect this to sell out soon. Further details about Conference packages are available on our registration page, or you can register online using the button below.

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Audience

The Conference seeks to bring together practitioners, researchers, educators and students interested in all aspects of performance and measurement in library and information services in any context. The conference is truly international and welcomes participants from all countries and continents. The review of practical experience of measurement and evaluation to improve libraries alongside reports on theory development and application of research methodologies has always been a feature of this conference.

Conference Topics

Papers, posters, panels and workshops are sought on, but not limited to, the following topics:

Value, impact and outcomes of libraries
Evaluation of libraries as cultural, societal or economic assets
Libraries or museums in the community
Statistics and quantitative measurement for library and information services
Measuring library performance
Building a culture of continuous improvement
Quality and customer
Management of change
Assessing leadership and staff performance
Meeting the changing needs of users
Evaluation of the digital library
Evaluating knowledge assets
Methodologies, frameworks, scorecards and models
Benchmarking and comparative studies

9th Northumbria Conference

The 9th Northumbria Conference proceedings have now been published. Further details about how to download or order a printed copy of the proceedings are available here.

The archive of pages and presentations from the 9th Northumbria Conference are available to view in the Conference Archive section.

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