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E-Metric Instructional System (EMIS) Workshop

Saturday January 15, 2005 1:00PM to 5PM
C-103 Simmons College Main Building, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA

What

This workshop offers continuing education for those seeking to understand how to evaluate the use of their online library services and resources such as virtual reference, databases, and workstation use. The workshop leader will introduce the E-Metric Instructional System, EMIS, http://www.ii.fsu.edu/emis to facilitate the discussion. EMIS consists of training modules that assist library managers and others to select, collect, analyze and use measures of electronic services or resources (e-metrics) in their library. The workshop will cover:

• A general introduction to e-metrics, the measurement process and EMIS;
• Specific instruction on selected e-metrics; and
• Data use and presentation strategies.

Light refreshments will be served. For additional information about EMIS, see: Bertot, John Carlo, McClure, Charles R. Davis, Denise M. & Ryan, Joe. (2004, May 1). Capture usage with e-metrics. Library Journal 129 (8), 30-33. http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA411564?display=FeaturesNews&industry

When/Where

At ALA midwinter in Boston: Saturday January 15, 2005 1:00PM to 5PM in room C-103 at the Simmons Main College Building, 300 The Fenway convenient to the Convention Center and nearby hotels. For directions, see: http://www.simmons.edu/visit/directions.shtml.

Who

The Information Institute (Institute) at Florida State University's School of Information Studies developed EMIS supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). For further project details see: http://www.ii.fsu.edu/getproject_detail.cfm?pageID=8&ProjectID=4.The workshop is sponsored by the Institute, in partnership with the State Library of Massachusetts and the Simmons Graduate School of Library & Information Science.

The workshop will be led by Joe Ryan, Senior Research Associate at the Institute. Ryan co-developed EMIS along with: John Carlo Bertot, Denise Davis, Sunshine Lewis, Charles R. McClure and Manimegalai M. Subramaniam. Ryan is co-author with Bertot and McClure of the Statistics and performance measures for public library networked services. (2001). Chicago: ALA. You can contact Joe directly with any questions regarding the workshop at jzryan@earthlink.net.

Registration

The workshop fee is $75. In an effort to keep processing costs and thus the workshop fee low, only organizational or personal checks will be accepted. Purchase orders or credit card payments cannot be accepted.

Please mail workshop fee of $75 (personal or organizational check only; no credit card or purchase orders please) and complete the registration form (pdf file) or send check with the following information: Name, e-mail, affiliation, title, address (including city, state/prov, zip), and phone to Ryan Information Management, 1049 Ackerman Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210-3035.