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LLAMA webinar helps you demonstrate the value of your academic library

Academic libraries are constantly striving to demonstrate their value to the campus community and administrators. While academic programs undergo regular review to assess and align the curriculum with current trends, libraries are rarely given that opportunity. The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present “Proving your library’s value: how to conduct a review that aligns with your academic programs,” on Wednesday, March 6, at 1:30-3:00 p.m. CT.

This webinar will discuss how to better demonstrate your value to campus administrators by examining the benefits and opportunities gleaned from an assessment conducted by the library at Marymount University. This periodic review was a holistic examination of services and staffing levels that included thorough benchmarking and a visit from an external reviewer.

Participants will learn how to:

• Demonstrate the library’s value to the university
• Measure, evaluate, and purposefully reflect on the academic library in a comparable manner to an academic program review
• Construct a workflow that ensures collaboration across all library departments
• Summarize the lessons learned to provide guidance for other academic libraries going through a periodic or program review

This webinar addresses evidence-based decision making, which is one of .

Who Should Attend: Academic Library Directors and other management level librarians tasked with explaining the ROI of libraries on campus

Our Presenters from Marymount University Reinsch Library, Arlington, Virginia:

• Bernadette Mirro, Digital Learning Initiatives Instruction Librarian
• Mason Yang, Electronic Services Librarian
• Gwen Vredevoogd, Collection Development Librarian
• Marcia Dursi, Information Literacy Librarian

Registration: LLAMA member $49; Non-LLAMA member $59; LLAMA group rate (5 or more people at one site) $199; Non-LLAMA group rate (5 or more people at one site) $239; Student: $29

Register online:

To register with a purchase order or by mail, contact tferren@ala.org.

Can’t attend the live event? No problem! If you register you will automatically receive a link to the recorded version for later viewing.

Tech Requirements: This webinar uses GoToWebinar software which may require a small download.

For questions about this webinar or other LLAMA programs, contact Fred Reuland at freuland@ala.org.

About the Library Leadership and Management Association

The advances outstanding leadership and management practices in library and information services by encouraging and nurturing individual excellence in current and aspiring library leaders. LLAMA is a division of the 91´«Ã½.