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SERIES</b></p>

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Century</b></a><b></b></p>

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(Eastern)</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Objective:</b> To provide consistency of training
and a common baseline of knowledge for information professionals in considering
and applying assessment practices for scholarly resources across multiple
information services and systems.  </p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Who Will Benefit from this Training Series:</b></p>

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 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Academic
     librarians whose role includes assessment as a professional role or who
     have been assigned to conduct assessment exercises in their own library</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Early
     or mid-career publishing staff in product development or marketing roles
     who seek a better understanding of assessment activities and the metrics
     by which a product or service may be evaluated</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Mid-career
     managers or supervisors whose roles require them to conduct small and
     medium size assessment projects or exercises.</li>
</ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Course Moderator:</b> <b>Martha Kyrillidou</b>,
Director & CEO, Qualitymetrics, LLC</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Confirmed Guest Lecturers:</b></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in" type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Starr
     Hoffman</b>, Director, Planning & Assessment, University of
     Nevada – Las Vega; </li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Sarah
     Murphy</b>, Assessment Coordinator<b>, </b>Research and Education<b>, </b>Thompson
     Library, Ohio State University;</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Steven
     Braun</b>, Data Analytics and Visualization Specialist<i>, </i>Northeastern
     University Libraries</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Nancy
     A. Turner</b>, Associate Director for Organizational Research &
     Strategy Alignment, Temple University;</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Frankie
     Wilson</b>, Head of Assessment & Secretariat, Bodleian Library,
     Oxford University; </li></ul>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Course Dates and Duration:</b> October 19, 2018 –
December 21, 2018. The course will consist of eight segments, one per week and
each lasting between 60 and 90 minutes. Sessions are scheduled as a lunch hour
learning opportunity on Friday afternoons, 11:30 – 1:00pm (Eastern).
Registrations include access to an archived recording, distributed within 24-48
hours of the program segment. As per standard NISO practice, a single
registration allows the gathering of an <u>unlimited</u> number of staff from
your organization/institution in a conference room setting to view the event on
the day of the live broadcast. </p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Have questions? Get in touch:</p>

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