<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Assessment Practices and Metrics for the 21^st Century: A 2019 NISO Training Series</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i>Early Bird Registration Now Open for This Eight Week Series!</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i>Start Date:  October 25, 2019</i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Objective of This Training Series Series:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,60)"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,60)">To explore assessment practices in library spaces, collections, services, and strategic innovations – a sequel to the introductory trainings offered in 2018. Registration for this event <strong><i>includes</i></strong> access to the archived recordings from the </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2018/10/niso-training-series-assessment-practices-and-metrics-21st-century" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(51,121,171)">2018 Training Series on Assessment Practices and Metrics in the 21st Century</span></a><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Libraries are transforming lives and they are transforming their spaces, their services, their collections by becoming strategic partners in developing community-focused, social, cultural, and intellectual hubs. Our seminar series this year will focus on the transformations happening in today’s 21st century library and in the changes that are to come. Specifically, we'll hear from eight leading professionals as they present specific case studies focusing on assessment as applied to these four areas:</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-5700118943290754637gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">space,</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-5700118943290754637gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">collections,</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-5700118943290754637gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">services, and</span></p><p class="gmail-m_-5700118943290754637gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">strategic innovation.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Course Moderator: Dr. Martha Kyrillidou</span></strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,60)">, CEO, QualityMetrics, LLC. </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(66,66,60)">Confirmed guest lecturers in 2019 include among others:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 40.75pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Robert Fox.</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)"> Dean of Libraries, University of Louisville;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 40.75pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Galadriel Chiltern</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">, Ivy Plus Libraries, Director of Collections Initiatives<em>, </em>Library Administrative Services, Yale University;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 40.75pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Trevor Dawes</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">, University Librarian, University of Delaware and <strong>Erin Daix</strong>, Librarian and Director of Assessment, University of Delaware</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 40.75pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Clara Chu</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">, Affiliate Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 40.75pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Pedro Reynoso</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">, Outreach & Instruction Librarian, Chabot College</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Who Will Benefit >From This Training Series:</span></b><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 40.75pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Academic librarians whose role includes planning and assessment as a professional role or who have been assigned to conduct assessment exercises in their own library</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 40.75pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Early or mid-career publishing staff in product development or marketing roles who seek a better understanding of libraries and their data and assessment activities to deliver better products or services</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt 40.75pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(66,66,60)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span></span><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Mid-career managers or supervisors whose roles require them to conduct small and medium size assessment projects or exercises.</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Course Dates and Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">  <strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">Friday, October 25, 2019 – Friday, December 20, 2019</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(66,66,60)">. The series consists of eight (8) segments, one per week and each lasting approximately 60-90 minutes. Each segment is intended to cover a Friday lunch period (11:30am - 1:00pm, US. Eastern). <strong>Note that the Friday of Thanksgiving weekend does not have a scheduled segment</strong>. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Costs for this training series are detailed on the <a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2019/10/assessment-practices-and-metrics-21st-century-2019-niso-training-series" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">NISO event page</a>. Early bird registration closes on October 11^th.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Paying by Credit Card? Use <a href="https://www.cvent.com/events/assessment-practices-and-metrics-for-the-21st-century-a-2019-niso-training-series/registration-1ec579cd74904a79986e06610c3e023b.aspx?fqp=true" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">this form. </a>  Prefer another means of payment? Complete <a href="https://www.niso.org/sites/default/files/events/2019-09/Assessment%20Practices%20and%20Metrics%20for%20the%2021st%20Century-%20A%202019%20NISO%20Training%20Series%20-%20PDF%20Registration%20Form.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">this form.</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Have questions? Get in touch:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NISO</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3600 Clipper Mill Road</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Suite 302</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Baltimore, MD 21211-1948</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Phone: +1.301.654.2512</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:nisohq@niso.org" target="_blank">nisohq@niso.org</a> </p></div>