(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services)
Registration is now open for the Amigos Library Services webinar “Understanding and Using Library Data”. The webinar will take place in two sessions, one on Monday, September 13, and the other on Wednesday, September 15. Each session will last from 1:00 to 3:00 PM CDT.
Effective collection, interpretation and display of library data informs library decision-making and service design. This online course serves as a primer for basic analytic concepts and methods and a refresher on tried-and-true statistics. Students will discuss the relative merits and limitations of concepts covered. The course will provide instruction on several free tools for collecting, analyzing and visualizing data. Students will draft a data analysis project to use in their own library.
Learning Objectives
- Understand basic principles of data, statistics, and information and how they relate.
- Consider and evaluate different methods of library data collection, data analysis, and data visualization.
- Draft a small data project for your library integrating collection, analysis and visualization elements.
This online course is designed for librarians and library staff who are involved with assessment, decision-making, and other areas that involve data analysis and interpretation.
Register here. The cost is $165.00 for Amigos members and $220 for non-members.
Please direct any questions to Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services, at borgerding@amigos.org. To see the full Amigos training schedule, go here.