Conferences (Updated July 2018)

2018

World Library and Information Congress: 83nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
24-30 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,

Saturday, 25 August 2018
13:45 – 15:45 Plenary Hall
 
Session 073 - Simultaneous Interpretation

From Data to Advocacy: Using Digital Tools Like the IFLA Library Map of the World to Communicate Your Library Stories 
Chair: Rebecca B. Vargha, University of North Carolina, United States
 
1. Community Engagement – the Key to Demonstrating the Impact of Libraries through Evidence-Based Stories
Kristine Paberza, IFLA, Netherlands
 
2. The Public Library Association’s Performance Measurement Initiative: The Project Outcome Toolkit in U.S. Public Libraries
Emily Plagman, PLA, United States
 
3. IFLA Library Map of the World is Efficient Tool to Unite Russian Libraries Together and Integrate to International Context
Vadim V. Duda, Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library of Foreign Literature, Russian Federation
Anna N. Belkina, Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library of Foreign Literature, Russian Federation
 
4. Communicating Library Stories: Norwegian Experience
Mariann Schjeide, Norwegian Library Association, Norway

2016

World Library and Information Congress: 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
13-19 August 2016, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Theme: Evaluating our worth: how can we quantify the value of libraries and information centers? - Statistics and Evaluation

2015

World Library and Information Congress: 81st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 17-23, Cape Town, South Africa
(Library Theory and Research with Statistics and Evaluation Sections)
Theme: Measuring the Impact of Access to Information and Development

2014

World Library and Information Congress: 80th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
16-22 August, Lyon, France
(Statistics and Evaluation Section with E-Metrics Special Interest Group)
Theme: Telling the Library Story: creating metrics for management, advocacy and community building

2013

World Library and Information Congress: 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
17-23 August, Singapore
(Statistics and Evaluation with Education and Training Sections)
Theme: Bring out the fun of it! New ways of teaching and communicating statistics

2012

  • IFLA Satellite Pre-Conference "Library's Efficiency, Impact and Outcomes" in Turku, Finland
    Theme: The use of statistics and assessment for libraries at a turning point

2011

Satellite Meeting: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
27 y 28 de junio de 2011
Theme: Segundo Taller de Indicadores de Evaluación de Bibliotecas

World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
13-18 August, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Theme: Data Collection in the Service of Libraries

2010

World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
10-15 August, Gothenburg, Sweden
Theme: The use of statistics for promoting sustainable progress

2009

Libraries Plus: Adding Value in the Cultural Community
Florence, 17-20 August 2009
8th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services (PM8)

World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy
Theme: Statistics on the agenda

2008

IFLA's Satellite Meeting in Montréal
Library Statistics for the 21st Century World
August 18 and 19, 2008 - Concordia University

Congrès satellite de l'IFLA à Montréal
Statistiques de bibliothèques au 21e siècle
Université Concordia

World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 2008, Québec, Canada
Themes: 

Ensuring quality in national libraries: performance measures and quality evaluation supporting cultural heritage and research
National Libraries Section with Statisticsand Evaluation Section

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Managing libraries in a changing environment – legal, technical and organisational aspects
Management and Marketing, Statistics and Evaluation and Library Theory and Research Sections

2007

World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
10-15 August, Durban, South Africa
Theme: Developing a new assessment model for the new millennium: is the South African experience extensible?

2004

Take it to the limit: using statistics to optimise the use of public libraries
The joint-conference with Public Libraries
Buenos Aires

Statistics and Evaluation

Last update: 16 August 2018