Sessions Information

  • January 10, 2016
    8:30 am - 10:15 am
    Session Type: Section Programs
    Session Capacity: 240
    Location: New York Hilton Midtown
    Room: Beekman Parlor
    Floor: Second Floor
    Libraries are awash in data and, in recent years, much has been written in professional journals and discussed at educational programs about libraries’ use of metrics and data analytics to help them make wide-ranging qualitative and quantitative assessments about their performance, staffing, overall effectiveness, and economic value. Certainly, libraries in the private sector, public libraries, and non-law academic libraries have been doing this kind of analysis for some time and, recently, some law firm and other private sector law libraries have developed similar programs. Despite these clear trends, academic law libraries have hardly been in the game in their use of data analytics and metrics to help assess aspects of their own operations, but it appears that this is changing. This program will feature presentations by librarians engaged in various metrics and analytics programs and studies in three academic law library settings. Through their examples, academic law librarians will gain a better appreciation for how academic law libraries can mine various data sources and use the results to improve their operations, budgets, staffing, and services.
Session Speakers
Penn State Law
Moderator

Yale Law School
Speaker

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Speaker

University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Speaker

Session Fees
  • 7130 Law Libraries and Legal Information: $0.00