<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">(I'm SUPER excited about this course--I may have signed up before sharing this with all of you!) </span></div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div>Check out the brand new LITA web course:</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://www.ala.org/lita/taking-struggle-out-statistics" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Taking the Struggle Out of Statistics </a><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Instructor: Jackie Bronicki, Collections and Online Resources Coordinator, University of Houston.</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Offered: </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span class="">April 6 – May 3, 2015</span></span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">A Moodle based web course with asynchronous weekly lectures, tutorials, assignments, and group discussion.</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=oloc&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=L" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Register Online, page arranged by session date (login required)</a><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Recently, librarians of all types have been asked to take a more evidence-based look at their practices. Statistics is a powerful tool that can be used to uncover trends in library-related areas such as collections, user studies, usability testing, and patron satisfaction studies. Knowledge of basic statistical principles will greatly help librarians achieve these new expectations.</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">This course will be a blend of learning basic statistical concepts and techniques along with practical application of common statistical analyses to library data. The course will include online learning modules for basic statistical concepts, examples from completed and ongoing library research projects, and also exercises accompanied by practice datasets to apply techniques learned during the course.</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Got assessment in your title or duties? This brand new web course is for you!</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://www.ala.org/lita/taking-struggle-out-statistics" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Here’s the Course Page</a><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Jackie Bronicki’s background is in research methodology, data collection and project management for large research projects including international dialysis research and large-scale digitization quality assessment. Her focus is on collection assessment and evaluation and she works closely with subject liaisons, web services, and access services librarians at the University of Houston to facilitate various research projects.</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Date:</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span class="">April 6, 2015 – May 3, 2015</span></span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Costs:</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• LITA Member: $135<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• ALA Member: $195<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>• Non-member: $260<br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Technical Requirements</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Moodle login info will be sent to registrants the week prior to the start date. The Moodle-developed course site will include weekly asynchronous lectures and is composed of self-paced modules with facilitated interaction led by the instructor. Students regularly use the forum and chat room functions to facilitate their class participation. The course web site will be open for 1 week prior to the start date for students to have access to Moodle instructions and set their browser correctly. The course site will remain open for 90 days after the end date for students to refer back to course material.</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Registration Information</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=oloc&Template=/Conference/ConferenceList.cfm&ConferenceTypeCode=L" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Register Online page arranged by session date (login required) </a><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">OR</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><a href="http://www.ala.org/lita/sites/ala.org.lita/files/content/learning/LITAWebCourseRegFormNov2014.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Mail or fax form to ALA Registration</a><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">OR</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Call </span><a href="tel:1-800-545-2433" value="+18005452433" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">1-800-545-2433</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> and press 5</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">OR</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">email </span><a href="mailto:registration@ala.org" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">registration@ala.org</a><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Questions or Comments?</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">For all other questions or comments related to the course, contact LITA at </span><a href="tel:%28312%29%20280-4269" value="+13122804269" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">(312) 280-4269</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> or Mark Beatty, </span><a href="mailto:mbeatty@ala.org" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">mbeatty@ala.org</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">.</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> _/_/_/_/_/<div class=""><div id=":2ly" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Abigail Goben, MLS<br><a href="mailto:abigailgoben@gmail.com" target="_blank">abigailgoben@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://HedgehogLibrarian.com" target="_blank">http://HedgehogLibrarian.com</a> <br></div>
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