Hello Public Library Directors and Staff, On July 27-30th 2015 the Research Institute for Public Libraries will be hosting its first conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This will be an intensive conference covering data evaluation, design and implementation, strategic planning, measures for library impact and tips for aligning research with national initiatives like the Impact Survey. Enrollment will be limited to 100 participants and slots are expected to fill quickly. If you are interested in attending this conference open enrollment begins on January 5th at Noon (est). Please read on for more information. Do you work in a public library—whether urban or rural, large or small? Are you… - interested in getting started using data for savvy and strategic planning, - looking for both inspiration and instruction in a hands-on, participatory environment, - seeking to learn about outcomes and how to measure library impact, - committed to leading your organization in making data-based decisions, and - eager to develop a peer network to support research and evaluation efforts? Join us for the Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) on July 27-30, 2015 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Early bird enrollment for RIPL opens on January 5, 2015, at 12:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am Central/10:00 am Mountain/9:00 am Pacific. Participant slots are available on a first come, first serve basis, and enrollment will close when 100 participants have enrolled. Therefore, we encourage you to enroll as soon as possible! Payment is due in full at the time of enrollment and must be made by credit card. RIPL is hosted by the Colorado State Library and the Colorado Library Consortium. For more information, please check out the RIPL website: http://ripl.lrs.org/ Linda Hofschire Research Analyst, Library Research Service Colorado State Library [cid:image9cb3c1.PNG@6bae6334.4e860bb9]<http://www.cde.state.co.us> P 303.866.6827 201 East Colfax Avenue, Room 309, Denver, CO 80203 Hofschire_L@cde.state.co.us<mailto:Hofschire_L@cde.state.co.us> | www.cde.state.co.us<http://www.cde.state.co.us> [cid:imagedc912c.PNG@86571577.49a3ac6d]<https://www.facebook.com/codepted> [cid:imaged305db.PNG@daf5c7aa.41993680] <https://twitter.com/codepted> [cid:imaged84ee9.PNG@64e1c5e1.468e34d5] <http://www.youtube.com/codeptofed> [cid:image5772b2.PNG@5a851372.459e11a2] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/colorado-department-of-education/> Email cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, email cannot be used to transfer files containing personally identifiable information of educators or students. Contact the intended recipient to mutually determine enhanced security options for transferring such information. _______________________________________________ PL-EVAL mailing list - hosted by the Colorado State Library PL-EVAL@cvl-lists.org<mailto:PL-EVAL@cvl-lists.org> http://www.cvl-lists.org/mailman/listinfo/pl-eval