Five workshops have been held. Evaluations have been very good, although many participants would prefer either more concentrated work on some modules or a longer period of time to allow for questions and discussions. No new workshops are currently scheduled, but there is interest in holding at least one more next fall. The workshop held at Harvard in March was sold out and very well received by those who attended. Evaluations were excellent.
Preliminary plans are to try to hold another one on the West Coast late in the summer.
The workshop requires use of a computer lab and an institutional server for three days, making scheduling more difficult. The market for this workshop can also be expanded to data suppliers as well as to those who are responsible for managing it in library settings. The attendance and interest expressed at the ARL organized ACRL conference panel discussion on Performance Measures and discussions with ARL staff indicate there is interest in this topic. An early winter 1997 conference may be one option. The ARL Board has asked that this committee address the impact of consortial activities on measures for and characterizations of research libraries.