The 14th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries took place 2-4 November 2021, in an entirely online format.
We wish to thank all of our presenters, panelists and our 297 registered delegates for making the conference a great success!
Powerpoint slides from presentations and recordings of the sessions are now all available to registered delegates. Please see the updated Guide for Conference Delegates below on how to access recordings (please note that access to recordings will expire 60 days after they were published).
We would also like to thank our sponsors EBSCO (gold sponsor) and Emerald Publishing (silver sponsor) for making it possible for us to offer delegates to register at no cost, if cost would have prohibited their attendance.
2021 Keynote Speakers
We were delighted to welcome Ariba Jahan and Nigel Shadbolt as our 2021 keynote speakers.
Ariba Jahan is a biomechanical engineer turned innovation and design strategist focused on creating social impact and a future that is more accessible, intersectional and equitable. She is currently the Vice President of Design & Innovation Strategy at the Ad Council, where she established the organization’s design innovation practice. As an immigrant Bengali woman who discovered her hearing loss at age eight, Ariba advocates for diverse, historically marginalized voices that are often overlooked to ensure their lived experiences inform and drive the work. As a member of the Ad Council’s DEI Council, she also leads efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at the organization. Outside of this, she is an international speaker and facilitator, leads the NYC Chapter of Women in Innovation and volunteers to mentor girls in STEM.
Sir Nigel Shadbolt is Principal of Jesus College and Professor of Computing Science at the University of Oxford, where he has focused his research in human centered AI in a wide range of applications. Most recently he was asked to lead the setting up of the Oxford Institute of Ethics in AI. He is also the Chairman and Co-Founder of the Open Data Institute (ODI). Since 2009, Sir Nigel has helped transform public access to Government information. In 2010, he joined the UK government’s Public Sector Transparency Board – overseeing Open Data releases across the public sector. He was knighted in 2013 for ‘services to science and engineering.’ With over 500 publications, he has researched and published on topics ranging from cognitive psychology to computational neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence to the Semantic Web. In 2018 he published The Digital Ape: how to live (in peace) with smart machines, described as a ‘landmark book’. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the British Computer Society.
2021 Organising Committee
* Denotes Directors of the Community Interest Company
- Carli Spina, Fashion Institute of Technology (2021 volunteer)
- Ciara McCaffrey, University of Limerick
- Elaine Sykes, Liverpool John Moores University *
- Frankie Wilson, Bodleian Libraries *
- Graham Stone, Jisc *
- Ingela Wahlgren, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Jackie Belanger, University of Washington
- Magdalena Paul, University of Warsaw (2021 volunteer)
- Martha Kyrillidou, QualityMetrics, LLC
- Selena Killick, The Open University *
- Simon Hart, University of Otago (2021 volunteer)
- Simone Fühles-Ubach, Technische Hochschule Köln
- Starr Hoffman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
LibPMC Advisory Group Members
The Advisory Group are ‘Friends of the Conference’, who may volunteer to undertake proposal submission review, chair sessions, or provide input on conference programming.
- Colleen Cook, McGill University
- Roswitha Poll, University of Münster
- Robin Bergart, University of Guelph
- Holt Zaugg, Brigham Young University
- Leo Appleton, University of Sheffield
Additional information on LibPMC Community Interest Company
The International Conference on Performance Measurement has been running biennially since 1995. In its 25-year history, it has been supported by professional societies, library schools, national and university libraries alike. To ensure future stability of the conference the Library Performance Measurement Conference has formally registered as a Community Interest Company (CIC) in the UK. The conference has always operated on a cost-recovery basis only; and the CIC guarantees that any surplus is reinvested into future conferences. A small team of people act as non-salaried Directors of the CIC, ensuring it continues to provide a forum for the Library and Information Professional Community.