BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:96@m25lib.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20050112T235959 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20050112T235959 DTSTAMP:20170315T105326Z URL:https://www.m25lib.org.uk/events/costing-services-2/ SUMMARY:Costing Services DESCRIPTION:Costing Services\n3 Day Workshop\nKing’s College London\nMaug han Library\n19th November\, 12th January & 2nd February\n9.00am to 5.00pm \n\nHow can you demonstrate exactly how much an hours shelving is worth? D o you know what it costs to light your building for a year? What would an additional late evening do to your bottom line?\n\nWhether developing a ne w service\, defending an existing one or trying to secure staffing levels\ , using and presenting financial information effectively can help you secu re the desired result.\n\nIn the climate of continuous improvement\, compr ehensive performance assessment\, self-assessment and service development\ , it is essential for service managers to have the skills to develop and d eliver accurately costed service plans.\n\nWho should attend?\n\nThis prog ramme is aimed at middle senior managers who want to develop or confirm th eir costing skills.\n\nPrior Experience\n\nSome previous experience relati ng to library finances is desirable though not essential. Some pre-existin g Microsoft Excel skills are important. If you are not sure whether your E xcel skills will be adequate please contact Sue Somerset (sue.somerset@kcl .ac.uk) or Susan Gilbert (sglb100@sghms.ac.uk) who will mail you a checkli st of the Excel functions that will be required for the course.\n\nLearnin g Aims:\n\n To have an improved understanding of the tools needed for costing services\n\n To be better equipped to contribute to service level agreements\, respond to requests for new services or bid for funds\n \n To be better equipped to defend current budgetary expenditures\n\n To evaluate team skills sets and the need for essential professional input when undertaking costing activities in the workplace\n\nObjectives: \n\nAt the end of the three day course\, participants should be able to:\n \n Identify the information most relevant for accurate cost and servi ce comparisons\n\n List a number of useful techniques for costing lib rary services and discuss the appropriateness of each to particular situat ions\n\n Describe useful tools for successful funding bids\n\n M ap out the procedure to cost the nth hour of service\n\n Identify cos ting processes that can be undertaken in house and differentiate those fro m processes where help from finance and other colleagues will be desirable .\n\nPractical tools:\n\nCosting information\nChargeable Hours\nCalculatin g an hourly rate\nApproaches around apportionment and allocation of shared costs\nDefining activities\nTemplates\nBidding for funds\nExtended openin g hours\nSelf-service systems - self issue\, self credit updating\, self p ayment of fines.\nUnderstanding marginal costing principles and the impact of fixed and variable costs on a library's costing structure\n\nOutline P rogramme\n\nDay 1:\nChargeable hours\, time recording\, calculating an hou rly rate\nAn illustrated example regarding opening hours\nFacilitated indi vidual work session - prepare an action plan for calculating extended hour s\, 24 hour reference access\, 24 hour access to the I T lab or a similar "hours of access" type of evaluation. (Participants can either choose a re al live situation to make a start on or work on a Case-study scenario)\nIn terim work - finish the calculation of the cost of the hours related servi ce\n\nDay 2:\nFeedback session re interim work\nActivity Based Costing\, c osting an individual library services within a total library framework\nAp proaches about allocation and apportionment of shared costs\nCase-study ex ample\nUnit Costs\nIndividual Work Session - Identify activities to be cos ted in individual libraries participants represent and assessing the burde n of shared costs on particular services\n\nDay 3:\nActivity Costing Next Steps\nFixed and variable costs\nMarginal costing\nCost implications of dr opping a service\nCost implications of increasing the quantity or quality of service.\n\nFacilitation\n\nFor those whole are unable to access in hou se skills to support their costing work\, there is a possibility of interi m facilitation paid for on a bought as used basis either remotely or in on e to one meetings at the central London venue\, to facilitate translation of skills learnt into workplace situations. Enquiries in the first instanc e should be directed to Sue Somerset or Susan Gilbert.\n\nPlease Bring Wit h You\n\nLaptop with CD drive\nCalculators\nPencils\nErasers\nNotetaking p aper\n\nPlease let Sue Somerset or Susan Gilbert know if you are not able to supply your own laptop.\n\nCost is £250.00 for CPD25 members\, £320.0 0 for M25 affiliate members and £380.00 for other institutions\, includin g lunch & refreshments.\n\nPlease note that there are only 12 places avail able for this event\, which will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. Bookings will close on the 12th November 2004 and any cancellation s after that date will incur a 50% cancellation fee. In the event of a “ no show??? on the day 100% cancellation charges will apply. CATEGORIES:M25 Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20041031T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR