LIS 403 Evaluation of Information Services
Course Objectives
Relevant learning outcomes
The GLSIS faculty have identified ten student learning outcomes, and each course addresses one or more of these.
- Demonstrate the ability to apply standards relevant to specific information service activities
- Analyze, synthesize, and communicate information and knowledge in a variety of formats
- Apply relevant research studies to tasks requiring problem solving and critical thinking
- Respond to diversity among individuals and communities through policies, collections, and services
Course-specific learning outcomes
By the end of the course, the student
- Understand how to read critically and evaluate research literature
- Identify major elements of research projects, including problem statements, methodologies, various instruments, and issues of reliability and validity
- Develop a research proposal with a working problem statement and methodology
- Comprehend the role research plays in continuous improvement, management, and decision-making
Course information
- Syllabus
- Class Wiki
- Reserve Readings
- Research Terminology Dictionary
- Social Science Research Methods(Trochim)
Powerpoints, Handouts, etc.
- Introduction 6/15
- Problem Statements 6/17
- Context, Missions, & Goals 6/17
- Framing the Research Questions 6/17
- The Literature Review & Evaluating Research 6/22
- Ethics in Social Science Research 6/22
- Theoretical Framework 6/24
- Research Questions and Hypotheses 6/24
- Research Design 6/29
- Reliability and Validity 7/1
- Survey Research 7/6
- Methodology Pt.1 7/8
- Methodology Pt.2 7/8
- Midterm Review 7/20
- Statistics 7/20
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