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There are 13  class sessions in total. The session by session schedule table below displays course schedule arranged by Session Number and Date, Topics, Readings, and Due Days of Assignments/Projects. Note that all the readings listed here are cited in an abbreviated format.

 

          Important Dates:

9/12 -- First day of class
9/26 -- Talk by Jon Kimball on Research at Simmons
10/3 -- Talk by Professor Margaret Bush on Professional Standards and Evaluation
10/17 -- Research Proposal Topic Description Submission on WebCT Vista
11/17 -- Group Work Day. Instructor Attends ASIST
12/12 -- Evaluation Research Proposal Presentation; Written Research Proposal Due
 
September October November December

Date
Topic
Readings
Dues
1-9/12

Introduction to Evaluation Research in Library and Information Science

   Distributed: Assignment 1 
 
2-9/19

Domain and Purpose of Evaluation; Usability Goals

  
  • Weiss, Chapter 1, 2
  • Wallce & van Fleet, Chapter 1
  • Preece, Chapter 1 pp. 13-28
 		 Distributed: Term Project 
 
3-9/26

Understanding Program, Accountability, and the Evaluation Process
  • Weiss, Chapter 3
  • Alkin, M. (1973). "Accountability Defined" in Accountability for Educational Results
  • Hernon & McClure, Chapter 2
  • Nitechki, D. A. "Program Evaluation in Libraries.

 

Talk by Jon Kimball, Director of Sponsored Program at Simmons, on conducting research at Simmons

 
 
4-10/3
 Planning the Evaluation  
  • Weiss, Chapter 4
  • Bertot & Davis, Chapter 1
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  • Rubin, Chapter 2
 Due:Assignment 1 Distributed: Assignment 2

Talk by Prof. Maggie Bush on Professional Standards and Evaluation

5-10/10
 

Evaluation Designs and Framework

 
  • Weiss, Chapters 8, 10
  • Preece, Chapter 11
  • Bertot & Davis, Chapter 2
 Discussion on Preliminary Proposal Ideas
6-10/17
 Evaluation Measures
  • Weiss, Chapter 6
  • Rubin, R. E. (2001). "Measuirng Organizational Effectiveness," in Wallace & Van Fleet, (eds). pp. 11-22
  • Bertot & Davis, Chapter 3
  
7-10/24
 Survey Research, Sampling, and Questionnaire Design
  • Weiss, Chapter 7
  • Hernon & McClure, Chapter 6
  • Miller, T. I. (1994). "Designing and Conducting Surveys," in Wholey, et al. (eds). pp. 271-292

 

Due: Assignment 2

Distributed: Assignment 3

 
8-10/31
 Qualitative Evaluation and Role of the Evaluator
  • Weiss, Chapter 4, 11
  • Sonnichsen, R. C. (1994). "Evaluators as Change Agents," in Wholey, et al. (eds). pp. 534-548

 

 Distributed: Assignment 4

Questionnaire pretest time and proposal development work time
Instructor Attends ASIST

9-11/14
 More on Data Collection Techniques: Interviews and Observations  
  • Preece, Chapter 12, 13
  • Marchionini, G., et al. (2003). "The People in Digital Libraries: Multifaceted Approaches to Assessing Needs and Impact," in Bishop, et al (eds). pp. 119-160
 Due: Assignment 3
10-11/21
 Experimental Design and Usability Testing  
  • Weiss, Chapter 9
  • Preece, Chapter 14
  
11-11/28
 Data Analysis and Statistics   Due: Assignment 4

This session takes place in TechLab Classroom

 Writing and Research Ethics

 

 

  • Weiss, Chapter 13, 14
  • Hendricks, M. (1994). "Making a Splash: Reporting Evaluation Results Effectively," in Wholey, et al. (eds). pp. 549-575.

 

  
13-12/12
Research Proposal Presentations

Due: Written Research Proposal

 

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