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Course materials range from required textbooks, useful books, to Web resources on evaluation research methods. We will be using a number of online articles (as listed on the schedule page). Lecture notes are posted through WebCT Vista prior to the corresponding class session.
 
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  1. REQUIRED READINGS:

    bulletTextbooks:
    bulletFink, A. (2005). Evaluation fundamentals: Insights into the outcomes, effectiveness, and quality of health programs (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN: 0-7619-8868-8
    bullet Wallace, D. P., & Van Fleet, C. (Eds.) (2000). Library evaluation: a casebook and can-do guide.  Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. ISBN: 1-56308-862-2

     

    bulletChapters Used in the Reading List:
    bullet Bertot, J.M., & Davis, D. M. (2004). Planning and evaluating library networked services and resources. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.  ISBN: 1-56308-964-5
    bullet Bishop, A. P., Van House, N. A., & Buttenfield, B. P. (2003). Digital library use: Social practice in Design and Evaluation. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. ISBN: 0-262-02544-2
    bullet Hernon, P., & McClure, C. R. (1990). Evaluation and Library Decision Making. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing. ISBN: 0-89391-686-2
    bullet Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2005). Practical research: Planning and design (8th ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Pretence Hall. ISBN: 0-13-110895-6
    bullet Rubin, J. (1994). Handbook of Usability Testing. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0-471-59403-2
    bullet Preece, J., Rogers, Y., & Sharp, H. (2002). Interaction design: Beyond human-computer interaction. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 0-471-49278-7
    bullet Wholey, J. S., Hartry, H. P., & Newcomer, K. E. (Eds). (1994). Handbook of practical program evaluation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. ISBN: 1-55542-657-3

  2. WEB RESOURCES:

    1. Comprehensive Web Collections on Research Methods, Evaluation Research and Usability:
      bullet Research Methods Resources on the WWW, by Mary Sue Stephenson, Ph.D., The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The University of British Columbia.

       

      bullet Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research, by Dr. Gene Shackman.  Web site supported by The International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication

       
      bulletUsable Web, by Keith Instone. It is a stale collection of links about usability issues.

       
      bulletLibrary Terms that Users Understand, by John Kupersmith, Reference Librarian at University of California, Berkeley

       

      bulletHuman Computer Interaction Bibliography by Gary Perlman, a consulting research scientist for OCLC and Director of HCI Bibliography

       

      bulletThe Usability Methods Toolbox by James Hom, site created while he was a graduate student at San Jose State University

       

      bullet Writing Guide, Colorado state University

       

    2. Glossaries:
      1. Concepts in LIS Research:

        2. bulletThe Epistemological Lifeboat, edited by Birger Hjorland & Jeppe Nicolaisen
         

         

      2. Evaluation Research

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        bullet Glossary of Program Evaluation, by The Evaluation Center
        bullet Selected Evaluation Terms by Priscilla Little, Harvard Family Research Project
        bullet Glossary of Project Evaluation, by National Science Foundation
        bullet Program Evaluation Glossary, by US Environmental Protection Agency

         

      3. Usability
        bullet Resources -- Glossary, by Usability by Design, UK.
        bullet Usability Glossary, by Usability First of Foraker Design

         

    3. Associations

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      1. Evaluation
        2. bulletAmerican Evaluation Organization
        bulletUK Evaluation Society
        bulletCanadian Evaluation Society

         

      2. Usability
        3. bulletUsability Professionals Association
        bulletW3C Web Accessiblity Initiative
        bullet American Society for Information Science and Technology Special Interest Group Information Architecture (SIG IA)

         

      3. Quality of Library Service
        bulletLibQual+

       

    4. Selected Online Handbooks, Manuals, and Toolkits on Evaluation
      bullet Step-by-Step Manuals
      bullet Evaluation Toolkit
      bullet Evaluation Handbook
      bullet Guides and Tips on Evaluation Method
      bullet Evaluation Cookbook
      bullet Steps of Evaluation
      bullet Program Evaluation Guide
      bullet Program Evaluation Tip-sheet

       

    5. Evaluation Research and Resource Centers
      bulletThe Evaluation Center
      bullet Evaluation Tools, by National Networks of Libraries of Medicine
      bullet The Evaluation Resource Links, by Social-Marketing
      bullet Publications on Program Evaluation, by The Measurement Group

       

    6. Survey Instrumentation and Quantitative Tools:
      bullet Survey Product Links, compiled by American Evaluation Association
      bullet Online Sample Size Calculation Program, by David A. Schoenfeld, Harvard University
      bullet Sampling Distribution Simulation, by Rice University Virtual Lab in Statistics.
      bullet Statistics Selector Program, by Bill Trochim, Cornell University.
      bullet Research Randomizer: Instant Random Sampling and Random Assignment, by Geoffrey C. Urbaniak and Scott Plous, Wesleyan University.
      bulletRandom Integer Generator, from random.org

       

    7. Qualitative Research Methods:
      bullet QualPage, by Judy Norris and many other contributors at University of Georgia
      bullet The Qualitative Reporter, by Dr. Ronald J. Chenail at Nova Southeastern University

       

    8. Writing Research Articles:
      bullet Writing Empirical Journal Article, by Daryl J. Bem. Cornell University.
      bulletExamples of APA citation style:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

     

  3. LECTURES AND WEBCT VISTA

    For each class session, the lecture notes (produced in PowerPoint format) are made available for your review. All the lecture notes are stored in the WebCT Vista course page and in folders identified by the session headings and content titles.

     

 

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