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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 Simmons e-learning prior to the corresponding class session.
 
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  1. REQUIRED READINGS & VIEWING MATERIAL:

    1. Textbooks:
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      bulletWeiss, C. H. (1998). Evaluation. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
      ISBN: 0-13-309725-0.
      bullet Matthews, J. R. (2007). The evaluation and measurement of library services. Libraries Unlimited.
      ISBN: 978-1-59158-532-9

       

    2. Chapters Used in the Reading List:
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      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 Sharp, H., Rogers, Y., & Preece, J. (2007). Interaction design: Beyond human-computer interaction. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
      ISBN: 978-0-470-01866-8
      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

       

    3. Special Panel Session: Real-World Evaluation Research and Practice (DVD)

      4. The special panel session, held in Fall Semester of 2007, consists of seven panelists representing academic libraries, public libraries, school libraries, special libraries, archives, and information systems talked about evaluation research and practice they conduct in real world information settings. The session was video recorded, and the DVD is available on reserve at the library for students to check out. Viewing the session may help students to recognize the importance and relevance of evaluation skills in a variety of information environments and will inspire students with interesting ideas for evaluation research projects.

  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.
      bullet Usable Web, by Keith Instone. It is a stale collection of links about usability issues.
      bullet Library Terms that Users Understand, by John Kupersmith, Reference Librarian at University of California, Berkeley
      bullet Human Computer Interaction Bibliography by Gary Perlman, a consulting research scientist for OCLC and Director of HCI Bibliography.
      bullet The 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. bullet The Epistemological Lifeboat, edited by Birger Hjorland & Jeppe Nicolaisen.
         
      2. Evaluation Research
        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 THE E-LEARNING COURSE SITE

    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 Simmons E-learning course site and in folders identified by the session headings and content titles.

     

 

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