Date |
Topics/Activities
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Readings
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Assignments |
1/27
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Session 1:
Course Overview and
Introduction to Evaluation of Information Services
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Distributed:
Group Presentation Project |
2/3 |
Talk by Jon Kimball, Director of
Sponsored Program
at Simmons, on conducting research at Simmons
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Distributed:
Assignment 1 |
2/10 |
Session 3: Planning Evaluation; Evaluation
Models and Framework
Visit to GSLIS Usability Lab;
Evaluation Research/Practice Special Panel DVD |
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Distributed:
Term Project; Extra Credit Assignment |
2/17 |
Session 4:
Evaluation Measures; Evaluating Research Papers
Evaluation Research/Practice Special Panel DVD
(cont.)
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- Weiss, Chapter 6
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Matthews, Chapter 3
-
Evaluating Research Guidelines excerpted from Pyrczak, F. (2005). Evaluating
Research in Academic Journals (Available on the course E-Learning site)
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Due: Assignment
1
Distributed:
Assignment 2
|
2/24 |
Session 5: Survey Research and
Sampling
Group
Presentation: Library Users and Nonusers
|
- Weiss, Chapter 7
-
Hernon & McClure,
Chapter 6
- Matthews, Chapter 7
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3/3 |
Session 6: Evaluation Designs and Quantitative
Tools
Group Presentation:
Evaluation of the
Physical Collection
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- Weiss, chapters 8-9
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Matthews, Chapter 5 (skip p.
62-73), Chapter 8
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Team
Formation for the Term Project |
3/10 |
No class:
Spring Break |
3/17 |
Session 7: Questionnaire Development and
Interview Protocols
Group Presentation:
Evaluation of
Reference Services
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- Matthews, P. 62-73; 51-52; Chapter
9
- Miller, T. I. (1994). "Designing and Conducting Surveys," in Wholey,
et al. (eds). pp. 271-292 (Available on the E-Learning site)
- Frary, R.
A
brief guide to questionnaire development.
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Due:Assignment
2
Distributed:
Assignment 3
|
3/24 |
Session 8: Qualitative Evaluation Methods; The Role of the
Evaluator
Group
Presentation: Evaluation of
Technical Services |
- Weiss, Chapter 5, Chapter 11
- Matthews, Chapter 4 (skip p.
50-52), Chapter 10
- Sonnichsen, R. C., (1994).
"Evaluators as Change Agent," in Wholey, et al., (eds.), pp.
534-548. (Available on the E-Learning site)
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3/31 |
Session 9:
Observational Studies
Group Presentation:
Evaluation of Online Systems
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- Matthews, Chapter 4 (p. 50-51), Chapter
11
- Marchionini, G., et al., (2003).
"The people in digital libraries: Multifaceted approaches to
assessing needs and impact," in Bishop, et al., (eds.), pp119-160. (Available on the E-Learning
site)
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Questionnaire Pilot Testing Time |
4/7 |
Session 10:
Historical
Research Methods; User Experience Research
Group Presentation:
Evaluation of Bibliographic/Library Instruction and Information Literacy
Guest Presentation:
Matvey B. Palchuk, MD, MS,
Faculty of Center for
Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, to
discuss usability consideration for the search feature of Harvard
Catalyst Website.
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-
Weiss, Chapter 9
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Matthews, Chapter 6 (p.79-91), Chapter 13
- Rubin,
Chapter 1. Overview of Usability Testing
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Sharp, Rogers, & Preece, Chapter 14.
Usability testing & Field Studies
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4/14 |
Session 11:
Data Analysis and Descriptive
Statistics
Group Presentation:
Evaluation of Customer Services
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-
Weiss, Chapter 12
-
Matthews, Chapter 6 (p.79-91), Chapter 15
-
Leedy & Ormord, Chapter 11
(p.245-267).
(Available on the E-Learning Site)
- Samuel, J. (2003). Getting started with SPSS for Windows.
Indiana University (Available on the E-Learning Site)
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Due: Assignment
3
Class session takes place in GSLIS TechLab |
4/21 |
Session 12:
Inferential
Statistics and Writing Research Proposals
Extra Credit
Assignment
Presentation:
Running Usability Testing Sessions
|
- Weiss, Chapter 13
- Matthews, Chapter 6 (p. 92-94),
Scan Part IV, Evaluation of Library
- Leedy & Ormord, Chapter 11
(p.267-281).
(Available on the E-Learning Site)
- Hendricks, M. (1994). "Making a
Splash: Reporting Evaluation Results Effectively," in Wholey, et al.
(eds)., pp. 549-575. (Available on the E-Learning site)
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Class
session takes place in GSLIS TechLab |
4/28 |
Session 13: Evaluation Proposal Presentation Day I
Due:
Written Research Proposal |
5/5 |
Session 14: Evaluation Proposal Presentation Day II
Course Summary
& Evaluation
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