INLS
235
Day 13
4/17/2002
Remainder
of semester
Today: finish evaluation discussion
Look at trends
Last minute project
questions??
Next wed: no class (CHI conference)
finish projects
May 1. Project presentations, pizza
Projects due May 1, must
be turned in by May 7
Big Points
Need for
multifaceted approach to evaluation, clear specifications of goals of the
evaluation
Web logs
are not sufficient to tell full story of effectiveness or use
[note I
must have given a sense that evaluation is ill-defined, messy---it is COMPLEX,
but can be very rigorous and well-defined, see http://ils.unc.edu/~march/revision.pdf
for examples from LC, BLC, and Perseus]
Questions
How
quickly/fully should a DL react to evaluation results? Wait for replication?
Is there
an optimal mapping of methods to goals? [also need to consider context, no Eng
Handbook]
[see
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Imaging/Databases/1998mellon/
for eval of economics of museum/univ images]
Who
should evaluate DL? (outsiders, insiders, eval specialists, stakeholders?)
How
likely are orgs to invest in eval? [compare internal tools and time vs out
sourcing]
Does the
web really promote satisficing levels to drift down and DL lift them up?
Who puts
together (integrates) multiple results?
Why don’t
DLs use patron satisfaction surveys?
In
counting ‘size’ of collection as an eval metric, how do we assess size of a
collection? [OV points to .5TB]
4. One-minute paper
What was
the main point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered
question you leave class with today?