LIS520  Janes

Autumn 2009

 

Evaluation Assignment

 

 

This assignment will give you experience in exploring and using criteria by which to evaluate resources for use by a given community or institution. 

 

First of all, you should review the various resources about evaluation available via the course Web site. See what criteria are mentioned or used, how reviews are written, and how they differ based on the intended audience of the review and the resources in question.

 

Then, based on your background and interest, you should select a subject area and an audience or client.  You may choose either an individual person with a more specific need (not necessarily an actual person, but you could; if you do, please consult with me in advance) or a more general audience.  For example, you might choose a high school student deciding on a career in photography, say, or a CEO looking for resources to protect her business from cyberattack or a college senior looking for a topic for a senior thesis in LGBT studies.  You might also select resources to help middle school students

 

You should then identify 3 criteria you think would be most important and useful in evaluating those resources for that audience.  Then, you should identify the 3 resources you think would be potentially useful for that subject area and audience.

 

The product you should produce is an evaluation of those resources, designed for your audience or client, using those criteria.  It should be tailored for your audience in scope, style, length, etc., but bear in mind it also must be thorough and professional (and that I am your real, ultimate audience).  You must incorporate the criteria in your discussion, telling why you chose each one over others, and then use those to assess the resources.

 

You should submit:

 

·          a description of the audience or clientele (this can be a brief statement, not part of the narrative)

·          citations, URLs, etc., for the resources in question (also need not be part of the narrative)

·          your evaluation to your client or audience

 

Your submissions will be evaluated on the criteria you identify and use, the decisions you make, appropriateness for audience, and the overall quality of your presentation.

 

You are to work on this assignment on your own.  Please be sure that each submission has the last 4 digits of your student number and not your name in the upper right hand corner of the first page.

 

This assignment is due in class on November 19.  NOTE date change