Evaluating networked information services : techniques, policy, and issues / [edited by] Charles R. McClure and John Carlo Bertot.

Contains thirteen essays in which attendees at the American Society for Information Science's May 1999 mid-year meeting present a number of perspectives on evaluating networked information services and resources.

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Other Authors: McClure, Charles R., Bertot, John Carlo.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Medford, N.J. : Information Today, [2001]
Series:ASIST monograph series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Theory and Practice in the Networked Environment: A European Perspective / Geoffrey Ford 1
  • Chapter 2 Evaluating Children's Resources and Services in a Networked Environment / Eliza T. Dresang, Melissa Gross 23
  • Chapter 3 Scenarios in the Design and Evaluation of Networked Information Services: An Example from Community Health / Ann Peterson Bishop, Bharat Mehra, Imani Bazzell, Cynthia Smith 45
  • Chapter 4 Assessing the Provision of Networked Services: ERIC as an Example / R. David Lankes 67
  • Chapter 5 Assessing Interoperability in the Networked Environment: Standards, Evaluation, and Testbeds in the Context of Z39.50 / William E. Moen, Ph. D. 85
  • Chapter 6 Choosing Measures to Evaluate Networked Information Resources and Services: Selected Issues / Joe Ryan, Charles R. McClure, John Carlo Bertot 111
  • Chapter 7 Using Electronic Surveys to Evaluate Networked Resources: From Idea to Implementation / Dr. Jonathan Lazar, Dr. Jennifer Preece 137
  • Chapter 8 User-Centered Evaluation and Its Connection to Design / Carol A. Hert 155
  • Chapter 9 Digital Reference Services in Public and Academic Libraries / Joseph Janes 175
  • Chapter 10 Introduction to Log Analysis Techniques: Methods for Evaluating Networked Services / Jeffrey H. Rubin 197
  • Chapter 11 Policy Analysis and Networked Information: "There Are Eight Million Stories ..." / Philip Doty 213
  • Chapter 12 Using U.S. Information Policies to Evaluate Federal Web Sites / Charles R. McClure, J. Timothy Sprehe 255
  • Chapter 13 Measurement and Evaluation in the Networked Information World / Clifford Lynch 293.