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Unruh, Kenton T.; Pettigrew, Karen E.; Durrance, Joan C. – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2002
Describes digital community information systems (CIS) and the need for improvements in system design. Proposes a layered evaluation framework to guide the evaluation of digital CIS from the perspective of information retrieval, following a selective review of digital CIS and evaluation approaches. Contains 59 references. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Su, Louise T. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Reports on a project that proposes and tests a comprehensive and systematic model of user evaluation of Web search engines. This article describes the model, including a set of criteria and measures and a method for implementation. A literature review portrays settings for developing the model and places applications of the model in contemporary…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
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Leithwood, Kenneth A.; Duke, Daniel L. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1993
Clarifying the meaning of principal effectiveness as a point of departure in the development of an appraisal system in Connecticut is discussed, focusing on the reasons for an appraisal system, how effectiveness should be defined, where to find relevant information, and how best to organize such information. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Definitions
Freeman, Robert R.; Atherton, Pauline – 1968
This report describes an experimental system for remote direct access to files of computer-stored information which has been indexed by the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC). The data base for the experiment consisted of references from a single issue of Nuclear Science Abstracts. The Special Subject Edition of UDC for Nuclear Science and…
Descriptors: Classification, Display Systems, Evaluation Methods, Indexing