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School Libraries - Self Evaluation Model

Aims to produce draft self evaluation models and guidelines which are focused on learning and teaching outcomes and are accessible to the broad range of staff who manage libraries in schools in England.The research will assist school librarians to demonstrate to teachers, governors, OFSTED inspectors, parents, stakeholders, funders and users the contribution that their services can make to formal and lifelong learning and to attainment levels.

URL: NONE
Contact: Sarah McNicol, Research Fellow, [email protected]
Dates: 2002 - 2003
Funding: Resource

Evaluation of the Designation Challenge Fund

CIRT is evaluating the Resource/DCMS Designation Challenge Fund. This work involves the evaluation of the three-year �15m Fund, established to support the development of designated collections in non-national museums. CIRT is analysing questionnaires submitted by all projects and examining previous evaluation reports produced for the Fund. The final report will make recommendations for future management of DCF projects and, more specifically, for future evaluation of DCF awards.

URL: http://www.cie.uce.ac.uk/cirt/
Dates: May to July 2002
Contact: Clare Nankivell, CIRT Director, [email protected]
Funding: Resource

eVALUEd: developing an evaluation model for sustainable electronic library developments

Will contribute to the effective management and deployment of resources in the development of electronic library initiatives in the higher education sector. Aiming to produce an evaluation model for electronic library developments, transferable across the higher education sector.

URL: NONE
Contact: Pete Dalton, Research Development Manager, [email protected]
Dates: 2001 - 2003
Funding: HEFCE

Impact research: Worcestershire Health Informatics Programme

This project addresses the requirement from the West Midlands South Workforce Development Confederation of the National Health Service (NHS) to conduct research into the impact of its Libraries and Access to Evidence Project (LAEP).

URL: http://www.cie.uce.ac.uk/cirt/
Dates: May to October 2002
Contact: Pete Dalton, Research Development Manager, [email protected],
Funding: West Midlands South Workforce Development Confederation of the National Health Service

A sense of place

The project aims to widen access to materials of local cultural heritage and promote learning opportunities. The initiative stems from a consortium of seven partners in the West Midlands, each digitising local collections. CIRT is conducting evaluation of the initiative at consortium level in addition to advising individual projects on their own formative evaluation.

URL: http://www.cie.uce.ac.uk/cirt/
Dates: April 2002 to March 2004
Contact: Pete Dalton, Research Development Manager, [email protected]
Funding: New Opportunities Fund