Tools and Resources for Evaluation and Data Collection
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Community-Oriented Outreach
Building Successful Partnerships
Tips on developing successful collaborations. From the
National Resource Services
Center, a training and technical assistance provider
to programs funded by the Corporation for National and
Community Service.
Center for the
Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in
Health
Resources to help partnerships, funders, and policy
makers realize the full potential of collaboration to
solve complex problems related to health or any other
area.
Public Libraries and
Community Partners: Working Together to Provide Health
Information
A guide to encourage health information partnerships
between public libraries, the National Network of
Libraries of Medicine, and local health or
community-based organizations.
Melva Thompson-Robinson, Rodney Hopson, and Saumitra
SenGupta, eds. In Search of Cultural Competence in
Evaluation: Toward Principles and Practices, In:
New Directions for Evaluation, no. 102,
Summer 2004.
This volume of New Directions for Evaluation
addresses questions about how cultural issues affect
evaluation practice, including an overview of cultural
competence and case studies in a variety of settings with
several populations. According to the editors, it offers
"an important discussion of race, culture, and diversity
in evaluation striving to shape and advance culturally
competent evaluation and, in tandem, evaluation of
culturally competent services."
New
Tribal Connections 3 ( 
173 kb)
The final report from Tribal Connections 3 (TC3), a
project to explore community-based approaches to delivery
of Regional Medical Library (RML) services to American
Indian tribes.
Hispanic Health
Information Outreach (
191 kb)
Recommendations for National Library of Medicine Strategy
and Tactics. By Marlo Maldonado Young, NLM Associate
Fellowship Program, August 2001.
Information
Behavior in Everyday Contexts (IBEC)
IBEC features the
Outcomes Toolkit 2.0, a four step process of
conducting outcome-based evaluations which contains
examples and instruments from studies conducted across
the country. Funded by a National Leadership Grant from
the Institute of
Museum and Library Services.
Data Collection
Sample from an NN/LM Outreach Project
Training Needs
Assessment (
92kb,
rev:
Nov 29, 1999)
Developed for the HiPHIVE (Hawaii
Public Health Information Virtual Emporium)
project.
Sample NN/LM Tracking and Reporting Tools
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine uses forms like these to track outreach activities:
Outreach Activity
Data Collection Form (
1153kb,
rev:
May 26, 2006)
[Instructions,
13kb,
rev:
May 25, 2006]
Used to track information about outreach
activities.
Outreach
Activity Participant Information Sheet (
13kb,
rev:
May 23, 2006;
34kb,
rev:
May 23, 2006;
also available sized for legal paper:
13kb,
rev:
May 23, 2006 ;
31kb,
rev:
May 23, 2006)
[Instructions,
9kb,
rev:
May 25, 2006]
Used to collect anonymous, descriptive data about
participants of outreach activities.
Progress
Report Generator
A sample web-based form used by some RMLs to collect
progress reports on regional outreach projects.
Evaluation Planning
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Development Guide, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, January 2004
This guide offers a clear and concise discussion about the use of logic models and their importance for program planning and evaluation planning. It includes templates and other tools to help your organization develop logic models and evaluation questions. Available in English and Spanish.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook, W.K. Kellog Foundation, January 1998
This excellent evaluation handbook provides basic information and is useful for those with little or no experience in evaluation. Although not an exhaustive instructional guide, the handbook provide a framework for thinking about evaluation of any project. Available in English and Spanish.
More Web Resources
A Brief Guide to Questionnaire Development
Written by Robert B. Frary, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, "this booklet is
intended to identify some of the more prevalent
problems in questionnaire development and to suggest
ways of avoiding them."
American Evaluation
Association
The AEA is an international professional association
"devoted to the application and exploration of
evaluation in all its forms". Click on "Links" to view
AEA's "pre-eminent resource list of links of interest
to evaluators."
CDC
Evaluation Working Group
This site is about the CDC Evaluation Working Group and
its efforts to promote program evaluation at the CDC
and throughout the public health system. See especially
their "framework for program evaluation."
The
Communications Initiative
Includes summaries of change theories to inform
strategies development and evaluation initiatives.
Evaluation Support
Services
Created by The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan
University, this site is intended to increase the use
and improve the quality of evaluations.
Evaluation Toolkit
Essential elements for building effective evaluation
programs, from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Innovation
Network: Transforming Evaluation for Social
Change
Excellent interactive tools with step-by-step
directions to choose methods and build evaluation
designs and instruments.
Institute on
Museum & Library Services Outcomes Based
Evaluation
Links to resources that support and encourage the
adoption of outcome-oriented methods in the library and
museum fields.
Nonprofit
Good Practice Guide: Accountability and
Evaluation
Information about skills, practices, trends,
terminology.
Online
Evaluation Resource Library
A resource developed for professionals seeking to
design, conduct, document, or review project
evaluations. OERL is funded by the National Science
Foundation (NSF).
Outcome
Measurement Resource Network
This United Way site hightlights helpful publications
about outcome measurement. Click on "UWA Resources" and
then "Measuring Program Outcomes: A Practical
Approach".
Program
Development and Evaluation
Evaluation resources and training from University of
Wisconsin Cooperative Extension.
Research
Randomizer
Designed to assist researchers and students who want an
easy way to perform random sampling or assign
participants to experimental conditions.
Statistics
on the Web
A comprehensive list of sources about statistical
methods in research. Compiled by Clay Helberg of SPSS,
the site includes links to online educational
resources, professional organizations and consultants,
and software oriented pages.
