Tavistock Institute Papers and Reports
The Tavistock Institute undertakes evaluation studies into projects, programme areas and the programme as a whole, as well as organising and participating in evaluation workshops and similar events.
- Evaluation of the Electronic Libraries Programme - synthesis of annual reports 1998 and 1997
- These reports provide an overview of the eLib programme.
The Synthesis of eLib Annual Reports for 1998 [PDF] and the Synthesis of eLib Annual Reports for 1997 [PDF].
Note the synthesis reports are also available from Opus, the University of Bath institutional repository. - Evaluation of the Electronic Libraries Programme - synthesis of annual reports 1996
- This report provides an overview of the eLib programme, at the end of
the first year of funding. It is based on the annual reports of
thirty-six projects, the reporting period in most cases covering the
first nine to twelve months of the project lifecycle. Five projects
included in the study had been operational for less than six months
(January 1997).
[HTML] - [MS Word 6] - [PDF] Note the mPDF and MS Wortd versions of the synthesis report appear to be corrupt and are not readable. - Policy mapping study - The set-up, operation and content of the Electronic Libraries Programme
- This study maps actual and planned activities in the Electronic
Libraries Programme (eLib) against programme objectives. It is intended
to document the programme's content and organisation; indicate possible
directions for future activities; and provide a baseline for future
reference and evaluation (August 1996, revised October 1996).
[HTML] [MS Word 6] - A guide to developing and implementing evaluation in individual eLib projects
- This document provides a guide to developing and implementing
evaluation in individual eLib projects. The Guidelines draw on the
extensive consultations we have had with actors both internal and
external to the eLib programme and as well reflecting lessons from our
experience of information and learning technologies. Whilst evaluation
inevitably entails making choices - about which questions to ask, what
criteria to adopt, which methods to use, and so on - we have taken a
normative position in setting out what we consider to be the most
effective way in w hich projects can undertake a relatively small-scale,
highly focused and manageable evaluation activity that is relevant and
useful to the projects and to the programme. We are mindful of
logistics: the need to specify evaluation plans quickly, and what is
reasonable to expect of projects by way of time and resource commitments
(January 1996).
[HTML] - Design of an evaluation of the Electronic Libraries Programme
- This document contains the draft report of a brief consultancy (seven
days) for FIGIT by the Tavistock Institute on the design of an
evaluation of the Electronic Libraries Programme. The brief of the
consultancy, as agreed with the Programme Director, was to:
- comment on programme design and implications for evaluation
- identify options for the design of a formative evaluation
- provide an outline report by 11th July and a final report by the end of July This draft report contains the proposals which will be presented for discussion at the FIGIT meeting on 11th and 12th July 1996. A final report will be revised and completed in the light of the feedback received (1996).
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- A number of evaluative papers produced by the Tavistock Institute as part of the eLib Supporting Studies are available.