Course Materials for LSI 580 Evaluation and Research
Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT

LSI 580-70
Fall 1999

CONTENTS:
Unit I
Unit II
Unit III
Unit IV
Unit V
Unit VI
Unit VII
Unit VIII
Final Exam
Sample Research Instruments

Letter to the LSI 580 Student:

Welcome to LSI 580: Evaluation and Research. I hope you enjoy this course. It is not an easy one. It requires you to read extensively in the literature and to synthesis what you have read, translate it for the non-researcher, and apply it to problems in your profession. It requires problem-solving and, at times a bit of imagination. You will need to manage your time and resources closely. And you will need to plan on spending hours revising and revising again draft after draft until your final paper emerges, to use the metaphor, like a butterfly from its cocoon.

I have tried to do two major things in the course: 1) to introduce you to empirical research, and 2) to make this a capstone experience in your graduate work in the MLS and IT programs, an experience that may result in publication and an experience that may add to your attractability as a prospective employee.

Happy researching!