>As an anthropology student about to undertake some
>visitor evaluation I would be interested in any
>references or links you may have to Outcome-based
>Evaluations.  I have found some information through
>the Eval-listserv already, but one can never have too
>many options!

Robin, I am also an anthropology student interested in doing visitor
evaluation work.  Let me recommend some of the following:

www.ilinet.org - Institute for Learning Innovation, a not-for-profit
evaluation group with some interesting approaches to the idea of "free-
choice learning." They have published two books.

www.randikorn.com - Randi Korn & Associates, an evaluation firm in Virginia

Serrell, Beverly. Paying Attention: Visitors and Museum Exhibitions.
Washington, D.C.: American Association of Museums, 1997. (I have not seen
this book, but her label-writing book is so cool this is probably also
good)

Some official materials off the IMLS website that I haven't read in depth
(they're on my list to read):
http://www.imls.gov/grants/current/crnt_obe.htm

A list of evaluation links compiled by Harry Needham, a member of this list-
-which I found by accident.  Harry, you should really do a better job of
self promotion!
http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/biblio/bievaeng.html

Museum Learning Collaborative
www.museumlearning.com

Australian Equivalent of CARE-Eval & Research Special Interest Group
http://amol.org.au/evrsig/

You can also order reports from the Smithsonian's Institutional Studies
Office for free, although they have a rather *different* approach to
evaluation.

As an anthropologist, you might enjoy contacting Richard Handler, who did
an ethnography of Colonial Williamsburg (he's at UVa).  Very few
anthropologists seem to have done a lot with evaluation.

Robin, what is the e-mail address or URL for this listserv you mention?
Also, if you contact me off-list, I have the e-mail addresses of a couple
other people you might contact.  I would be interested in hearing about
your work and talking to you about doing the kind of work you're doing at
UBC--I've heard good things have been coming out of there.

Kathy Mancuso

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