1. Evaluating your Repository
Institutional Repository Workshop 1 – 3 April 2009
Presented by

2. Evaluation
“The process of determining whether a product meets specified criteria.”
“An assessment of the project's success in meeting its intended outcomes; usually includes a formative evaluation and summative evaluation.”
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3. Formative Evaluation
“A type of process evaluation of new programs or services that focus on collecting data on program operations so that needed changes or modifications can be made to the program in the early stages.” Source:
“Usability analyses carried out early and throughout system development with the goal of guiding design.” Source: ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs5714/glossary.html

4. Summative Evaluation
“An evaluation carried out after a program has been fully developed; the purpose of a summative evaluation is to see whether the program has achieved the objectives set for it.” Source:srmdc.net/glossary.htm
“Usability analyses carried out at the end or at milestones during system development with the goal of assessing how well the system has met its usability objectives.” Source:ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs5714/glossary.html

5. Tools for evaluating your IR
Interviews
Surveys or checklists
Dialogue with participants

6. Evaluation Workflow Implementation of Software on Server
Redeploys software
Evaluation Team conducts evaluation
Quality Assurance Server
Developmental Server
Production Server
Feedback to Evaluation Team
Report to IR IT Manager
IR IT Manager resolves issues/ add changes

7. Evaluation Instrument & Test Report
See Manual Part 10 – to test DSpace functionalities, add changes/ improvements

8. Formal Evaluation Instruments
DRIVER
TRAC
Repository Explorer
DRAMBORA

9. Questions? ina.smith@up.ac.za