FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
April 27, 2007
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
Online Course on Outcomes and Evaluation Offered Free
to Museums & Libraries this Summer and Fall
Washington, DC--Shaping
Outcomes, an online course on outcomes-based planning
and evaluation, will be available free to museum and library
professionals this summer and fall. The instructor-mediated
course, which will help participants improve program designs
and evaluations, was developed through a cooperative agreement
between the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
and Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
(IUPUI).
“By providing members of the museum
and library community with the knowledge to apply outcomes-based
planning and evaluation, Shaping Outcomes will enable
participants to make a measurable difference in their
communities,” said IMLS Director Anne-Imelda M.
Radice, Ph.D.
Through the approximately five-week course,
participants will work at their own pace to learn outcomes-based
planning and evaluation concepts and apply the concepts
to a program or a project at their own institutions. A
special course for those interested in teaching Shaping
Outcomes or incorporating it into their own curricula
will be offered in October 2007.
The course itself is being evaluated for
users’ learning and satisfaction. IMLS will share
the results when they are available.
Those interested in learning more about
Shaping Outcomes or registering for one of the courses
should visit www.shapingoutcomes.org
or e-mail outcomes@iupui.edu.
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