• Perspectives on Outcome Based Evaluation for Libraries and Museums (PDF, 215 KB)
  Leading museum and library experts talk about why outcome based evaluation is important to your institution.
• Why Libraries Matter — The Case for Outcomes (PPT, 270 KB). The Quintessential Meeting, Philadelphia, October 28, 2003.
• Libraries Change Lives — Oh yeah? Prove it (PPT, 621 KB).
• Knowing What Audiences Learn: Outcomes and Program Planning (PPT, 1.5 MB)

Please also see our Web-based short course for museum and library personnel.

If you have questions about IMLS's outcome-based evaluation efforts, please contact:

Matthew Birnbaum, Senior Evaluation Officer
Institute for Museum and Library Services
955 L’Enfant Plaza North, SW, Suite 4000 Washington, D.C. 20024-2135
Phone: 202-653-4760; Fax: 202-653-4600
e-mail: mbirnbaum@imls.gov