Open AccessIT POINT: A public library IT demonstrator project
Author(s) -
Niall MacKenzie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
library and information research/library and information research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2752-7336
pISSN - 1756-1086
DOI - 10.29173/lirg377
Subject(s) - borough , metropolitan area , library science , point (geometry) , work (physics) , the arts , engineering management , political science , computer science , engineering , public administration , geography , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , law
IT POINT was a 21-month project that brought public access to information technology and networks within a public library. Chelmsley Wood Library, Solihull, West Midlands, hosted the project under the guidance of the Libraries and Arts Department of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. The British Library Research and Innovation Centre (formerly BLRDD) funded the project.
This article presents the research methodology employed for the evaluation of the project both internally and externally. It will examine the preparatory research, the initial evaluation methodology, the work of the external Evaluation Team and their difficulties and successes and how the evaluation
techniques might have been refined.