ERIC Number: ED289521
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Oct
Pages: 149
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A Cooperative Project for the Development and Delivery of Training to Rural Library Staff across Alberta. Phase Four. Final Summative Report.
Ming, Marilyn; MacDonald, Gary
The purpose of the Rural Library Training Project was to design, implement, and evaluate a basic training curriculum for the staff of rural libraries in Alberta, Canada. This Phase Four Summative Report describes project activities carried out from April 1, 1986 through June 30, 1987. These activities included the completion of the field test, the development and revision of courses, and the development and test of a province-wide delivery system. This report, which includes the overall evaluation of the project, provides data on both pilot and province-wide students; an evaluation of the impact of the program upon library service, based on responses from both the students and their employers; an analysis of course delivery costs; and a description of the province-wide network used to deliver the courses during the 1986-87 academic year. The external evaluator's summative report is included at the end of the report. Appendices, which constitute about half the document, include student profile data; 1986-87 course evaluation data; student and supervisor pilot test evaluation forms; student and pilot test evaluation data; fall 1986, winter 1987, and projected delivery costs; and a table depicting the ODEA (Organizing Distance Education Alternatives) Mode Filter model. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Demography, Developed Nations, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Library Personnel, Library Services, Library Statistics, Public Libraries, Questionnaires, Rural Areas, School Libraries
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
Sponsor: Alberta Dept. of Advanced Education, Calgary.
Authoring Institution: Grant MacEwan Community Coll., Edmonton (Alberta).; Southern Alberta Inst. of Technology, Calgary.
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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