Untangling the Web is preeminently a public relations tool with a secondary goal of providing a general introduction to both the technical and informational aspects of the internet. It also serves the University and library goal of promoting life-long learning.

Given the relative informality of the sessions and their goals, we believe that significant, formal assessment is unnecessary and perhaps might act to decrease the audience. However, we’ve come up with the following suggestions.

1. Goal: Promote the Stewart Library and Weber State University to the community.

Outcome: Community members attend sessions

Assessment: survey numbers of community members that attend. Could be done at each session or selected sessions by a show of hands – ask for number of university community and then local community.

2. Goal: Provide general introduction to the technical and informational aspects of the internet.

Outcome: Attendees will attain a higher comfort level using internet resources.

Assessment: This could be done with a survey. However, we believe that given the informal nature of the classes that it would be more appropriate to get this information informally, by talking to participants.

3. Goal: Promote life-long learning by providing a low-stress environment to learn new technological and informational skills.

Outcome: Attendees feel comfortable attending classes and, as in the goal above, attain a higher comfort level using internet resources.

Assessment: As with the goal above, this could be done with a simple survey and  by talking to participants.

Kathy Payne and subcommittee