1. Evaluating Specific Modules in a Digital Library Curriculum Barbara M. Wildemuth School of Information & Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill wildem@ils.unc.edu

2. Development and Evaluation Process

4. Evaluate via inspection: Criteria Objectives: Are the objectives appropriate for the topic? Body of knowledge: Does the module address all areas of the topic that need to be addressed? Readings: Are the readings the best and most appropriate for the topic? Learning activities: Are the learning activities appropriate for the topic? Logistics: Is it feasible to teach the module as it is currently constructed? Overall structure: Is the module well-structured?

5. Evaluate via inspection: Participants Members of the project Advisory Board Participants in the JCDL Doctoral Consortium Additional experts Teachers of DL courses identified in earlier analyses Authors of DL articles and books Members of ASIST SIG on Digital Libraries

6. Development and Evaluation Process

7. Evaluate in the field Teacher perceptions Individual interviews based on earlier inspection criteria Student perceptions Questionnaires related to course content and student effort and learning Student outcomes Evaluation of student work completed during the module

8. Development and Evaluation Process

9. Additional information Project team: Virginia Tech: Ed Fox, Seungwon Yang UNC: Barbara Wildemuth, Jeffrey Pomerantz, Sanghee Oh Project website: http://curric.dlib.vt.edu/ Supported by the NSF under grant numbers IIS- 0535057 and IIS-0535060.