Collaborative Evaluation-Content_Checklist Template

URL: http://keepingitrealforlibraries.blogspot.com/
Site Name: Keeping It Real: Professional Information Ethics and Libraries
Date Accessed: 11/1/2014
Evaluators: Becky Labonte, Jean Ruark, Bree Stephany, Brooke VanDerlin, Jennifer Webster
EVALUATION CRITERIA IF PRESENT, TYPE an 'X'   CONDITIONAL CALCULATOR
  OIR   OIR
Authority    
Is it clear who is responsible for the page (e.g., author, publisher, organizational or corporate sponsor)? X 1
Are they qualified to provide such information? X 1
Are the sources of factual information listed so that they can be verified, such as a reference list, or does it include links to authoritative sites?  X 1
Is this page linked from or reviewed by other reliable or authoritative sites?     0
SUBTOTAL 3  
Accuracy or Clarity    
Is the information labeled and easy to read, especially chunking or clustering of information, graphs and charts?  Are related items near each other so that information is easy to find? X 1
Are the pages well organized, with a consistent pattern throughout the site, such as the consistent placement of navigation links? X 1
Is the information free of errors: spelling, typographical, grammatical? X 1
SUBTOTAL 3  
Usability    
Is the site easy to use?  X 1
 Are the navigation options well marked and obvious? X 1
Do the links to the homepage, other internal pages and external sites all work? X 1
SUBTOTAL 3  
Quality    
Does the site exhibit high quality? X 1
Does the information show a minimum of bias? X 1
Does the content appear to be substantial (e.g., based on current knowledge)? X 1
Is the content relevant to the information seeker's need?  X 1
SUBTOTAL 4  
Currency    
Are there dates to indicate when the pages were written or first placed on the web or when it was last revised? X 1
Are there indications that the material is kept current? X 1
If data is used, such as in charts or graphs, does it indicate when the data was published? X 1
SUBTOTAL 3  
Coverage    
Comparing this site to others, does this one appears to offer a breadth of coverage?  X 1
From a content or relevance viewpoint, does this page have intrinsic value? X 1
Does the treatment appear to be in-depth? X 1
SUBTOTAL 3  
Objectivity   0
Is the information free of advertising? X 1
SUBTOTAL 1  
TOTAL checkmarks this site received:  20  
Total of checkmarks possible for this evaluation: 21  
(Total number checkmarks is 20. If you add more questions, you must increase the number accordingly.)   
% possible checkmarks 95%

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