From:
Patti Tjomsland
Library Media Specialist
Mark Morris High School
Longview, Washington
zimba@kalama.com
November 1999

Sample site evaluation questions based on a link from DIGITAL LIBRARIAN

Driver ________________________________    Reader Recorder   __________________________________

Job descriptions:
Driver:   operates mouse and uses keyboard.  Reads screen.
Reader/recorder: reads questions on sheet aloud.  Writes answers both agree on.  Reads screen.

For this assignment use The Digital Librarian page.  You can use the bookmark or you can type in the address http://www.servtech.com/~mvail/index.html

1.   Who is responsible for the Digital Librarian site?

2.   When was the site updated?

3.   What kind of service does this site provide for students?

4.   In the list of alphabetically organized topics, click on PETS.

5.   Look at the page on PETS.  What is the last date this site was updated?

6.   Is that date with-in the last six months?   _____  yes     _____  no

7.   Why is the date on a web site important?

8.   Click on the link for ACME Pet.  Answer these questions about ACME Pet.

9.   Is the name of the site easy to find?     _____  yes     _____  no

 10.   Does the title of the page tell you what type of information you'll find on the page?     _____ yes     _____ no

11.  Does the site have advertising?     _____ yes     _____ no

12.  Is it easy to tell the advertising from the site information?

13.  What is the date on the site?

14.  Who is responsible for the information on the page?

15.  Is there an index or table of contents that helps you move around in the site?

 16.  Are there pictures?     _____   yes     _____  no    Do the pictures help you learn about the subject?     _____  yes     _____  no
 

 17.  If you click on something and go to another page is there a link to get back to the first page?     _____  yes     _____  no.
 

18.  Is this the kind of information you would find in an encyclopedia?  Explain.
 

19.  Is there information on the page you think is wrong?  Explain.
 

 20.  Did you find any links that didn't work?  (Make sure your try at least three
links from the page.)
 

 21.  Write two sentences explaining why this would (or would not) be a good web site to use for research
 
 

22.  Would you share this web site with other students?  Why or why not.
 
 

23.  Write a bibliographic entry for the site using the MLA style sample.