PAR EXCELLENCE AWARD,ICQCC Hydrabad India 2021

Alhamdulilah kali in kumpulan kami telah menerima menerima Par Excellence Award di 46th International Convention on Quality Control Circles (ICQCC) 2021

DIAMOND , GOLD AND SILVER AT IIDEX 2019

Alhamdulilah dari dua projek inovasi yang saya sertai dalam (IIDEX) 2019 kali ini , inovasi WeGBY CHAIR telah menerima Anugerah SPECIAL AWARD - DIAMOND dan GOLD manakala inovasi RDMS (Reference Desk Management System ) mendapat anugerah SILVER

FASILITATOR TERBAIK 2019 ZON TENGAH

Alhamdulilah kali ini di anugerahkan sebagai Fasiltator Terbaik di Konvensyen KIK Peringkat UiTM 2019 Zon Tengah sekali lagi setelah menerima pada tahun 2016

ANUGERAH EMAS KONVENSYEN TEAM EXECELLENT MPC 2018

Alhamdulilah tugasan kali ini berjaya membawa kumpulan KIK PTAR i-Clique meraih Anugerah Emas dalam Konvensyen Team Excellent Peringkat Wilayah 2018 ( Wilayah Selatan ) di Holiday Villa Johor Bahru City Centre

ANUGERAH EMAS BAGI INOVASI SOLAT ALERT SOFTWARE (SAS) DI ITEX2017

Alhamdulilah dapat juga melakarkan sejarah memenangi anugerah emas bagi penyertaan di International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX 2017) pula dengan produk inovasi Solat Alert Software (SAS). ....

Anugerah EMAS (GOLD) di Ekspo Reka Cipta, Inovasi dan Reka Bentuk (Invention, Innovation And Design Exposition) - IIDEX

Alhamdulilah kedua-dua projek inovasi yang saya sertai mendapat anugerah dalam IIDEX2016 daripada sejumlah 745 penyertaan keseluruhannya.

Awards at British Invention Show 2009

The British Invention Show, is the largest innovation and technology expo in Britain. UiTM submitted 8 entries of which all won medals.

Fasilitator Terbaik

Fasilitator Terbaik kali kedua berturut-turut. Sebenarnya kejayaaan ini adalah kejayaan anda semua.

Konvensyen ICC Kebangsaan

Naib Johan Sektor Awam, 10 Kumpulan Terbaik Sektor Awam, Anugerah Emas 3 Bintang Konvensyen ICC Kebangsaan

Pingat Emas Dalam Malaysia Technology Expo ( MTE)

Menerima anugerah Pingat Emas dalam Malaysia Technology Expo ( MTE) 2009 yang telah diadakan pada 19 hingga 21 Februari 2009 di PWTC, Kuala Lumpur. Pelbagai hasil penyelidikan telah dipamerkan oleh 460 peserta/ kumpulan daripada pelbagai IPTA, badan swasta, MRSM dan lain-lain organisasi.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Keputusan Konvensyen ICC Perpustakaan SeMalaysia Tahun 2009


Sekalung tahniah dan syabas kepada anak buah saya, Kumpulan eWave , Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR ) UiTM kerana telah menjuarai Konvensyen ICC Perpustakaan SeMalaysia Tahun 2009 untuk kali ke-2 yang telah diadakan pada 25 – 27 September 2009 di Le Meridien Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. (Tahniahlah kerana dapat mempertahankan kejuaran tahun lalu 2008 ajuran Pustaka Sarawak )

Terima kasih juga atas segala kerjasama dan daya usaha terutama tok Ketua Kumpulan eWAVE Tuan Haji Azizi Jantan, semua ahli serta sifu/tok guru2 KIK kami yang secara tak langsung menjadikan saya Fasilitator Terbaik kali kedua berturut-turut. Sebenarnya kejayaaan ini adalah kejayaan anda semua. Laporan juga boleh di didapati di akhbar Cina.




Konvensyen ICC Perpustakaan kali ini telah disertai oleh 20 pasukan yang dibahagikan kepada dua kategori iaitu Perpustakaan Awam dan Perpustakaan Akademik.

Penyertaan Perpustakaan Awam:
1. Kumpulan DOT COM - Pustaka Negeri Sarawak
2. Kumpulan NADI - Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia
3. Kumpulan DINAMIK - Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Perak
4. Kumpulan HARMONI - Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Perlis
5. Kumpulan REVOLUSI - Pustaka Negeri Sarawak
6. Kumpulan ILMU - Perpustakaan Negeri Sabah
7. Kumpulan D'BACA - Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Kedah
8. Kumpulan WAVE ICQ - Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Pulau Pinang
9. Kumpulan EMERTIS - Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Pulau Pinang
10. Kumpulan GEMILANG - Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Perak
11. Kumpulan VIP - Perpustakaan Negeri Sabah
12. Kumpulan E-FORMA - Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Selangor
13. Kumpulan I.L.M.U - Perpustakaan Awam Labuan
14. Kumpulan MESRA - Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Selangor
15. Kumpulan WOOLEY - Perpustakaan Negeri Sabah

Penyertaan Perpustakaan Akademik:
1. Kumpulan ISMART - UIA
2. Kumpulan CRYSTAL - UiTM Sarawak
3. Kumpulan SPEKTRUM - UiTM Sarawak
4. Kumpulan PRO TAG - UKM
5. Kumpulan e-WAVE - UiTM Shah Alam

Berikut adalah keputusan penuh konvensyen tersebut:

Kategori Perpustakaan Awam:
JOHAN, Persembahan Terbaik dan Fasilitator Terbaik - Kumpulan HARMONI - Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Perlis
Tajuk Projek : Masalah Pengguna Bising Di Perbadanan Awam Negeri Perlis pada Waktu Puncak
Naib Johan - Kumpulan REVOLUSI - Pustaka Negeri Sarawak
Ke 3 - Kumpulan GEMILANG - Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Perak

Kategori Perpustakaan Aademik:
JOHAN, -Kumpulan e-WAVE PTAR, UiTM Shah Alam,
Persembahan Terbaik -Kumpulan e-WAVE - PTAR, UiTM Shah Alam,
dan Fasilitator Terbaik - Ahmad Faizar Jaafar -Kumpulan e-WAVE - PTAR, UiTM Shah Alam,
Tajuk Projek : Menambah Kemudahan Mesin Pinjaman Buku Layan Diri Di Perpustakaan

Naib Johan - Kumpulan PRO TAG - UKM
Ke 3 - Kumpulan SPEKTRUM - UiTM Sarawak

Untuk makluman, tuan rumah untuk penganjuran Konvensyen ICC Perpustakaan SeMalaysia yang ke 3 bagi tahun 2010 nanti telah ditetapkan di Pulau Langkawi dan penganjurnya ialah Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Kedah

http://www.library.uitm.edu.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=190&Itemid=202

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Salam Ramadhan & Selamat Hari Raya

Di kesempatan bulan
Ramadhan (Jadual Harian Bulan Ramadhan)
 yang penuh dengan segala-galanya ini, saya ingin mengucapkan selamat berpuasa dan bersama-samalah kita mengambil kesempatan diatas peluang yang telah Allah berikan ini untuk mencari mencari Lailatulqadar dengan penuh keimanan dan mengharapkan keredhaan Allah,
Sememangnya sudah menjadi tradisi bagi kita umat Islam, pada setiap tanggal 17 Ramadhan kita akan mengadakan peringatan Nuzul Al-Quran.

Peristiwa nuzul al-Quran menjadi satu rakaman sejarah dalam kehidupan Nabi SAW hingga seterusnya berperingkat-peringkat menjadi lengkap sebagaimana kitab al-Quran yang ada pada kita hari ini. Peristiwa Nuzul al-Quran berlaku pada malam Jumaat, 17 Ramadan, tahun ke-41 daripada keputeraan Nabi Muhamad SAW. Perkataan ‘Nuzul’ bererti turun atau berpindah dari atas ke bawah. Bila disebut bahawa al-Quran adalah mukjizat terbesar Nabi SAW maka ianya memberi makna terlalu besar kepada umat Islam.

So, Pass the knowledge of Quran by referring your friends & relatives to this website. If you own a website, help promote this site by linking to Quran Online
http://faizar.onestop.net/alquran/


Dapatkan juga ekad di http://mymalaysia.onestop.net/ekad/  atau http://faizar.onestop.net/ekad/

Raya tahun ini giliran balik kampung Sapintas, Sabak Bernam, buat family gathering+baca yasin+tahlil, cuma abang Zul beraya di Johor tak dapat balik yang lain semua ada. Lepas tu balik Penaga, Penang hanya sehari hantar my family tak dapat cuti panjang, cuti raya hanya sampai 23 Sept 2009 sebab ada Kovensyen di Kota Kinabalu Sabah sehingga 27 September 2009

Monday, September 14, 2009

Bengkel Portal Universiti

Selasa Sept 12, 2009. PSMB dengan kerjasamam IBM Malaysia telah menganjurkan satu bengkel bertajuk Portal Universiti yang di hadiri oleh semua pemilik proses di UiTM, Tujuan bengkel ini di adakan adalah untuk memberikan penerangan kepada pemilik proses dan juga kakitangan yang terlibat terhadap hala tuju aplikasi berasaskan web. Untuk itu PSMB mencadangkan supaya di wujudkan satu Portal yang merangkumi semua portal-portal yang sedia ada di Universiti. Dengan adanya portal ini nanti pengguna hanya perlu log kedalam portal ini dan boleh mengaksess semua aplikasi lain atau portal lain dengan hanya sekali login sahaja. Para peserta di berikan penerangan mengenai konsep portal dan juga case study yang telah di buat oleh pihak IBM, serta sesi soal jawab juga di adakan di mana pengguna boleh menguatarakan cadangan dan padangan mereka.

http://psmb.uitm.edu.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183:bengkel-portal-universiti&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=86

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

my new blogging styles

I am becoming an avid microblogger, and I’m trying out different blogging styles lately.

As of now, I have Twitter, Plurk and now, Tumblr on my list of blogs with unique formats. I love the challenges they present. Twitter and Plurk are basically microblogging.

Tumblr is a blogging platform that allows users to post text, images, video, links, quotes, and audio to their tumblelog, a short-form blog. Users are able to “follow” other users and see their posts together on their dashboard. You can like or reblog other blogs on the site and other users can do the same to your posts. The service emphasizes customizability and ease of use

Posts are only allowed to be 140 characters in length (though people cheat by posting more than once). It’s a fun, easy and short way to update people or announce stuff.

Tumblr, on the other hand, is a mixed-media blog site. It is simple to use and simple to view. You can posts text, photos, quotes, links, audio or video links and even chat conversations (and they don’t look messy at all!) It’s no frills, no-fuss. You can blog as long or as short as you like, and you can blog in words or pictures (whichever you prefer.)

Tumblr’s emphasis is on customizability and ease of use—it only takes 30 seconds to sign up.The “like” button, which lets you tell a user you like his or her content, and the “reblog” button, which easily reposts content from another tumblelog onto yours, provide positive feedback that has given Tumblr an 85% retention rate, compared with 60% for Twitter.

Users “follow” other tumblelogs, much like on Twitter, and their updates appear in one stream on the Dashboard. This is the interface where users can like and reblog posts, as well as the buttons to add content to their own tumblelog. Other tumblelogs the user maintains appear on the right, along with statistics like tumblarity.

I joined Plurk & Tumblr four hours ago. Haha. Go check them out.

http://www.plurk.com/ahmadfaizar
http://faizar.tumblr.com/

Monday, September 07, 2009

Guide student evoluting web

Today guide student AM228, Normajida bt Hussian to do evaluating Website Quality , here some guide refer:

For Malaysian Goverment Agencies can refer to MAMPU Guideline


http://www.mampu.gov.my/pdf/Pek-012006-Garis-panduan-lamanweb-v2.4-b.pdf
http://www.mampu.gov.my/pdf/spict/kk2.pdf


http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html

http://www.llrx.com/features/webeval.htm



http://www.studygs.net/evaluate.htm

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

http://www.studygs.net/evaluate.htm

More About Evaluating Web Sources
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating
An excellent series of pages on this subject (from the Milton Library at Johns Hopkins University).

For annotated descriptions of many other good guides to evaluating web pages, search the subject "Evaluation of Internet Resources" in the Librarians' Internet Index <http://lii.org>.


http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/page_build.cfm?state=none&CFID=53968844&CFTOKEN=2deae00-0001648e-dc80-1aa5-9841-831b0f1f0000


Elements of Good Design
Fonts and Typography
How to Use Color
Graphics and Images
Web Layout Basics
Tackling Web Navigation
Accessibility and Usability
Web Design Software


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Five criteria for evaluating Web pages


Evaluation of Web documents
1. Accuracy of Web Documents
Who wrote the page and can you contact him or her?
What is the purpose of the document and why was it produced?
Is this person qualified to write this document?


How to interpret the basics
1. Accuracy
Make sure author provides e-mail or a contact address/phone number.
Know the distinction between author and Webmaster.


Evaluation of Web documents
2. Authority of Web Documents
Who published the document and is it separate from the "Webmaster?"
Check the domain of the document, what institution publishes this document?
Does the publisher list his or her qualifications?


How to interpret the basics
2. Authority
What credentials are listed for the authors)?
Where is the document published? Check URL domain.


Evaluation of Web documents
3. Objectivity of Web Documents
What goals/objectives does this page meet?
How detailed is the information?
What opinions (if any) are expressed by the author?


How to interpret the basics
3.Objectivity
Determine if page is a mask for advertising; if so information might be biased.
View any Web page as you would an infommercial on television. Ask yourself why was this written and for whom?


Evaluation of Web documents
4. Currency of Web Documents
When was it produced?
When was it updated'
How up-to-date are the links (if any)?


How to interpret the basics
4.Currency
How many dead links are on the page?
Are the links current or updated regularly?
Is the information on the page outdated?


Evaluation of Web documents
5. Coverage of the Web Documents
Are the links (if any) evaluated and do they complement the documents' theme?
Is it all images or a balance of text and images?
Is the information presented cited correctly?


How to interpret the basics
5. Coverage
If page requires special software to view the information, how much are you missing if you don't have the software?
Is it free or is there a fee, to obtain the information?
Is there an option for text only, or frames, or a suggested browser for better viewing?

Putting it all together
Accuracy. If your page lists the author and institution that published the page and provides a way of contacting him/her and . . .
Authority. If your page lists the author credentials and its domain is preferred (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net), and, . .
Objectivity. If your page provides accurate information with limited advertising and it is objective in presenting the information, and . . .
Currency. If your page is current and updated regularly (as stated on the page) and the links (if any) are also up-to-date, and . . .
Coverage. If you can view the information properly--not limited to fees, browser technology, or software requirement, then . . .
You may have a Web page that could be of value to your research!


FROM: Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching undergrads WEB evaluation: A guide for library instruction." C&RL News (July/August 1998): 522-523.

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<b>How To Evaluate A Web Site</b>
By LaJean Humphries, Published on December 2, 2002


LaJean Humphries is the library manager for Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, a multi-service, regional law firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Her firm was one of several beta sites for a new software product from LexisNexis developed to validate a firm's client matter numbers and improve online cost recovery. She regularly provides Internet training for attorneys and staff.

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Introduction


I was very fortunate to be asked to be a contributing author to the book, Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet. This is a digest of the chapter I authored and the story of how it came about. It didn’t take long after first stepping on the Information Highway to realize that it was important to evaluate Internet sites. Attorneys may be very sophisticated but occasionally one still shows up in the librarian’s office, confused and dismayed, saying “But, I found it on the Internet” as if the Internet somehow bestowed accuracy on a piece of misinformation. The library mantra became, “You don't believe everything you read in the newspaper so don't believe everything you read or see on the Web.”


Once everyone in our firm had web access, the library started a regular program of Internet training classes. We covered practice areas as well as general reference and incorporated evaluation of web sites into practically every class. Eventually, we developed an entire class on evaluation. Soon there was an article in Searcher and next the chapter, How to Evaluate a Web Site, in Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet.



Even the most highly skilled and skeptical librarian can still learn new tricks. Web of Deception covers web hoaxes, counterfeit sites, and other spurious information, medical misinformation, corporate misinformation, privacy risks, charity scams, the dark side of e-commerce and email fraud, legal advice, searching quagmires, how search engines work, and remedies for intentional misinformation, as well as how to evaluate web sites. There are many factors to consider when evaluating web sites and there are many sites that provide checklists and tutorials to help you with evaluation. “How to Evaluate a Web Site” doesn’t cover technical issues; see useit.com and other sites for technical evaluations.


Sites to Help You Evaluate Web Sites


Many of the following sites are self-explanatory. All links were good in November 2002 but as we know, Web pages are fluid. They can be here today and gone tomorrow.


Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources
http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/libinst/evalbiblio.html
Nicole J. Auer, with Virginia Tech Libraries, maintains this excellent bibliography which includes Internet resources, sample evaluation forms, web site examples, print resources, useful listservs, and books.


Brandt, D. Scott. Evaluating Information on the Internet
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/techman/evaluate.html
Professor Brandt, Technology Training Librarian at Purdue University Libraries in West Lafayette, IN, discusses filtering and assessment in this relevant article.


Criteria for Evaluation of Internet Information Resources, http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/index.htm
Alastair Smith, VUW Department of Library and Information Studies, New Zealand, “provides a ‘toolbox’ of criteria that enable Internet information sources to be evaluated for use in libraries, e.g. for inclusion in resource guides, and helping users evaluate information found.”


Evaluating a Site
http://www.2learn.ca/evaluating/evaluating.html
This Canadian site from 2Learn.ca was designed by and for teachers and includes many useful evaluation tools for students, particularly elementary through high school.


The Effects of Margins on Legislative Drafting
http://www.aallnet.org/products/crab/margin.htm
Attendees of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 1997 pre-conference The Compleat Internet Researcher: Advanced Strategies and Techniques will recognize this page created by Elliot Chabot, an attorney in Washington, D.C., and for many years head of the automated legal support team of the House Information Resources staff of the U.S. House of Representatives. It demonstrates the ease with which text may appear differently on different computers. See the multi-million dollar difference in the meaning of the text that a few spaces can make.


Evaluating Internet Sites
http://cii.vcsu.nodak.edu/classroom/evaluating.htm
Marilyn O'Callaghan, Educational Technologist, Teaching with Technology Initiative in Fargo ND, provides a colorful webpage with five guidelines and sites to evaluate.
Evaluating Quality on the Net
http://www.hopetillman.com/findqual.html
Hope Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson College, and Special Libraries Association president, 2001-2002, put this excellent article on the web in 1995 and it continually evolves and updates. Tillman covers relevance of existing criteria for other formats, looking at the continuum of information on the net, generic criteria for evaluation, the current state of evaluation tools on the net, and her own key indicators of quality.
Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet http://www.virtualchase.com/quality/index.html
Genie Tyburski, research librarian at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, maintains The Virtual Chase, A Research Site for Legal Professionals http://www.virtualchase.com/index.shtml. Visit her section on Evaluating the Quality of Information on the Internet for checklists, interactive tutorial, guidelines, webliography, and more.
Evaluating Web Resources
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm
Jan Alexander & Marsha Ann Tate, Wolfgram Memorial Library, Widener University, Chester, PA, provide materials to assist in teaching how to evaluate the informational content of Web resources and a bibliography of materials on applying critical thinking techniques to Web resources.
Evaluating Web Sites
http://www.lib.lfc.edu/internetsearch/evalweb.html
Lake Forest College Library provides a “good example” and a “questionable example” for each of the primary criteria for evaluating web sites.
Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html
Michael Engle, Information Services, Cornell University Library, covers context, evaluation criteria, web reviews and rankings, and a webliography.
Evaluation of information sources
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm
Another excellent site from Alastair Smith. See Criteria for Evaluation of Internet Information Resources above.
Free Pint
http://www.freepint.co.uk/
Free Pint is an email newsletter, “packed with tips on using the Internet for serious research, twice a month. Free Pint was founded and first published in November 1997 by William Hann.”



<b>Evaluating Web Sites</b>
http://www.lib.lfc.edu/internetsearch/evalweb.html
Lake Forest College Library provides a “good example” and a “questionable example” for each of the primary criteria for evaluating web sites.
<b>How to Evaluate a Web Page</b>
http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/evalweb2.html
Associate Professor and Reference Librarian at Morgan Library, Colorado State University,
Naomi Lederer has created both a summary and detailed version of “How to Evaluate a Web Page” and starts by asking what is the purpose of the web site you are viewing?


<b>ICYouSee: T is for Thinking</b>
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html
John R. Henderson, Ithaca College Library, frequently updates this colorful site which includes a quiz and three exercises that instructors may use for teaching users to evaluate web sites.






Librarians’ Index to the Internet
http://lii.org
Surely every librarian is familiar with Listowner and Coordinator Karen G. Schneider’s “Librarians' Index to the Internet - Information You Can Trust!”


Schrock, Kathleen.
Evaluation of World Wide Web Sites: An Annotated Bibliography
http://ericir.syr.edu/ithome/digests/edoir9802.html
ERIC Digests are in the public domain and may be freely reproduced and disseminated.


The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly or, Why It’s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Susan E. Beck, Head, Reference & Research Services Department, New Mexico State University Library, maintains this site of examples, criteria, suggestions, and bibliography.


The Scout Report
http://scout.wisc.edu/
The Scout Report, available on the web and as an email subscription, provides interesting, high-quality reports about the Internet. This excellent resource from the Computer Sciences Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison also provides archives and various toolkits.








Usable Web
http://usableweb.com/
Keith Instone’s Usable Web is a collection of links about information architecture, human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web.


useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website
http://useit.com/
Dr. Nielsen is undoubtedly one of the leading experts on web page usability. It is no longer enough to have a web site that looks pretty. It has to be highly usable or people will go elsewhere.


Who Wrote It? Who Published It?


“How to Evaluate a Web Site” and most of the web sites mentioned above list author and publisher as criteria to be considered when evaluating an Internet site. The book chapter goes into detail about verifying author credentials. A casual glance at the above sites shows that many of them are published or sponsored by educational institutions. That’s not an accident. Educational institutions and government agencies have a vested interest in presenting high-quality, accurate information.


Is the information current, accurate and complete?


Currency – sometimes it matters and sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes the information found on the Internet is accurate as of the date it was written but is not accurate now. Know when currency is important. If the issue is legal, you probably want to be sure the information is current. Sometimes information is current and accurate but not complete. Make sure you have complete information before making critical decisions.


Is the information unbiased?


There is nothing wrong with commercial, advertising, advocacy, educational, marketing, or personal Internet sites. However, all sites should make clear their purpose and bias. It should not be hard to determine the goal or purpose. If you can’t figure it out, be wary.


Quality of writing


The author of a web site may not be a Twain or a Hemingway but the writing on a web site should be grammatically correct, free from spelling errors, and at least of fairly high quality. High quality writing conveys the meaning of the text clearly and easily.1


Training Attorneys and Staff and Yourself


You can use many of the sites mentioned above when presenting Internet classes to your attorneys and staff. Have them compare the University of Santa Anita site with the CDC site (ICYou See: T is for Thinking mentioned above). Read aloud some of the names; this will guarantee some laughs. After reviewing some of the sites specifically designed for teaching, encourage users to evaluate other web sites.







What do you do when an attorney asks you about a new web-based service? T. R. Halvorson has done some excellent reviews on LLRX. See his section, “Here Comes the Judge: Law Librarians Evaluate Online Services” Program J-6 in the AALL 2002 Educational Program Handouts, pp. 153-166, and his articles, "Searcher Responsibility for Quality in the Web World," Searcher, vol. 6 no. 9, October 1998, pp. 12-20, and “Checklist of Questions: SCOUG-Inspired Review of an Online Legal Information Service,” for more details. See also Susan B. Hersch’s “Inundated with Offers for Legal Research Services on the Internet? Sorting out the Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” published May 1, 2001.


You can evaluate web sites and teach others to do so as well. Use the numerous resources available as well as your own common sense and good judgment. “ Question, compare, and verify. Do not believe everything you see!” 2


Footnotes


1 “How to Evaluate an Internet Site” Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet. Information Today, 2002.
2 Idib.


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Evaluating Website Content


The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, English


I. The Problem


The Internet is a relatively new and untested information and communication medium. As such, we need to evaluate, expand, and adapt existing criteria for evaluating content, as well as develop new techniques.


The Internet is a ubiquitous medium: aside from questions of affordability, it is very pervasive in both authorship and audience. A web address is now an international information and persuasion medium


The Internet can very well be an unregulated and un-regulatable medium. As such, it is the visitor to a website who must have both tools and responsibility to discern quality websites.


II.. Examples of the problem


Have you been to New Hartford, Minnesota? (Probably only virtually...)


What do you think of the distinguished academic study "Feline Reactions to Bearded Men" by Catherine Maloney, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, Sarah J. Lichtblau, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois Nadya Karpook,
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Carolyn Chou, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Anthony Arena-DeRosa, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts?



III. Eight basic types of website purposes:



  1. Personal with biographic data, often called "vanity pages"

  2. Promotional to sell a product

  3. "Current" to provide extremely up-to-date information, as for newspapers' sites

  4. Informational to share information on a particular topic or hobby

  5. Advocacy/persuasive as propaganda to convert you to particular point of view

  6. Instructional to teach a unit or course of study;

  7. Registrational to register for courses, information, and/or products, accumulate a database of, and simplify communication with, registrants

  8. Entertainment!


Characteristics of 5 types (outside links):



Jan Alexander and Marsha Tate,
Wolfgram Memorial Library,
Widener University


IV. Contexts of website evaluation:
header * body * footer * navigation


V. Five evaluative guidelines from the School of Journalism & Library Science:


Authority Who is responsible for the page?
What are their qualifications and associations, and can you verify them?


Check the footer
for name of the web page author, his/her credentials and title, organizational affiliation. Is the information verifiable?



Currency Are dates clear when the website was first created and edited?


Check the footer
for when the website was created, and when last edited.


Check the content
for news items, indications that the site is actively maintained, acknowledgements/responses to visitors



CoverageWhat is the focus of the site? Are there clear headings to illustrate an outline of the content? Is the navigation within the website clear?


Check the header
for a clear title and web site description


Check the content
for headings and keywords


Check the navigation
to reflect content outline within the web site



Objectivity Are biases clearly stated? Are affiliations clear?


Check the content
for statement of purpose,
to determine the type of web site and potential audience
for outside links for information external to the website
for graphics and cues for affiliations


Check the header/footer and URL/domain (.gov .com .edu)
to determine organizational source of website and how this reflects on content type



Accuracy Are sources of information and factual data listed, and available for cross-checking


Check the content
for accuracy of spelling, grammar, facts(!), and consistency within website


Check content for a bibliographic
variety of websites (external links), of electronic media (electronic databases of references, established (print & on-line) journals, of electronic indexes (ERIC), and of books for comparative/evaluative purposes



VI. Bibliography (Author, web site, date last visited) related to evaluation:


(Widener University) Jan Alexander & Marsha Tate
Original Web Evaluation Materials (5 January, 2006)
Includes a link to a Powerpoint presentation for teaching materials


(Western Illinois University) Bruce Leland
Evaluating Web Sites: A Guide for Writers
(5 January, 2006)


(Babson College) Hope Tillman
Evaluating Quality on the Net
(5 January, 2006)


(Saint Louis University) Craig Branham
Evaluating Web pages for relevance
(5 January, 2006)
Well developed website with sections on Anatomy of a page, Page types, Web search strategies, and Glossary.




More About Evaluating Web Sources
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating
An excellent series of pages on this subject (from the Milton Library at Johns Hopkins University).

For annotated descriptions of many other good guides to evaluating web pages, search the subject "Evaluation of Internet Resources" in the Librarians' Internet Index <http://lii.org>.


http://www.studygs.net/evaluate.htm


http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html


http://www.studygs.net/evaluate.htm

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