Outreach Evaluation Resource Center

Quarterly Report: May - July, 2003

Training and continuing education

Based on application, C. Burroughs was selected to participate in a 2-week workshop on outcomes based evaluation at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Consultation with Network members and NNO

Worked with NNO to staff and launch 3 workgroups based on the public libraries and public health logic model plans.

Assistance with analysis, synthesis, and reporting of evaluation results

No activity

Communications and collaboration

Provided update about evaluation planning for the Year 3 initiatives in public libraries and public health outreach at the RML Director's meeting in San Diego.

Responded to questions and suggestions for logic modelsm, finalized the revisions, and posted on the OERC site.

Assisted in the development of final reports from chairs of the public libraries and public health taskforces.

Continued maintaining and updating the OERC website.

Assisted Joan LaFrance in developing and anyzying results of the resource/asset inventory process as a basis for the TC4 Collaboration project.

Attended the Tucson workshop to consolidate our collective learning and lessons learned from tribal outreach to date, including the Tribal Connections III case study applied to three of the original Tribal I communities (Nez Perce, Umatilla, the Sammish Nation),

Sumitted final contribution to report published by the NIEHS Superfund Basic Research Program External Advisory Group.

Utilization and promotion of the evaluation guide

NN/LM PNR continued to distribute the guide based on request.