Members are also encouraged to respond through letters to the editor and active submission of ideas for future columns and newsworthy items. As the association grows, changes, and gets better with age so will MLA News . The evaluation component of a library program is an important tool that can focus, improve, and document successful results. This guide is one of the few evaluation resources on the Web for librarians, but there are other sites with research and evaluation tools useful to any program. Of special note is the Framework for Program Evaluation.
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Resources are targeted to evaluators assessing extension programs, but they also have general evaluation appeal. A Website designed to assist researchers and students with performing random sampling or assigning participants to experimental conditions. Compiled by Ya-Lin Liu and Gene Shackman, this site contains an excellent collection of resources for methods in evaluation and social research. This site provides a comprehensive list of sources about statistical methods in research. NetMeeting, included with the second or higher edition of MS Windows 98, is one such system gaining attention.