Hi Kate I'm not sure about standards for evaluating sites, but the following provides a comprehensive list of criteria: scope, content, purpose, reviews, workability, cost - each further broken down. The paper also reviews others' views on evaluation, so provides a good starting point at least. Smith, Alastair G. "Testing the Surf: Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources." The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 8, no. 3 (1997). Available at: http://info.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.html Kind regards Rachel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Rachel A Harris Scottish Centre for Research into On-Line Learning and Assessment University of Glasgow Florentine House 53 Hillhead Street Glasgow, G12 8QQ 0141 330 2878 r.harris@udcf.gla.ac.uk www.scrolla.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of Kate Williams Sent: 30 August 2002 17:10 To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] standards for web sites? Hello AOIR, For a colleague's project involving African American related websites: Have any standards for evaluating websites have been set or even outlined? For instance, perhaps a set of measures such as stability/permanence, depth, audience, host, etc. URLs for good African American related websites would be welcome too. thank you, kate williams katewill@umich.edu http://www.umich.edu/~katewill/ _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l@aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l