Institute of Information Scientists (IIS)/Information for Development Forum
(IDF) Annual Development and Information Seminar Series.

IIS/IDF Development and Information 01 Seminar on Impact Evaluation of
Services and Projects is being held at the London Voluntary Sector Resource
Centre, Holloway, London on Wednesday 6 June 2001.

Programme
Chair: June Stephen (Oxfam)
09.15 - 09.40 Registration and Coffee
09.40 - 09.45 Introduction
09.45 - 10.30 The Changing Role of Information in Development - Chris
Zielinski (Infomania Ltd)
10.30 - 10.45 Questions and Discussion
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee
11.15 - 11.45 Impact of Information in DFID Natural Resource Systems - Pat
Norrish (University of Reading)
11.45 - 12.15 Beyond Circles in Square Boxes: Lessons Learned from Health
Communication Impact Evaluations - Rob Vincent (Healthlink Worldwide)
12.15 - 12.30 Questions and Discussion
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.00 Rural Infoshops and Poverty Alleviation. It is Time for an
Evaluation - Basheer Shadrach and Ron Summers (University of Loughborough)
14.00 - 14.30 RUFDATA Impact Assessment Methodology - Stephen Shaw
(British Council)
14.30 - 14.45 Questions and Discussion
14.45 - 15.15 Tea
15.15 - 15.45 Book Aid International: Monitoring and Evaluation, and Steps
towards Impact Assessment - Jeff Samuelson (Book Aid International)
15.45 - 16.15 IDRC Information Impact Programme and Recent Developments -
Michel Menou (City University)
16.15 - 16.45 Discussion of Seminar and Conclusions

Prices are 75 pounds sterling plus VAT for IIS/IDF Members, 90 pounds
sterling plus VAT for non-members.

For a booking form, please contact:
Institute of Information Scientists
39-41 North Road, London, N7 9DP
Tel: (+44) 020 7619 0624/0625
Fax: (+44) 020 7619 0627
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IIS/IDF SEMINAR ON IMPACT EVALUATION OF SERVICES AND PROJECTS
The general aim of this seminar, building on the success of previous
seminars, is to raise the awareness of a range of impact evaluations being
used for international development information and knowledge activities,
including monitoring and assessment. Concentration has been placed on
obtaining contributions from organisations and experts in the field of
assessment, monitoring, evaluation and impact of development
information/knowledge services and projects. It is anticipated that there
will be about 50 attendees, central to the theme of the seminar. It will be
of interest to all concerned with development and related
information/knowledge activities. In particular, it will interest those
evaluating such activities especially relating to information providers
evaluating new markets, users wanting to access and evaluate
information/knowledge from areas which have historically provided a number
of problems and difficulties, and to other development
information/knowledge specialists and policy makers. The papers from
previous seminars in this series are available at
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/iis/.

THE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENTISTS (IIS)
The Institute of Information Scientists was founded in 1958 to raise the
profile and status of information science as a profession. The Institute
continues to pursue this objective by promoting high standards of
information work, by influencing and approving educational courses in
information science, and by encouraging contacts among its current
membership of over 2,600 professionals in the UK and abroad. The Institute
operates through local Branches and Committees reporting to the Council of
the Institute. The IIS also has Special Interest Groups for its members with
interests in on-line information, patents and trademarks, local government,
and financial and business information. The Institute is registered as a
charity under the Charities Act 1960.

THE INFORMATION FOR DEVELOPMENT FORUM (IDF)
As the former Information for Development Coordinating Committee (IDCC), the
Information for Development Forum was initially formed in 1987 by
representatives of a wide range of UK organisations and now has a corporate
membership in excess of 100. It is concerned with various aspects of
information provision, technology and policy related to education and
training in the development environment. IDF aims to assist in the
coordination and cooperation of organisations in this field with particular
regard to the needs and concerns of developing/emerging/transitional
countries.

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