Document (#9696)

Author

Gillamn, P.

Title

Evaluating the effectiveness of databases (2)

Source

TIP applications. 7(1994) nos.11/12, S.12-14

Year

1994

Abstract

Second in a two part article examining database evaluation. Describes a case study based on work done by the Information Partnership in 1993 for a Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) in the Midlands which was concerned with evaluating the effectiveness of the Training Access Point database supported by the TEC. Describes the database. The evaluation carried out was qualitative and focused on costings and access calculation

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