Resources

The resources listed below are available to everyone. Find out more about what benefits and supports exist for members here. 

Conducting Ethical Research
VSA believes that visitor research and evaluation should be conducted in an ethical manner. Federal guidelines exist for the ethical treatment and privacy of research participants. Learn more

Evaluator Competencies
This tool was designed to help you plan your continuing professional development in visitor studies. It was created to facilitate life-long learning for all visitor studies professionals by providing suggestions for learning activities and self-assessment in five competencies. Learn more

Journal and Archive
Visitor Studies is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality, relevant articles. The VSA Publications Archive contains the entire run of Visitor Studies and abstracts from the Visitor Studies Association Conference. Learn more

Partners and Projects
VSA seeks to support our members, through projects and partnerships across the field of informal learning.  Learn more

Useful Links
Here we have collected descriptions of, and links to, a number of websites that may also be of interest to you. *A listing does not imply endorsement by VSA. Learn more