| Description |
xii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Qualitative research and the librarian / Lesley Farmer -- The recursive cycle of qualitative action research / Douglas Cook -- Getting ready to turn your everyday work into meaningful inquiry : foundational literature in qualitative and action research / Cordelia Zinskie and Judi Repman -- Teaching alone and together : a narrative inquiry / Roberta Tipton and Patricia Bender -- Understanding social networking : the benefit of discourse analysis / Mariaelena Bartesaghi and Ardis Hanson -- Remote and rural voices : using interviews to understand the information literacy experience of Alaskan special educators / Jennifer Diane Ward and Thomas Scott Duke -- Observing relationship building in the library instruction classroom : peer observation and consultation / Carolyn L. Cook and Karla M. Schmit -- Content analysis : deconstructing intellectual packages / Penny M. Beile -- Using focus groups to understand user needs and forge new directions / Michael Weber and Robert Flatley -- Performance-based self-assessment of a library liaison program using a rubric / Aaron Dobbs and Doug Cook -- Analyzing LibQUAL+ comments to inform library decision making / David A. Nolfi and Laverna M. Saunders -- Design and analysis challenges in a multicampus research study / Robin Brown and Willis C. Walker -- Approaching information literacy qualitatively / Janice Krueger -- The reference interview in real time and in virtual time / Isabelle Flemming and Lesley Farmer -- Seeing is learning : the synergy of visual literacy / Alessia Zanin-Yost -- Collective action : qualitative methods for library collection development / LeRoy Jason LaFleur |
| Summary |
This is a straightforward and thorough guide to the practice of qualitative research written especially for librarians and library science professionals. A wealth of experts in the field contribute their wisdom concerning the recursive cycle of qualitative action research, as well as specific useful methodologies such as content analysis, performance-based self-assessment, discourse analysis as applied to understanding social networking, and much more. Issues addressed with the tool of qualitative research include the reference interview in both real time and virtual time, and qualitative methods for library collection development, among many others. As information evolves, literacy skills will need to adapt to these changes. Today, the use of visuals has expanded in ways that were perhaps unthinkable to us thirty years ago. Librarians are asked how to cite information from Flickr, how to find examples of the best uses of graphics in advertising, and how to find text fonts that cannot be found in Microsoft Word. As visual sources become more complex and predominant, teaching visual literacy should be the next evolving step of information literacy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Academic libraries -- Administration -- Decision making.
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Action research.
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Library administration -- Decision making.
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Library science -- Research -- Methodology.
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Public services (Libraries) -- Evaluation.
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| Author |
Cook, Douglas, 1951-
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Farmer, Lesley S. J.
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Association of College and Research Libraries.
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| LC no. |
2011000967 |
| ISBN |
0838985769 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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9780838985762 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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