Using qualitative methods in action research : how librarians can get to the why of data /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Cook, Douglas, 1951-, Farmer, Lesley S. J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Chicago] : Association of College and Research Libraries, [2011]
Subjects:	Public services (Libraries) > Evaluation. Library administration > Decision making. Academic libraries > Administration > Decision making. Library science > Research > Methodology. Action research. Kwantitatieve methoden. Bibliotheekonderzoek.

Table of 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.