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Participatory action research. Improving professional practices and local situations /

Since 2003, participatory action research (PAR) projects in three North American academic libraries have demonstrated the efficacy of working with and for campus constituencies to co-create ideal futures. This case study offers highlights of a PAR implementation on a university campus, initiated wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Somerville, Mary M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014.
Series:SAGE research methods. Cases.
Subjects:
Academic libraries > Research > North America > Case studies.
Participant observation > Case studies.
Action research > Case studies.
Bibliothèques universitaires > Recherche > Amérique du Nord > Études de cas.
Academic libraries > Research
Action research
Participant observation
North America
Case studies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Since 2003, participatory action research (PAR) projects in three North American academic libraries have demonstrated the efficacy of working with and for campus constituencies to co-create ideal futures. This case study offers highlights of a PAR implementation on a university campus, initiated within the academic library in 2009 and continuing to the present.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781473962941
1473962943