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Effective research collaboration between librarians and ILS faculty

Effective research collaboration between librarians and ILS faculty. Barbara M. Wildemuth School of Information & Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Let’s begin with a question…. What is “it”? How is “this” related to “that”? I suspect that “this” is true. Is it?.

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Effective research collaboration between librarians and ILS faculty

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  1. Effective research collaboration between librarians and ILS faculty Barbara M. Wildemuth School of Information & Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  2. Let’s begin with a question…. • What is “it”? • How is “this” related to “that”? • I suspect that “this” is true. Is it?

  3. Data collection • What data do you need to answer your question? • How can you get the data you need? • Observing people’s information behaviors • Asking people about their information behaviors

  4. Methods for observing users • Direct observation during use • Think-aloud protocols • Transaction logs

  5. Methods for asking users about their behaviors, opinions, feelings • Questionnaires • Surveys • Measures • Interviews • Focus groups

  6. Study sample • Define the population of interest • Consider sample size • Develop a sampling & recruiting plan

  7. Study procedures • Overall research design • Managing each data collection session

  8. Data analysis (quantitative) • Descriptive statistics • Inferential statistics • Reasoning from results to conclusions

  9. Data analysis (qualitative) • Thematic content analysis • Weighing conflicting evidence • Drawing conclusions

  10. Focus on practitioner-scholar collaboration • What are the strengths of each partner? How can those strengths be fully used? • What goals for the study do the partners share? Where do their goals diverge?

  11. Photo/image credits • Kennard Consulting, http://www.kennardconsulting.com/kc/questionsAndAnswers.jsf • Fagan, J.C., James Madison University Libraries, Harrisonburg, VA, http://www.lib.jmu.edu/edge/archives/Spring2005(2)/Article2.asp • O’Brien, K., Missouri Historical Society, http://www.mhsvoices.org/2006FallDept1.php • USDA eGovernment Team, https://www.egov.usda.gov/Newsroom/Newsletters/Files/USDA_eGov_Newsletter_Nov-Dec_2003.html • ASP, http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/ASP/View-Your-Web-Servers-Log-Files-With-ASP/1/ • Peace Child Israel, http://www.mideastweb.org/peacechild/cameri_audience.htm • School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, http://snrs.unl.edu/noaa-hdgc/progress/progressreport.html • Trochim, W.M.K., Research Methods Knowledge Base,http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/sampterm.php • Doi, E., Ctr. for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu/~edoi/misc/pic/labmtg-whiteboard.jpg • Simula Research Laboratory, Norway, http://vefur.simula.no:8888/QuA/163 • Rillero, P., Arizona State University West, http://www.west.asu.edu/rillero/bio4teachers.htm • McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, http://www.workingatmcmaster.ca/link.php?link=ewlss%3Aewlss-faculty-librarians • Edukiwi.com, http://www.edukiwi.com/advice/advice_2.html • Swift Research, Wetherby, UK, http://www.swift-research.co.uk/datacollection.php4

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