| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 236 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Hazel Hall -- Preface / Maria J. Grant -- Part 1. Getting started. 1. What are research, evaluation and audit? / Barbara Sen, Maria J. Grant and Hannah Spring -- 2. Building confidence / Hannah Spring and Clare McCluskey -- 3. Asking the right question / Sarah Coulbeck and Emma Hadfield -- 4. Writing your project plan / Miggie Pickton -- 5. Ethics and best practice / Elizabeth Buchanan and Stuart Ferguson -- Part 2. Doing research, evaulation and audit. 6. Reviewing the literature / Michelle Maden -- 7. Qualitative approaches / Alison J. Pickard -- 8. Quantitative approaches / Christine Urquhart -- 9. Data analysis / Jenny Craven and Jillian R. Griffiths -- 10. Tools to facilitate your project / Maria J. Grant -- Part 3. Impact of research, evaluation and audit. 11. Writing up your project findings / Graham Walton and Maria J. Grant -- 12. Disseminating your project findings / Jane Shelling -- 13. What next? Applying your findings to practice / Robert Gent and Andrew Cox -- Closing remarks / Maria J. Grant, Barbara Sen and Hannah Spring. |
| Summary |
"This handbook provides library and information professionals with the information they need to undertake research projects in the workplace in order to inform their own practice and improve service delivery. Whether you are a complete novice or have experience of undertaking evaluations, audits or research, this book will guide you step-by-step through the key phases of planning, doing and disseminating research. The text is divided into three sections: Part 1: Getting started introduces the concepts, ethics and planning stages; Part 2: Doing research, evaluation and audit explores the fundamentals of projects, including the literature review, qualitative and quantitative research methods, data analysis and research tools; Part 3: Impact of research, evaluation and audit guides you through writing up your project, putting the results of your project findings into practice and dissemination to the wider community. Written by academics and practitioners from a diverse range of sectors throughout the world, the book offers a thorough but common sense approach. Each chapter is structured to begin with a comprehensive introduction to a discrete topic area complemented with case studies drawn from a broad range of LIS contexts to illustrate the issues raised and provide transferable lessons to your own context. Whatever your experience, this book will support your project development and explain how evidence-based library and information practice is relevant to you. This is the essential handbook for any librarian or information professional who wants to undertake research in the workplace in order to inform their own practice and the wider evidence base for library and information science. It's also a useful guide for undergraduate and postgraduate LIS students undertaking their final year research project"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Library science.
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Library science. |
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Information science.
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Information science. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Grant, Maria J., editor.
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Sen, Barbara, editor.
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Spring, Hannah, editor.
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| Added Title |
Research, evaluation & audit |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Research, evaluation and audit 9781856047418 (OCoLC)844731163 |
| ISBN |
9781856049719 (electronic book) |
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185604971X (electronic book) |
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9781306694414 (MyiLibrary) |
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1306694418 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781856047418 (paper) |
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1856047415 (paper) |
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