Reflections on practitioner research : a practical guide for information professionals / edited by Lee Ann Fullington, Brandon K. West, and Frans Albarillo.
"A practitioner-researcher is an information professional who may not have formal training in using research methods and is learning how to use these methods during their busy, complex job. [This book] can help information professionals build an understanding of the research process as applied...
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Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Adapting your research design: when the best laid plans go awry / Rachel Sarjeant-Jenkins
- Small projects add up: doing research as a sessional librarian / Maureen Babb
- Figuring out a research focus: the experience of a manuscripts archivist / Jessica Perkins Smith
- Scaling a project up or down to meet research needs / Ruby Warren
- Advancing a controversial research agenda: navigating institutional dynamics and politics / Jill Barr-Walker
- A tale of three IRBs / Justin de la Cruz
- Survey research: useful, valuable findings require hard work / Kristin Hoffmann and Selinda Berg
- Collaborating on surveys: reflections from an archivist and a technical metadata archivist / Michelle Sweetser and Alexander A. A. Orchard
- Semi-structured interviews: a team-based approach to design, implementation, and analysis / Rachel Wishkoski
- Failure to probe: lessons learned from a novice interviewer / Lauren Olewnik
- Conducting focus groups to improve library outreach / Matthew Harrick and Lee Ann Fullington
- Using visual prompts in research / Maura A. Swale and Mariana Regalado
- Observing and evaluating social and emotional learning in library youth programming / Hillary Estner, Katie Fox, and Erin McLean
- Qualitative content analysis: a reflection / Paul Moffett and William H. Weare, Jr.
- Using a quasi-experimental design to compare the effectiveness of live and recorded lectures / Lucie Olejnikova and Jane Bahnson
- Conducting a mixed-methods research project as a team / Melissa Burel and Marlee Graser
- Utilizing a mixed-methods approach in research / Ilka Datig
- Evidence-based practice in LIS: the systematic review / Claire Walker Wiley, Meggan Houlihan, and Amanda B. Click
- Coding and analysis: deciding on software needs / Katherine Gregory
- Navigating tenure-track as female faculty of color: challenges, insights, and personal experiences / Michele A. L. Villagran and Shamika D. Dalton
- Navigating your research project with a mentor: the proposal, grant, and IRB / Matthew Harrick
- I wouldn't do it without you: accountability partners as the linchpin of writing success / Sarah E. Fancher and Jamie L. Emery
- Partnering with teaching faculty on research projects / Brianna B. Buljung and Leslie Light
- When two homes are better than one: collaborating on cross-institutional research / Hillary Bussell and Tatiana Bryant
- Reflections on working in a qualitative research team / Jessica G. Benner, Matthew R. Marsteller, and Xiaoju Chen.