Knowledge into Action : Research and Evaluation in Library and Information Science
by Wallace, Danny P.; Van Fleet, ConnieEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-06-12
Publisher(s): Libraries Unltd Inc
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Summary
At some time, every library and information science professional engages in research and evaluation activities. Yet, librarians who support the investigative work of other disciplines have few practical, comprehensive resources to help with research and evaluation in their own field.
Author Biography
Danny P. Wallace is professor and EBSCO Chair of Library Service in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Libraries Unlimited's Knowledge Management: Historical and Cross-Disciplinary Themes. Connie Van Fleet is professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She is coeditor, with Alma Dawson, of Libraries Unlimited's African American Literature: A Guide to Reading Interests. Wallace and Van Fleet have collaborated on more than 50 publications, including Library Evaluation: A Casebook and Can-Do Guide, also published by Libraries Unlimited. They were coeditors of Reference User Services Quarterly from 2000 to 2006 and its predecessor RQ from 1991 to 1997.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Knowing, Research, and Evaluation | p. 5 |
| Research and Evaluation Processes | p. 39 |
| Ethics and Politics in Library and Information Science Research and Evaluation | p. 67 |
| Published Reports and the Professional as Consumer | p. 97 |
| The Project Plan or Proposal | p. 113 |
| Measurement, Populations, Samples, and Sampling | p. 135 |
| Historical Methods | p. 159 |
| Descriptive Methods-Questionnaires and Interviews | p. 179 |
| Descriptive Methods-Observation | p. 211 |
| Experimental Methods | p. 227 |
| Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis | p. 241 |
| Data Analysis and Presentation | p. 265 |
| Descriptive and Inferential Statistics | p. 291 |
| Funding for Research and Evaluation | p. 331 |
| Research, Evaluation, and Change | p. 343 |
| Glossary | p. 353 |
| Bibliography | p. 365 |
| Index | p. 377 |
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