Knowledge into Action : Research and Evaluation in Library and Information Science

by Wallace, Danny P.; Van Fleet, Connie

• ISBN13: 9781598849752
• ISBN10: 1598849751
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-12
• Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

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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