Valeda Dent Goodman

Qualitative Research and the Modern Library (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Qualitative Research and the Modern Library examines the present-day role and provides suggestions for areas that might be suited to this type of research for the purposes of evaluation. The author discusses how the results from such research might be applied, and the overall impact of using this type of research to inform development of a more user-centred organisation. The book provides a thoughtful look at the implications of using qualitative research to inform decision-making processes within libraries and is written by an author and library researcher with international experience in various types of libraries, implementing/improving programs and services, and supporting user needs.

• Fills a gap in the current literature that hasn't been found in journal articles written on this topic
• Contains practical applications of qualitative research principles, with practical examples of select projects
• Written by an author and library researcher with international experience in various types of libraries, including work with large-scale qualitative studies, research design and evaluation of library services

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780632681
• Artikelnr.: 40306228

Autorenporträt

Valeda Dent Goodman has worked as a librarian and library administrator for more than twelve years. She holds an MSW from the University of Michigan's School of Social Work and an MILS from the University of Michigan's School of Information Science. Her research interests include information literacy, agent technology, and rural libraries and literacy. She has published numerous articles in several journals including Library Hi Tech, New Library World, Libri, Research Strategies, College and Undergraduate Libraries and Reference and User Services Quarterly. Dent Goodman is currently working on her PhD at the Palmer School of Information Science, Long Island University, New York.