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by Valeda Dent Goodman
Qualitative Research and the Modern Library
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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
List of figures and tables
Acknowledgments
Author biography
Introduction
Chapter 1: A brief overview of qualitative research
Abstract:
A description of qualitative research
Gathering the data
A little bit about grounded theory
A little bit about analyzing the data
Challenges to working with qualitative data
Chapter 2: Examples of qualitative research in non-library settings
Abstract:
Becoming a student: research in an academic environment
A.C. Nielsen Company as an example of rich media research
Qualitative research in nursing
Qualitative research in medicine and mental health disciplines
Chapter 3: Ethnographic research practices in library settings
Abstract:
Key concepts of ethnographic research
Historical application within libraries and information settings
Examples of recent ethnographic research in library environments
Chapter 4: Eyes wide open: using trends, professional literature, and users to create a research canvas in libraries
Abstract:
Generational differences and the digital landscape
The state of the research and academic library
Understanding the role of technology through research
The matrix: a tool for the beginning
Chapter 5: Inside the mind of the user: qualitative approaches to understanding user experience in library settings
Abstract:
The self and user experience
Design, broken-ness, and the library user experience
Useit.com on UX research
Flow as an element of the user experience
Chapter 6: Narrowing the field: using qualitative approaches to explore specific areas of interest
Abstract:
The library is still scary—a new look at reference by way of an old concept
Still with us: the library website (The Rutgers Study)
Disruption and the information seeker
Chapter 7: What about us? Using qualitative methods to explore the library as workplace
Abstract:
Chapter 8: A place in the world: qualitative research as a way to study global libraries
Abstract:
Why use a qualitative approach?
The role of the rural village library
Elements of the project’s methods
What the content analysis revealed
Chapter 9: Learning more about qualitative research
Abstract:
Chapter 10: Qualitative research as a way to explore change in the modern world
Abstract:
Index
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