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"The Complexity of Experience": A Grounded Theory Exploration of Scholarly Practice
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Falciani-White, Nancy – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This grounded theory study explores the ways in which scholars conduct their research, including how they find and organize resources, how they identify and work with collaborators, how they interact with technology during the course of their research, and how they disseminate the results of a research project. Nine scholars were interviewed…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Scholarship, Researchers, Research Methodology
Peer Production for Collaboration between Academics and Practitioners
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Ponti, Marisa – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2013
The purpose of this article is to suggest commons-based peer production as a form of work that can help bridge the gap between research and practice in LIS. The research design is based on two in-depth and longitudinal qualitative case studies of collaborative projects involving LIS academics and practitioners in Italy. Analysis of interviews and…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Research Design
Global and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Changes in Library and Information Studies (LIS): Information Seeking Behaviors of LIS Faculty Members in Thailand
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Polparsi, Jomkwan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study provides an overview of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Library and Information Studies (LIS) education in Thailand, focusing on challenges and pressures in the information environment of Thai LIS faculty members. This study employed a qualitative research approach, naturalistic inquiry, and inductive data analysis.…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Information Seeking, Qualitative Research, Critical Incidents Method
Information Literacy in Employability Training: The Experience of Inverclyde Libraries
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Crawford, John; Irving, Christine – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2012
The study is an evaluation of an employability training programme provided by Inverclyde Libraries in West Central Scotland and the role of information literacy within the training programme. Inverclyde is an area with high unemployment and pockets of multiple deprivation. Modern, applicable skills are also lacking. The findings are based on…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Course Content, Libraries, Foreign Countries
From Activity to Learning: Using Cultural Historical Activity Theory to Model School Library Programmes and Practices
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Meyers, Eric M. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2007
Introduction: changes in educational policy and practice demand that we examine school library programmes from a new perspective. As a model that takes a developmental view of minds in context, Cultural Historical Activity Theory is particularly well suited to the study of school libraries and the learning that occurs therein. This paper focuses…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, Best Practices, Intervention
Education for the Successful Geoscience Information Specialist.
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Hallmark, Julie – Science & Technology Libraries, 1998
Findings from interviews with geoscience information specialists from government, academic institutions, and corporations reveal the following common themes for educational development: new technologies; changing models for libraries and information services; funding priorities; increasing and competing demands on the information specialist's…
Descriptors: Change, Earth Science, Educational Development, Financial Support