Conducting Original Research for Your Library

Caitlin Gerrity,Scott Lanning

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9781440880223
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

A concise manual for professionals in the field, this book helps librarians master the skills to conduct, interpret, and analyze their own original research. Many working librarians discover that original research would help them advocate for their libraries, but some graduate programs teach only limited research skills. Designed for all librarians, this book is a practical guide to engaging with the research process, from identifying a problem to sharing findings with others. Authors Caitlin Gerrity and Scott Lanning have packed this introductory guide and reference book with short, to-the-point information that librarians will refer to often at all stages of a research project. From research ethics to statistical significance and everything in between, this primer is the point-of-need resource for librarians in public, academic, and school libraries who wish to use original research to support the profession.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Epigraph
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• 1 The Importance of Conducting Research
• 2 Identifying a Research Problem and Finding Background Information
• 3 Writing a Literature Review and Managing Your Information Sources
• 4 Research Methods
• 5 Gathering Data and Descriptive Statistics
• 6 Statistical Significance, Effect Size, and Power
• 7 Running and Interpreting Statistical Tests in jamovi
• 8 Sharing Your Research with Others
• 9 Putting It All Together
• Index