Presentations
Container Collapse: Student Search Choices and Implications for Instructional Interventions
Washington, DC (USA)
This update from the project Researching Students’ Information Choices (RSIC) includes research and information concepts, methods, and the idea of “container collapse,” which describes the obscuring of information sources from the print containers that once provided visual context and cues to help individuals identify the documents’ origins.
File: ppt, 67MB Topics: Information Literacy, Research Methods
A User-Centered Perspective: Integrating Qualitative Research Methods into the Study of Information Behavior
Mexico City (Mexico)
In this keynote presentation, Silipigni Connaway delves into data collection methods, information behavior research methods, making a case for qualitative research methods and providing examples in recent research of how this has been implemented.
File: ppt, 54MB Topics: Research Methods
Using Qualitative Methods for Library and Information Science Research: An Interactive Workshop
Mexico City (Mexico)
In this workshop, participants learned about qualitative research data collection methods and tools, focusing on interviews, structured observations, usability testing, and ethnographic research. Participants also went through a few exercises to put the knowledge into action.
File: ppt, 21MB Topics: Research Methods
Digging into the Research: An Overview of Models and Networks
Dublin, OH (USA)
Three researchers and program officers share how OCLC Research develops models to help research libraries (and others) with sensemaking, striving for our models to be useful and to facilitate big picture thinking.
File: pptx, 8.8MB Topics: Research Methods, Research Library Partnership
Convenient Isn't Always Simple: Digital Visitors and Residents
Adelaide (Australia)
This presentation explains the concepts and framework of digital visitors and residents and the project of mapping individuals on a spectrum of visitor vs. resident for personal and individual use. Examples from the University of Adelaide are featured as well.
File: ppt, 54MB Topics: Digital Visitors and Residents, Research Methods
User-Centered Research for Developing Programs and Articulating Value
Adelaide (Australia)
Lynn Silipigni Connaway makes a case for how the library can support institutional research data management, recent OCLC Research work in this area, as well as the many research methods used in this work.
File: ppt, 31MB Topics: Research Data Management, Research Methods
Beyond the Survey: Using Qualitative Research Methods to Support Evidence-based Practice
Sydney (Australia)
Lynn Silipigni Connaway reviews different forms of qualitative research and mixed research methods using examples from recent research projects.
File: pptx, 27.5MB Topics: Research Methods, User Research
New Ways of Seeing: Understanding Individuals on their Terms
Sydney (Australia)
This presentation provides a deep delve into information behavior research methods, qualitative research, and ethnographic data collection tools and methods.
File: pptx, 9.5MB Topics: Research Methods, User Research
Applying Research Methods: Opportunities for Engagement and Progress
Madrid (Spain)
This presentation details research methods, and data collection and data analysis tools and methods used in library and information schools over the years, as well as challenges and opportunities.
File: pptx, 20.6MB Topics: Research Methods
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research Methods in Information Behavior Studies
Kraków (Poland)
This presentation details research methods, and data collection and data analysis tools and methods used in library and information schools over the years for information behavior studies, as well as challenges and opportunities.
File: pptx, 22.1MB Topics: User Research, Research Methods