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Research, Evaluation and Audit: Key Steps in Demonstrating Your Value

Editat de Maria J. Grant, Barbara Sen, Hannah Spring
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 mar 2019
This handbook provides library and information professionals with the information they need to undertake research projects in the workplace in order to inform their own practice and improve service delivery.
Whether you are a complete novice or have experience of undertaking evaluations, audits or research, this book will guide you step-by-step through the key phases of planning, doing and disseminating research. The text is divided into three sections:
  • Part 1: Getting started introduces the concepts, ethics and planning stages.
  • Part 2: Doing research, evaluation and audit explores the fundamentals of projects, including the literature review, qualitative and quantitative research methods, data analysis and research tools.
  • Part 3: Impact of research, evaluation and audit guides you through writing up your project, putting the results of your project findings into practice and dissemination to the wider community.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781783303120
ISBN-10: 1783303123
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.05 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Facet Publishing
Colecția Facet Publishing

Public țintă

Professional Practice & Development

Cuprins

Foreword - Hazel Hall PART 1: GETTING STARTED 1. What are research, evaluation and audit? - Barbara Sen, Maria J. Grant and Hannah Spring 2. Building confidence - Hannah Spring and Clare McClusky 3. Asking the right question - Sarah Coulbeck and Emma Hadfield 4. Writing your research plan - Miggie Pickton 5. Ethics and best practice - Elizabeth Buchanan and Stuart Ferguson PART 2: DOING RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND AUDIT 6. Reviewing the literature - Michelle Maden 7. Qualitative approaches - Alison Pickard 8. Quantitative approaches - Christine Urquhart 9. Data analysis - Jenny Craven and Jillian R. Griffiths 10. Tools to facilitate your project - Maria J. Grant PART 3: IMPACT OF RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND AUDIT 11. Writing up your project findings - Graham Walton and Maria J. Grant 12. Disseminating your project findings - Jane Shelling 13. What next? Applying your findings to practice - Robert Gent and Andrew Cox Closing remarks - Maria J. Grant, Barbara Sen and Hannah Spring

Notă biografică

Maria J. Grant BA (Hons) MSc (Econ) PG Cert (Ed) is Research Fellow (Information) at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Salford, UK.
Barbara Sen BA MA MCLIP is Lecturer at the Information School, University of Sheffield, UK.
Hannah Spring PGCE BA (Hons) PhD MCLIP is Senior Lecturer at York St John University, UK.

Descriere

This handbook provides library and information professionals with the information they need to undertake research projects in the workplace in order to inform their own practice and improve service delivery. Whether you are a complete novice or have experience of undertaking evaluations, audits or research.