ILS680 Evaluation And Research with Dr. Eino Sierpe
This labor intense course taught the fundamentals of research methods and the evaluation of studies in particular.
We learned the ethical methods of information gathering especially when working conducting surveys with human subjects. We
learned to construct a proper idea and title or theme for a study and then to conduct and write up an appropriate report.
We did an intense amount of reading on current studies in the library and information science literature.
ILS560 College and University
Libraries with Dr. James Kusack
"Is familiar with the fundamentals of research, survey and data collection
designs of current or potential value to library and information settings."
For this course we learned to research libraries themselves
and to evaluate them vis-a-vis other libraries. We also conducted small scale studies of libraries, in this case college and
university libraries. I conducted a small study of Women's College libraries and their use of library liaisons and by looking
at their library websites to see how well they interact with and support faculty.
ILS585 Field
Project with Dr. Yan Quan Liu
"Is familiar
with the fundamentals of research, survey and data collection designs of current or potential value to library and information
settings."
I was fortunate to take this course and take part in a study, by compiling gathered information and writing a report,
then writing an article and a powerpoint presentation for a meeting of the American Society of Information Science and Technology.
The article was published in the "Public Libraries" magazine in 2009.
ILS600 Independent Study with Dr. Yan Quan Liu
"Is familiar with the fundamentals of research, survey
and data collection designs of current or potential value to library and information settings."
With this course I had the opportunity to work on a study from
concept to finish. I helped update the questionnaire and have it copied into Chinese and Spanish, compile the information
from the returned questionnaires and wrote up the reports and helped write an article from the results. This was a tremendous
opportunity to see the entire process of conducting a study.
