[Libs-Or] Research Methods Workshop 02/19/2010 - Register Now!

[Robin A. Paynter]

*Alliance Research Interest Group*
Research Methods Workshop
Friday, February 19, 2010  |  10:00am - 2:00pm

*Purpose of workshop
*To familiarize academic librarians with reasons for doing quantitative 
or qualitative research, with a focus on stepping through an example of 
the qualitative research process. This workshop is being put on by the 
Orbis Cascade Alliance Research Interest Group (RIG) 
<http://www.orbiscascade.org/index/research-interest-group>. The RIG 
facilitates communication and discovery between institutions, providing 
a forum for discussion and development of collaborative research related 
to all aspects of library work.

*Description
*This research methods workshop will include:

    * An examination of the philosophy of research methods and designing
      research questions
    * The methods and ethical issues involved in working with subjects
      and collecting data
    * Walking through the steps of analysis of a project, including
      dealing with confidential data and developing useful categories
    * How to use data from an initial piece of research and decide what
      to focus on or research further
    * Overview of how text analysis is done with tools such as NVivo.

We will be using data from the "open comments" box on a LibQual survey 
to examine and go through these steps of analysis as an example of how 
to go through the process.

*Presenter: Dr. Renee Guarriello Heath, University of Portland
*Prof. Heath, Ph.D. (University of Colorado, Boulder, 2005) has studied 
power and decision-making in community stakeholder groups since 1997. 
Her work on community collaboration has been published in major 
communication journals and annuals including the Journal of Applied 
Communication Research, Management Communication Quarterly, and 
Communication Yearbook. Her most recent qualitative project, a study of 
voice and participation in policy setting, has been accepted as a top 
four paper in the Organizational Division of Western States 
Communication annual meeting to be presented in Alaska in March, 2010. 
She consults and trains diverse groups seeking collaborative skills. In 
addition to her graduate-level teaching in diverse communication 
research methods, Heath has trained academic groups on qualitative data 
collection and analysis.

*Registration
*$35 Registration fee (includes lunch)
Registration Form - REGISTER HERE 
<https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=ola&formId=70694>
Workshop webpage 
<http://web.memberclicks.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=101011>**

*Workshop Location*
OHSU West Campus -- Wilson Conference Center Room 407
20000 NW Walker Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006

*Directions*
The entrance to the West Campus is at the intersection of NW 185th 
Avenue and Holly Lane, approximately 1.3 miles south of the 185th (Rock 
Creek) exit on Hwy 26, the Sunset Highway. The entrance to the campus is 
on the west side of 185th Avenue between Walker Road and Baseline Road. 
Wilson Clark Center for Lifelong Learning is the name of this building 
and is #3 on the map. *Click here for Map* 
<http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/about/visiting/directions/upload/wcampusmap.pdf>

*Questions?
*Please contact Laura Zeigen (_zeigenl at ohsu.edu_ 
<mailto:zeigenl at ohsu.edu?subject=Alliance%20RIG%20Research%20Methods%20Workshop>, 
503-494-0505) or Janet Crum (crumj at ohsu.edu 
<mailto:crumj at ohsu.edu?subject=Alliance%20RIG%20Research%20Methods%20Workshop>, 
503-494-0691).







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Portland State University logo

*Robin Paynter*
Social Sciences Librarian
220D Library
Portland State University

503.725.4501
503.725.4524
paynter at pdx.edu
http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html

"The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has 
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history." -- 
Marcus Breen (1997)


-- 
Portland State University logo

*Robin Paynter*
Social Sciences Librarian
220D Library
Portland State University

503.725.4501
503.725.4524
paynter at pdx.edu
http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html

"The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has 
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history." -- 
Marcus Breen (1997)

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