Observe, Reflect, Act: A Primer on Applied Qualitative Research for Librarians

Call for chapter proposals – We need 6 authors!

Observe, Reflect, Act: A Primer on Applied Qualitative Research for Librarians, edited by Dr. Doug Cook and Dr. Lesley Farmer. Chicago: ACRL. Expected publication date: 2009

This book will be a primer for those librarians and library students who are interested in learning more about qualitative assessment. We are in need of authors for several of the chapters that are planned.

· Chapter 5. Discourse Analysis: [need author]

· Chapter 6. Interviewing: Getting Past the Surface [need author]

· Chapter 9. Visual Literacy as Part of Information Literacy - [need author]

· Chapter 10. Focus Groups – [need author]

· Chapter 13. The Reference Interview in Real Time and Virtual Time [need author]

· Chapter 14 – Collection Development – [need author]

Book Outline

Part 1 - Introduction

· Chapter 1. Qualitative Inquiry and the Librarian (Lesley Farmer)

· Chapter 2. Processes of Qualitative Research (Doug Cook)

· Chapter 3. Getting Ready to Turn Your Everyday Work into Meaningful Inquiry: Reading the Existing Literature (Cordelia Zinskie, Judi Repman)

Part 2 – Examples of Qualitative Research

· Chapter 4. Narrative Inquiry: Analyzing Instructor-Librarian Collaboration (Roberta Tipton, Patricia Bender)

· Chapter 5. Discourse Analysis: [need author]

· Chapter 6. Interviewing: Getting Past the Surface [need author]

· Chapter 7. Observation: Classroom Interaction (Carolyn Cook, Karla Schmit)

· Chapter 8. Content Analysis: De-Constructing Intellectual Packages (Penny Beile)

· Chapter 9. Visual Literacy as Part of Information Literacy - [need author]

· Chapter 10. Focus Groups – [need author]

Part 3 – Issues guiding qualitative research

· Chapter 11. Management Decision Making (Sharon Gray Weiner)

· Chapter 12. Designing and Managing Projects: Usability Studies and the In-House Product Development Review (Jeris Cassel, Bill Walker, Robin Brown)

· Chapter 13. The Reference Interview in Real Time and Virtual Time [need author]

· Chapter 14 – Collection Development – [need author]

Please email us if you are interested in writing one of these chapters, need more information, or if you have a question. The deadline for chapters is tentatively set for mid-2009.

Dr. Doug Cook – dr_library_guy@yahoo.com

Dr. Lesley Farmer - lfarmer@csulb.edu