Readers of the, say, older persuasion may recall a time when children actually enjoyed games that required no peripheral devices, infrared sensors, or satellite tracking. There was one party game, simply called (I think) “Telephone,” where one player whispered a message to the next, and that player to the next, until the message was passed [...]
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The Telephone Game
Posted in Advocacy, Measurement, Research, tagged intepreting research findings, public access computer use, qualitative research, quantitative research, survey sampling techniques on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Research Literacy
Posted in Advocacy, Research, tagged research literacy, research reviews, systematic reviews on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 2008 the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) published a marketing research report addressing the need for increasing public support for libraries. The study, From Awareness to Funding: A Study of Library Support in America, was funded by a $1.2 million grant awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Respondents in the study were [...]
A Preponderance of the Evidence
Posted in Advocacy, Research, tagged evaluation theory, evidence, evidence based management, evidence based practice, management innovations, objectivity on June 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It is fairly well known that the field of business management can be susceptible to fads. Organizational scientists have studied the adoption of business approaches like management-by-objectives, total quality management (TQM), business process re-engineering, just-in-time manufacturing, scorecard methods, and others. Their work has led to an interesting body of literature about management innovations and organizational [...]
Down to Business
Posted in Advocacy, Measurement, tagged arts and culture, econometrics, economic impact, garbage in-garbage out, value on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The links between elaborate economic models and reality can be downright mysterious! In 1959 one economist described economic models this way: “Econometric theory is like an exquisitely balanced French recipe, spelling out precisely with how many turns to mix the sauce, how many carats of spice to add, and for how many milliseconds to bake [...]
New (or Old?) Paradigm Spurs ‘Fundamental Shift’ in Library Advocacy
Posted in Advocacy, Research, tagged awareness of library services, library funding, library marketing, merit, North Suburban Library System, OCLC, Public Library Inquiry, quality, value, worth on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Everything Old is New Again” is the title of a 1999 article in American Libraries by Douglas Raber, author of the excellent and eye-opening book, Librarianship and Legitimacy: The Ideology of the Public Library Inquiry. The article suggests that the Inquiry, a comprehensive assessment of public librarianship initiated by ALA in the late 1940′s, continues [...]
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