Please join us for our bi-annual in-person meeting to discuss issues of interest regarding library research.

If you cannot join us in person, but would like to phone in, let Laura know (we do not yet have the phone number).

Agenda

1. Short-term vs. long-term research (“how to show that you’re doing stuff while on the way to working on more long-term projects that take more time.”) or “Market research vs. IRB – how to satisfy both”
2. Research ideas
   1. What people are working on now
   2. Ideas re: Alliance projects
3. Resources
   1. New resources on qualitative research methods
   2. Upcoming conferences, workshops or online classes that may be of interest.
   3. Concept of utilizing A-RIG as a research support group with monthly or bi-weekly check-ins on research progress (e.g. social support network).

Directions
University of Portland Library – conference room on the lower floor. The library’s main entrance has split level stairs, go downstairs and through a glass door. The conference room is the first door to your far left.

Maps and Directions to campus: http://www.up.edu/about/default.aspx?cid=8307&pid=3177

Parking: Free in summer and there should be plenty of space in main parking lot adjacent to the library.

Laura

Laura Zeigen, MA, MLIS
Assistant Professor | User Experience Librarian
Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, Oregon
zeigenl@ohsu.edu | 503-494-0505 | BICC 343
www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/about/staff-directory/laura-zeigen.cfm

Find out more about us on our Alliance Research Interest Group webpage. Contact Laura Zeigen (OHSU) or Robin Paynter (PSU) if you have any questions about our group or would like to get involved!

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

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). 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
REGISTER HERE (https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=ola&formId=70694)

General information about the workshop, including directions and other information from this post:
http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=101011

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

Questions?
Please contact Laura Zeigen (zeigenl@ohsu.edu, 503-494-0505) or Janet Crum (crumj@ohsu.edu, 503-494-0691).

When: Friday, December 11 — 10 a.m.-12 noon

Where:

• White Stag Building – downtown Portland
• Or via Adobe Connect (contact Laura Zeigen or Robin Paynter (contact info below) for more information on this option)
• Or via video conference – a list of public video conference sites is available at http://www.co.washington.or.us/LawLibrary/whats-new.cfm. Please contact the site directly if you are interested in using their facility.

What: The December meeting will be an opportunity to discuss progress on current projects and future directions.

Current projects include:

• Information literacy assessment comparison between institutions
• Web logs comparison
• Electronic journal availability study
• Instant Messaging (IM) transcript analysis

If you are interested in participating in the December meeting, please email Laura Zeigen (zeigenl@ohsu.edu) or Robin Paynter (paynter@pdx.edu).