SAVE THE DATE: The Alliance Research Interest Group (RIG) summer meeting will be on Friday, June 18, 2010, in room WS 149 at the University of Oregon (UO) Portland – White Stage Building from 10:00am-12:00pm. Find out more about us on our Alliance Research Interest Group webpage. Contact Laura Zeigen (OHSU) or Robin Paynter (PSU) […]
Core Journal Lists: Classic Tool, New Relevance Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 29 (2010): 15 – 31. DOI: 10.1080/01639260903571096 Abstract Reviews the historical context of core journal lists, current uses in collection assessment, and existing methodologies for creating lists. Outlines two next generation core list projects developing new methodologies and integrating novel information/data sources to […]
Web traffic and campus trends: a multi-institution analysis (.pptx) Ordinarily, it is difficult to generalize operational research conducted at one library to the environment of another. Different survey instruments, user populations, and sampling techniques make direct comparisons difficult. Despite these clear differences, libraries continue to use this literature to plan new services. There is a […]
Forty librarians from both Oregon and Washington attended the Research Methods Workshop put on by the Orbis Cascade Alliance Research Interest Group on Friday, February 19 at OHSU’s West Campus (http://acrloregon.org/2009/12/11/research-methods-workshop-friday-february-19-2010/). By all accounts, it was a successful event and most people seemed to go away with new ideas about doing library research. Below are […]
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