Observation research techniques
Abstract
This paper outlines the aims of the observation techniques workshop delivered on 11 June 2015, and discusses the experience of the group work sessions. Some participants explained their own experience of observation research, and participants discussed sampling, methods used to collect data and the ethics of observation research. The session participants concluded that observation research was a useful complementary technique for library research. More research published by library and information science practitioners and researchers would help to establish best practice in observation research.
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study of knowledge sharing across the
boundaries between care processes, services and
organisations: the contributions to “safe” hospital
discharge. Health Services and Delivery
Research 09/2014; 2(29):1-160. DOI:10.3310/hsdr02290
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hyphen-spaces in ethnographic research:
implications for research identities and practice.
Organizational Research Methods.
2013;16(3):364-92.
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really do in music libraries? An ethnographic
approach to improving library services. Music
Reference Services Quarterly. 2013;16(2):84-
108. doi:10.1080/10588167.2013.787522
5. Cooper J, Lewis R, Urquhart C. Using
participant or non-participant observation to
explain information behaviour. Information
Research. 2004;9(4). http://informationr.net/ir/9-4/paper184.html
Published
2016-03-11
How to Cite
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Urquhart C. Observation research techniques. JEAHIL [Internet]. 11Mar.2016 [cited 18Apr.2024];11(3). Available from: http://ojs.eahil.eu/ojs/index.php/JEAHIL/article/view/61
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Workshop Report
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