
Utskrift från Malmö universitet - mau.se
Utskrift från Malmö universitet - mau.se
Publication | Conference Poster |
Title | Developing research support services: focus group interviews as a method for librarians to understand the everyday life of researchers |
Author | Kjellberg, Sara ; Wiklund, Gunilla ; Voog, Hanna |
Editor | Huvila, Isto |
Date | 2013 |
English abstract | |
[Please download PDF for full abstract with references, 2 pages] The development of research support services is a topic that at the moment gains much attention in research libraries. Especially since questions of open access and publishing support over the last decade have increased as a part of research libraries’ assignments. However, according to Wiklund (2012) there is a lack of research on how libraries support research or researchers, not least perspectives based in the everyday practices of the researchers. Often the literature adopts a library perspective and describes specific projects in a particular library or focuses on particular aspects of offered support, e.g. related to publishing issues. There is a need for more researcher-centered approaches. In this poster we discuss focus groups as a method for librarians to understand the everyday life of researchers. It is based on the results from a project at Lund University Libraries in 2012 (Voog et al, 2013; Wiklund & Voog, 2013 ). The main purpose of the project was to identify areas where the research support services could be developed both on a faculty level and in collaboration between the libraries at the university. The starting point was to look at the problem as a strategic one and grasp various aspects of support, not only specific parts. | |
Swedish abstract | |
[Se PDF för fullständigt abstract på engelska, 2 sidor med referenser] | |
Conference | |
ASIS&T European Workshop (2013 : Åbo, Finland) | |
Host/Issue | ASIS&T EUROPEAN WORKSHOP 2013 Proceedings of the Second Association for Information Science and Technology ASIS&T European Workshop 2013 June 5-6, Åbo/Turku, Finland; |
Language | eng (iso) |
Subject | library and information studies research support services academic libraries focus group interviews Humanities/Social Sciences Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION |
Note | ASIS&T European Workshop 2013, 2013-06-05 - 2013-06-06, Åbo, Finland |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/2043/15520 Permalink to this page |
Link | http://blogs.abo.fi/aew2013/... (external link to related web page) |
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