Comments on: Research Methods http://subjectobject.net/2007/04/02/research-methods/ Home of Steven Chabot and his writings on knowledge, books, computers, and libraries. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:14:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Steven Chabot http://subjectobject.net/2007/04/02/research-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-14406 Steven Chabot Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:28:11 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/2007/04/02/research-methods/#comment-14406 <p>Yeah, thanks for the link, I will listen later, after all this work.</p> <p>There is also a really good book, <i>Spanning the Theory-Practice Divide in Library and Information Science</i> that is sort of on this topic.</p> Yeah, thanks for the link, I will listen later, after all this work.

There is also a really good book, Spanning the Theory-Practice Divide in Library and Information Science that is sort of on this topic.

]]> By: William Denton http://subjectobject.net/2007/04/02/research-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-13636 William Denton Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:26:58 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/2007/04/02/research-methods/#comment-13636 <p>P.S. That's part of LISRadio, at http://lisradio.missouri.edu/ .</p> P.S. That’s part of LISRadio, at http://lisradio.missouri.edu/ .

]]> By: William Denton http://subjectobject.net/2007/04/02/research-methods/comment-page-1/#comment-13635 William Denton Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:25:50 +0000 http://subjectobject.net/2007/04/02/research-methods/#comment-13635 <p>I don't have any answers, but this interview that Charley Seavey did with Wayne Wiegand may help:</p> <p>http://zone.missouri.edu/files/lisradio/audio/seavey_aug27_2006.mp3</p> <p>Wiegand's very interesting here. (His bio of Dewey is worth reading, too.) He talks about where LIS schools come from, how it was social science people that started them, and therefore that's why LIS research is done the way it is. If you want to do something in a different way, it might give you some ideas about how to go at it and get across that your method is valid.</p> I don’t have any answers, but this interview that Charley Seavey did with Wayne Wiegand may help:

http://zone.missouri.edu/files/lisradio/audio/seavey_aug27_2006.mp3

Wiegand’s very interesting here. (His bio of Dewey is worth reading, too.) He talks about where LIS schools come from, how it was social science people that started them, and therefore that’s why LIS research is done the way it is. If you want to do something in a different way, it might give you some ideas about how to go at it and get across that your method is valid.

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