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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">Alliance
Research Interest Group</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;"><br>
Research Methods Workshop<br>
Friday, February 19, 2010 | 10:00am - 2:00pm <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;"><b>Purpose
of workshop<br>
</b>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 <a
href="http://www.orbiscascade.org/index/research-interest-group"><span
style="color: black;">Orbis Cascade Alliance Research Interest Group
(RIG)</span></a>.
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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span><b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">Description<br>
</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">This
research methods workshop will include: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">An
examination of the philosophy of research methods and designing
research questions<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">The
methods and ethical issues involved in working with subjects and
collecting data<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Walking
through the steps of analysis of a project, including dealing with
confidential data and developing useful categories<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">How to
use data from an initial piece of research and decide what to focus on
or research further<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">Overview
of how text analysis is done with tools such as NVivo.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">Presenter:
Dr. Renee Guarriello Heath, University of Portland<br>
</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">Registration<br>
</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">$35
Registration fee (includes lunch) <br>
<a
href="https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=ola&formId=70694">Registration
Form - REGISTER HERE</a><br>
<a href="http://web.memberclicks.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=101011">Workshop
webpage</a></span><b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;"><b>Workshop
Location</b><br>
OHSU West Campus – Wilson Conference Center Room 407<br>
20000 NW Walker Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">Directions</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;"><br>
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. <a
href="http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/about/visiting/directions/upload/wcampusmap.pdf"><b><span
style="color: black;">Click here for Map</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">Questions?<br>
</span></b><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black;">Please
contact Laura Zeigen (<a
href="mailto:zeigenl@ohsu.edu?subject=Alliance%20RIG%20Research%20Methods%20Workshop"><u><span
style="color: black;">zeigenl@ohsu.edu</span></u></a>, 503-494-0505)
or Janet Crum (<a
href="mailto:crumj@ohsu.edu?subject=Alliance%20RIG%20Research%20Methods%20Workshop"><span
style="color: black;">crumj@ohsu.edu</span></a>, 503-494-0691).<br>
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<p
style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>Robin
Paynter</b><br>
Social Sciences Librarian<br>
220D Library<br>
Portland State University<br>
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503.725.4501<br>
503.725.4524<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paynter@pdx.edu">paynter@pdx.edu</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html">http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html</a>
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“The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history.” –
Marcus Breen (1997)</p>
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<p
style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>Robin
Paynter</b><br>
Social Sciences Librarian<br>
220D Library<br>
Portland State University<br>
<br>
503.725.4501<br>
503.725.4524<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paynter@pdx.edu">paynter@pdx.edu</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html">http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html</a>
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<br>
“The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history.” –
Marcus Breen (1997)</p>
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