http://hdl.handle.net/2142/483 Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no. 33, 1991); Edited by Leigh S. Estabrook http://hdl.handle.net/2142/635 Evaluation strategies Van House, Nancy A. Evaluation is used for two major purposes: internal decision making and communication with the external environment. An organization may need very different approaches and strategies for these two. Much of the work that has been done in library evaluation has been for internal purposes. Evaluation is also important for an organization's relationship with the environment that provides the resources the organization needs to survive. A manager must convince the environment that the organization's mission and goals are of value to the parent organization's larger mission and that the organization is capable of achieving them. Evaluation Library administration --Decision making Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/634 Perils and pitfalls of survey research Spaeth, Joe L. The various stages of a survey sampling, questionnaire design, and data collection all present potential problems. Decisions about sampling include the type and size of the sample as well as the selection of the population to be sampled. In questionnaire design, there are a number of stages, including wording the questions, pretesting the questions, and finalizing the questions. After determining the questions to be asked, the advantages and disadvantages of different data collection types need to be considered e.g., self-administered questionnaires, telephone interviews, or face-to-face interviews. A final concern is who will administer the survey. Methodology Surveys Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/633 Affecting librarianship in action: The dissemination and communication of research findings Robbins, Jane B. Issues and problems related to and techniques for improving communication between practitioners and researchers in librarianship are presented. The underlying assumption of this essay is that research, when designed with the practitioner in mind and communicated specifically to the practitioner, will positively affect the practice of librarianship. Library science --Research Practitioners Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/632 Funding priorities and funding strategies Penniman, W. David When planning a funding request, librarians must understand the societal forces affecting a library's parent institution and the forces affecting the library as a social system as well as a technical system. Before approaching a funding body, librarians must ask themselves whether issues that are important to them are also important to the funding body. When approaching the Council on Library Resources, specifically, librarians should be aware of four research areas of interest to the Council human resources, economics, infrastructure, and processing/access. Funding Library science --Research Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/631 The W. K. Kellogg Foundation and human resource development in information science McClure, Gail D. Human resource development in information science is an "emerging program priority area" for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and hence a potential area for funding by the Foundation. By understanding how foundations like the W. K. Kellogg Foundation work their philosophy, their structure, their rules and regulations, their founding, their governing boards, and their past and current projects a potential grantee can determine if a particular foundation is an appropriate funding source for his or her area of interest. Funding Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/630 Use of statistics in management decisions Lance, Keith Curry Sherlock, Katy In using statistics in decision making, library managers can draw on five types of available data: library statistics, library salaries, employment outlook statistics, indexes of inflation and living costs, and demographic and economic data. In applying these data to management decisions, library managers can also utilize five strategies: taking the user's point of view, comparing libraries, tracking trends and making projections, indexing inflation and cost of living, and putting libraries in context. Each of these strategies is a proven success, and examples of their use are provided. Library administration --Decision making Library statistics Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/629 Ivory tower or temple of doom: Some questions concerning the application of research Kimmel, Margaret Mary The relationship between research and application is explored in the context of the delivery of information service to children and young people in schools and public libraries. The status of research in the field is discussed, and the use of interdisciplinary research is suggested. Finally, obstacles to the implementation of programs for young people are described. Library science --Research Research applications Youth services Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/628 Roles in the research process Johnson, Debra Wilcox Two groups practitioners and faculty/researchers top the list of key players in the research process, which also includes state and federal library agencies, associations, consultants, the business sector, and users. Key functions of these groups include generating ideas, numbers gathering, and producing research. Also important to the research process are the consumer or user of research, participation in research studies, funding, and dissemination of research results. Library science --Research Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/627 Introduction to Applying research to practice : how to use data collection and research to improve library management decision making (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute held October October 27-29, 1991) Estabrook, Leigh S. In this age of declining resources with constant demands for accountability and productivity, an increasing number of librarians have become researchers and use research in their work. As a result, the LRC has assumed a larger teaching role. On behalf of the Illinois State Library and other professional associations, its staff have led workshops for practicing librarians on such topics as data collection, community analysis, and statistical methods. This Allerton Conference was developed as part of that teaching mission. Papers were focused on topics that could help participants become better consumers of research, understand new ways in which research can help their libraries, and be more informed collaborators in the research process. Participants in the conference also had the opportunity to meet informally to discuss research problems in their individual libraries. Unfortunately, we have no way to represent the important content of these discussions in this printed volume. Library science --Research Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2142/626 Index to Applying research to practice : how to use data collection and research to improve library management decision making (Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute held October October 27-29, 1991) Index Wed, 01 Jan 1992 00:00:00 GMT