Unobtrusive Studies and the Quality of Academic Library Reference Services.

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Main Author: Whitlatch, Jo Bell
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1989
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contents Unobtrusive Studies and the Quality of Academic Library Reference Services. Whitlatch, Jo Bell Academic Libraries Content Validity Higher Education Library Research Naturalistic Observation Qualitative Research Reference Services Tables (Data) Uses empirical data from an obtrusive study of reference performance to explore the content validity of and assumptions about unobtrusive studies. Changes needed to improve unobtrusive studies of reference services are discussed, including the development of test questions representing all types of queries and supplementing the correct fill rate with other measures of performance. (20 references) (Author/CLB)
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spellingShingle Unobtrusive Studies and the Quality of Academic Library Reference Services.
Whitlatch, Jo Bell
Academic Libraries
Content Validity
Higher Education
Library Research
Naturalistic Observation
Qualitative Research
Reference Services
Tables (Data)
Unobtrusive Studies and the Quality of Academic Library Reference Services. Whitlatch, Jo Bell Academic Libraries Content Validity Higher Education Library Research Naturalistic Observation Qualitative Research Reference Services Tables (Data) Uses empirical data from an obtrusive study of reference performance to explore the content validity of and assumptions about unobtrusive studies. Changes needed to improve unobtrusive studies of reference services are discussed, including the development of test questions representing all types of queries and supplementing the correct fill rate with other measures of performance. (20 references) (Author/CLB)
title Unobtrusive Studies and the Quality of Academic Library Reference Services.
topic Academic Libraries
Content Validity
Higher Education
Library Research
Naturalistic Observation
Qualitative Research
Reference Services
Tables (Data)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ395513