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- 2Koufogiannakis, Denise
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- 1 Williamson, Vicki
- 1Choi, J.
- 1De Long, Kathleen
- 1Kushner, K. E.
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2013
The objective of this study was to explore and understand how academic librarians use evidence in their professional decision making. A grounded theory methodology was used, following the approach of Charmaz. The 19 participants were academic librarians in Canada. Data were gathered via online...
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Assessment of the Research Learning Needs of the University of Saskatchewan Librarians: A Case Study
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Shiri, Ali , Schrader, Alvin , Williamson, Vicki
As academic librarians with faculty status increasingly embrace research engagement as a core value and requirement, one of the little-studied questions is the extent to which they possess the requisite knowledge and skills to conduct high-quality research and scholarship and what further...
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2015
The objective of this qualitative study was to identify and explain challenges encountered by academic librarians when trying to incorporate evidence into their practice. The findings resulted in the identification of five main determinants that act as either obstacles or enablers of evidence...
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Understanding the language, the culture, and the experience: Translation in cross-cultural research.
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Lai, D. W., Mill, J., Kushner, K. E., Choi, J.
Achieving conceptual equivalence between two languages is a challenge in cross-cultural, cross-language research, as the research is conducted in a language that is not the researcher’s or research team’s first language. Therefore, translation provides an additional challenge in cross-cultural...