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A Public Library Collaboratory: Addressing Practitioner Needs for Research
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posted on 2015-12-21, 20:55 authored by Shannon Crawford BarniskisShannon Crawford Barniskis, Wooseob Jeong, Joyce M. LathamAfter extensive interviews and focus groups examining how public librarians use research and what their research needs are, this study did a national survey to further explore these needs and uses. The need for open source data on the impacts of library practices is largely unmet, thus the UWM School of Information Studies is creating a Public Library Collaboratory to connect practitioners, scholars, and open source data.