The use of surveys and interviews in the field library and information science

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https://doi.org/10.12775/FT.2018.008

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methodology, research methods, survey, individual interview, group interview

Abstract

Aim: The aim of the article is to look at a selected fragment of the extensive subject matter of the methodology of book and information science – surveys along with individual and group interviews. The article discusses the specific nature of individual tools, and analyzes their use in the discipline in terms of quantity, evaluating their contribution to scientific and qualitative texts. Research method: Considerations were based on a review of literature and own bibliometric studies, including the study of the content of two leading Polish scientific journals (Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej and Przegląd Biblioteczny) for the years 2010-2015. Results and conclusions: As a result of the conducted analyses, it has not been noticed that these tools are widely used by Polish researchers in the field of information processing, although we are dealing with more frequent use of surveys than interviews.

Author Biography

Justyna Jasiewicz, University of Warsaw. The Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies

Justyna Jasiewicz, PhD, assistant professor at the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Bibliology at the University of Warsaw. She deals with issues of information competence and digital competence. Since 2016 she has been running a project on the use of research methods in social sciences in the field of book and information science. She is a member of the research team of the Center for Media Analysis at the University of Warsaw, where she coordinates the research on digital competences of young people, conducted with the use of biometric measurements. She is the author of the following publications: Kompetencje informacyjne młodzieży (Warszawa 2012), and numerous scientific and popular science articles published in collective works, Przegląd Biblioteczny, Information-Wissenschaft und Praxis, Gazeta Wyborcza; she is the co-author of the work Informacja zdrowotne. Oczekiwania i kompetencje polskich użytkowników (Warszawa 2013). A member of numerous research teams, an expert in a number of non-governmental organizations, including the Orange Foundation and the Modern Poland Foundation; in the years 2014-2016 she was the head of research at the Digital Center Project: Poland.

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2018-08-01

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Jasiewicz, J. (2018). The use of surveys and interviews in the field library and information science. Folia Toruniensia, 18, 151–170. https://doi.org/10.12775/FT.2018.008

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