scholarly journals A Portrait of a Place: A New Frame to View Artwork in the Academic Library

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Celia Andrea Mallory Austin
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Public Art ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Art Objects

<p>The act of displaying artwork and art objects in academic libraries has been called both a “natural idea and common practice” (Cirasella and Deutsch, 2012, p. 2), but this position lacks a considered and critical analysis. The motivation for displaying artwork in academic libraries and an evaluation of its impact on the library environment, as perceived by librarians, similarly lacks meaningful examination. This absence of previous inquiry provides a major stimulus for this research project, which uses a case study approach to examine and explore the ‘natural’ preoccupation for displaying artwork in academic libraries, and additionally considers such environments as public art spaces.</p>

scholarly journals A Portrait of a Place: A New Frame to View Artwork in the Academic Library

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Celia Andrea Mallory Austin
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Public Art ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Art Objects

<p>The act of displaying artwork and art objects in academic libraries has been called both a “natural idea and common practice” (Cirasella and Deutsch, 2012, p. 2), but this position lacks a considered and critical analysis. The motivation for displaying artwork in academic libraries and an evaluation of its impact on the library environment, as perceived by librarians, similarly lacks meaningful examination. This absence of previous inquiry provides a major stimulus for this research project, which uses a case study approach to examine and explore the ‘natural’ preoccupation for displaying artwork in academic libraries, and additionally considers such environments as public art spaces.</p>

scholarly journals “Is There Anybody There?”

2019 ◽  
pp. 151-172
Author(s):  
Helen Clough ◽  
Karen Foley
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Open University ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Communities Of Learners ◽  
The Future

The Open University (UK) Library supports its distance-learning students with interactive, real-time events on social media. In this chapter the authors take a case study approach and concentrate on the examples of Facebook and Livestream to illustrate how live engagement events on social media have helped to build communities of learners in spaces they already occupy, raise the visibility of the library's services and resources with staff and students, and foster collaboration with other departments, while also being effective mechanisms for instruction. The chapter concludes with the library's plans for the future and recommendations for other academic libraries wishing to run live engagement events on social media.

scholarly journals Exploring craft practice in learning communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Trine Møller ◽  
Kirstine Riis
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Research Perspectives ◽  
Initial Research

This paper presents an initial research project to explore what characterizes knowledge production in craft practice situated in an informal/neutral learning arena outside the education institution. The research project is carried out by craft and design researchers from Norway and Denmark. The project participants include students, academics, older generation volunteers with craft experience, freelance designers, and arts and craft persons, as well as researchers. The overall methodology is a case study approach and has references to practice-led research, participatory design research and A/R/Tography. In this paper we present the research design of the project. Along a theoretical framework consisting of research perspectives of each of our institutional traditions, we lastly discuss the challenges in engaging a neutral learning arena, throughout and as preparation for our research project.  

Tyranny of distance: the challenges of coordinating a multinational consortium

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
Denise Forro
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Geographic Boundaries ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Copyright Laws ◽  
Library Consortium

Purpose – This study aims to evaluate and report on the challenges faced by a multinational academic library consortium with a heterogeneous membership and widely varying collection resources. Design/methodology/approach – The author uses a case study approach based on direct experience obtained with coordinating the word of such a consortium, from its nascent stages to its fully functional present-day form. Findings – Coordinating the work of an academic library consortium that spans the globe presents challenges such as an inability to set a meeting time – and place – that is agreeable to all and copyright laws that vary from one country to the next. Cataloging practices may affect the system’s ability to select an appropriate supplier based on reported journal holdings, but this problem is easily solved by a careful review of local practices and the system’s search algorithms. Originality/value – This article is of interest to anyone involved in a library consortium, regardless of its geographic boundaries.

Overcoming Challenges of International Migration Research: A Case Study Approach in Southern Mexico

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-143
Author(s):  
Julie Boyles
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Migration Research

An ethnographic case study approach to understanding women’s actions and reactions to husbands’ emigration—or potential emigration—offers a distinct set of challenges to a U.S.-based researcher.  International migration research in a foreign context likely offers challenges in language, culture, lifestyle, as well as potential gender norm impediments. A mixed methods approach contributed to successfully overcoming barriers through an array of research methods, strategies, and tactics, as well as practicing flexibility in data gathering methods. Even this researcher’s influence on the research was minimized and alleviated, to a degree, through ascertaining common ground with many of the women. Research with the women of San Juan Guelavía, Oaxaca, Mexico offered numerous and constant challenges, each overcome with ensuing rewards.

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