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Effective
Techniques in Desk Research
Programme
Features
From
retrieval to writing...make a leap!
- Accepting
a commission
- taking
a brief - the reference interview
- preparing
a proposal
- managing
client expectations
- Collecting
the data
- common
statistical sources
- first
pass data collection
- second
pass data collection
- Adding
value
- interpretation
- research
- presentation
- Closing
a project
- seeking
and using constructive feedback
Why
you should attend:
This
course is aimed at 1) professionals who are at the point
in their career where they are adding longer term project
work to their basic information retrieval duties and 2)
managers/mentors helping such people. It details a step-by-step
structure that can help manage the research process with
a particular emphasis on reference interview techniques,
data collection, methods of adding value and managing
an effective feedback process. The focus is on practicality
and the course is based on systems the lecturer has helped
set up and run himself.
According
to the particular needs of the group on the day, a number
of pre-prepared units can be slotted in including, for
instance, using the telephone as a research tool and managing
a fee-charging service. The emphasis of the day is very
much to encourage debate and best practice sharing amongst
delegates who have the opportunity to discuss the challenges
they face with fellow professionals.
On
completing this course, you will :
- have reviewed
reference interview and data gathering techniques
- feel confident
in your ability to order data into a report format
- be encouraged
to add your own value to the work you present
- share
and compare your working practices with colleagues
from a wide spectrum of other organisations
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