Doing Qualitative Research over the Internet: An Information Practitioner's View

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A few years ago, James Matarazzo wrote about research needs and issues in special librarianship. He inferred that corporate librarians invariably choose not to publish or do research because they receive very little recognition or monetary reward for their efforts. Irene Hoadley, in the same book, asserted that research was part of the fabric of librarianship, but some of the obstacles were lack of time, institutional funding or support, and expertise.

Not long ago, I was invited to write a chapter on personnel issues in a book titled Managing Business Collections in Libraries. Concerned that it could consume much work time as well as personal time, I asked my editor to assign a co-author. She wisely selected …