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School Library Research From Around The World: Where It's Been And Where It's Headed, Karen W. Gavigan
School Library Research From Around The World: Where It's Been And Where It's Headed, Karen W. Gavigan
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This article examines studies conducted by school library researchers around the world. The selected studies were conference papers, and articles published in School Libraries Worldwide. Findings from these studies are relevant to researchers and practicing school librarians, who may want to incorporate the findings into their library programs.
A Community Of Practice Assessment Framework: A Typology For Effective Groups, Darin Freeburg
A Community Of Practice Assessment Framework: A Typology For Effective Groups, Darin Freeburg
Faculty Publications
This paper outlines a typology for use in the qualitative assessment of communities of practice (COPs). COPs are groups of people who meet together to share knowledge and solve problems around a similar interest, and they are essential to intellectual capital development within organizations. This paper types COPs along two dimensions: trust and risk. These dimensions are used to analyze a COPs capacity for learning and collaboration outcomes. Trust requires an environment that fosters openness toward good and bad ideas, mistakes and accomplishments, and a structure that it is negotiated and agreed upon by the self-initiated membership. Productive inquiry provides …