Establishing a Participatory Library Model: A Grounded Theory Study

Nguyen, Linh Cuong

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2015.03.018

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“…The GT, originally developed by Glaser andStrauss (1967/2009), is a systematic inductive method intended to construct a formal theory from qualitative data (Nguyen, 2015). The idea is not to test hypotheses deducted from established formal social theory but to generate hypotheses through a systematic analysis of empirical data from the bottom up.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why is illegal fishing occurring in the Persian Gulf? A case study from the Hormozgan province of Iran

Daliri

Kamrani

Jentoft

et al. 2016

Ocean & Coastal Management

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why is illegal fishing occurring in the Persian Gulf? A case study from the Hormozgan province of Iran

Daliri

Kamrani

Jentoft

et al. 2016

Ocean & Coastal Management

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“…Grounded theory is not intended to answer a specific question or validate an existing hypothesis (Piko, 2014) but rather to uncover the meaning of the users’ experiences or to provide insights into the research process (Corbin and Strauss, 2008). This theory has been adopted within many disciplines where little knowledge or no empirical data was available (Nguyen, 2015).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring visitor experience at a mountain attraction

Milman

Zehrer

2017

Journal of Vacation Marketing

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The study explores visitor experience while visiting a mountain attraction in the Alpine region of Tirol, Austria, through participant observations, informal conversations, and photography. A grounded theory approach was adopted to uncover the meaning of visitors’ overall experience and deduct a possible theory that may contribute to a better understanding of visitor experiences at mountain attractions. The data collected from 600 subjects at the attraction’s four stopovers concluded that the visiting experience was a process that involved a blend of events composed of material and human elements. Guest experiences were also practiced on a passive–active continuum, where some of the experiential consumption activities were focused beyond the mountain itself, primarily viewing the landscape and photography. The study affirms the importance of participant observation as a methodological tool to study visitors at a tourist attraction, discusses implications for management, and offers recommendations for enhancing the overall guest experience.

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“…According to Nguyen (2015) two-way communication leads to greater engagement, but he reports that there is a low level of user engagement in most of the libraries he studied. Similarly, Neilson (2016) found that although most libraries have Twitter accounts, some never use two-way communication with their users.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

One hundred tweets from library land: A case study of RMIT University Library (academic library) and State Library of Victoria (public state library) in Australia

Alsuhaibani

2018

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Twitter is used by different library types to communicate and engage with their community. This case study focuses on content choices in tweets and the level of engagement generated, in the context of two different types of library. The current study attempts to examine the contents of Library Twitter account of two libraries (academic and public) with the aim of evaluating in a comparative mode, their themes and levels of user engagement. This research used a mixed method research approach. For quantitative approach, this study analyzed 100 Tweets from each library, i.e. RMIT University Library and State Library of Victoria. Also, the study analyzed a number of tweets and levels of engagement by recording numbers of likes, replies and retweets. The qualitative aspect analyzed each Tweet to determine engagement level and type of content shared by each library. The results demonstrate that the public and academic libraries publish different types of content. The varied nature, audience and mandate of each library appear to influence the focus of their tweets. Also, the results show that the level of engagement is a factor of the numbers of tweets in any theme. The limitation of this study is the data set contained only 100 tweets for each library. Moreover, the number of users and registered library accounts had probably increased since the study was conducted.

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Establishing a Participatory Library Model: A Grounded Theory Study

Cited by 19 publications

References 27 publications

Why is illegal fishing occurring in the Persian Gulf? A case study from the Hormozgan province of Iran

Why is illegal fishing occurring in the Persian Gulf? A case study from the Hormozgan province of Iran

Exploring visitor experience at a mountain attraction

One hundred tweets from library land: A case study of RMIT University Library (academic library) and State Library of Victoria (public state library) in Australia

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