ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-178X
Document Type
Article
Date
10-11-2018
Keywords
cataloging, design, research questions, taxonomy
Language
English
Disciplines
Library and Information Science
Description/Abstract
This paper asserts that many research questions (RQs) in cataloging reflect design-based RQs, rather than traditional scientific ones. To support this idea, a review of existing discussions of RQs is presented to identify prominent types of RQs, including design-based RQs. RQ types are then classified into a taxonomic framework and compared with RQs from the Everyday Cataloger Concerns project, which aimed to identify important areas of research from the perspective of practicing catalogers. This comparative method demonstrates the ways in which the research areas identified by cataloging practitioners reflect design RQs—and therefore require design approaches and methods to answer them.
ISSN
0163-9374
Recommended Citation
Clarke, Rachel Ivy, "Cataloging Research by Design: A Taxonomic Approach to Understanding Research Questions in Cataloging" (2018). School of Information Studies - Faculty Scholarship. 180.
https://surface.syr.edu/istpub/180
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Additional Information
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly on 11 Oct 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2018.1491437