It´s all about keeping quiet – using focus group interviews to understand the everyday life of researchers in order to support their research

Authors

  • Gunilla Wiklund Faculty of Law Library, Lund University
  • Hanna Voog Social Science Faculty Library, Lund University
  • Sara Kjellberg Library and IT Services, Malmö University and Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University

Keywords:

focus group interviews, academic libraries, collaboration, research support services, research process, interaction

Abstract

This paper describes how focus group interviews were used in a project on developing research support services. The object of the interviews was to understand the everyday lives of researchers and the obstacles they experience in their research process. Advantages and challenges of the method are discussed, e.g. the benefits of the interaction and the free form that the method allows for and the challenge not to interfere in the discussions and yet see to it that the discussions keep to the selected themes and keep on going.

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Published

2017-05-19

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2014): March 2014 Issue

Section

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