Workplace researchfor cataloguers

摘要

For those outside academia, the word research can offer a scary image. People often picture a scientist in a labsurrounded by test tubes or a historian pouring over ancient documents which can seem miles away from thedaily role of a cataloguer. However as the Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston says in the quoteabove, research is really just a formal way of being curious. It offers a chance to find out about somethingfollowing a defined set of guidelines. Given that cataloguers are known problem solvers who enjoy followingrules, workplace research is a great fit for their skill set.