Research for Content Marketing (for an MLIS Candidate)

This research project for content marketing has two parts. Task 1: Generate topics for my advice column Review previous articles in my archive (I will send this to the chosen candidate) Do market research to see what kinds of questions or concerns people have about their academic writing Draft a list of questions that could be addressed in my column Once you've generated the list of potential topics & questions, we can collectively choose our top one or two, and I'll ask you to then move on to Task 2. Task 2: Create an annotated bibliography Search for peer-reviewed research in academic databases on the topic we've identified. Locate around 12 peer-reviewed journal articles on this topic. Take down the citation using APA 7th edition, including the DOI. Write short summaries of the content of each article, with both your subjective opinion and also an objective summary of the research question, method and findings.

Sustainability Write-Up (for graduate students only)

We have a set of secondary sources that have been coded in NVivo, and need support in performing the thematic analysis for these, as well as writing up a report for industry stakeholders. The final deliverables will be (a) an excel spreadsheet organizing the NVivo codes into grandparent, parent, and child codes, and (b) a co-authored report for industry professionals.

WIL Researcher (PhD-in-progress required)

We would like students to help us with performing qualitative sustainability research in NVivo10 and Covidence. We have a list of references in Zotero, and we are looking for a team of PhD student researchers to analyze these references using inductive and deductive, qualitative coding techniques. The final deliverable will be a completed NVivo project with a codebook and list of coding decisions.

Web Design for Text Analysis Tool

This project involves designing a website for the below-described text analysis tool. Most online tools for analyzing writing aren't appropriate for the kind of writing that is published in peer-reviewed academic journals. No article in Nature or Science is ever going to written the way that hemingwayapp.com suggests is 'good.' I'm an expert in academic writing: I have a PhD in poetry, and I write the monthly advice column Ask Dr. Editor for University Affairs. I know what to look for in academic writing, to make it more clear, concise, and compelling--and thus more likely to be published in a high-JIF journal. I'm looking for help in developing an online tool similar to hemingwayapp.com , countwordsworth.com , writersdiet.com , or even the AI-powered VMock , which I can use to help researchers to identify ineffective writing strategies in their own work. I have none of the technical background necessary to scope or imagine this work, but I do have the knowledge that would inform how the tool should work, and the networks that would help it to be widely useds. I am hoping that this tool could be made freely available to academics on my website, shortishard.ca .