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Foreword

Welcome!

New Arts Admin doctoral candidates:

This textbook is for you! I’m really excited to be sharing—in a full textbook format—some of my favorite research workshop activities, developed specifically for the University of Kentucky’s doctoral Arts Administration program.

I have had the pleasure of meeting UK AAD PhD students through the program’s summer mini-course for the past 5 years, and this textbook is a stand-alone compilation of the workshop series I’ve taught each summer through the university’s online course management system, Canvas. You are free to use this text alongside the Canvas modules, or to remix and reread its contents in any way that helps you prepare for your PhD research at UK.

I’m always excited to meet a new group of PhD students in the arts, and hope I’ll get to know you well during your time here. Please feel free to contact me any time with your library or research questions (or any questions), and I hope you enjoy this text!

Best, Karyn

From the UK Department of Arts Administration Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to introduce to you or remind you about some helpful and effective practices for conducting research and utilizing the resources available to you as a PhD student and a practicing researcher at the University of Kentucky.

Course Outcomes

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

• Develop a sense of belonging/connection with UK Libraries
• Distinguish between a wide variety of publication types needed for doctoral level research in Arts Administration
• Describe issues of access, subscription, and value encountered when conducting academic library research
• Manage research protocols for collecting data and bibliographic citations, and for citing others’ research
• Employ resources and services offered by UK Libraries in a manner suited to online/distance learning

Course Texts

• Doctoral Research in Arts Administration by Karyn Hinkle. Available to all via UK Libraries.
• The Chicago Manual of Style. Available to the UK community via UK Libraries’s subscription.