1. Transforming students into scholars:
The DU LIS Student Publishing Group
Problem Context: Student Publishing Group Presenters: Results:
• esearch and publication
R 2009-2010 Academic Year • ccountability to the larger group increases the
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efforts typically occur in production of student scholarship
isolation from professional Date Presenter(s) Presentation Title • ollaborative platform provides a conduit for the
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January 2010 Natalie Mitchell/Kristen Coming together: Student
peers brainstorming and sharing of ideas
Bodine chapters and the new traditional
• IS students must
L • ewly matriculated students develop critical
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student
synthesize and reflect on perspective earlier in their academic career
January 2010 Phil Seibel/Kyle Henke Interdepartmental
knowledge gained in the • ight poster sessions presented at professional
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collaboration: Penrose Library
classroom conferences since January 2010
and the Office of University
• spiring librarians should
A • ne peer-reviewed article accepted for publication
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Communications
enhance portfolio to February 2010 Jamie Helgren The Future of the book (pending revisions)
promote themselves to March 2010 Tig Warluft Librarians’ changing roles in an • ne non-peer reviewed article accepted for publication
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the professional library open access era (pending revisions)
community April 2010 Jennie Murphy Balancing the right to privacy
in an archives environment
Researchers often work in isolation.
May 2010 Kyle Henke Crosswalking VRA to MODS
Solution:
• onthly meetings of students to present research and
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receive critique from the larger group
• esearch and publication products are broadly defined
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to include articles, book reviews, panel presentations,
and poster sessions; invites participation at disparate
Student scholars benefit from the opportunity
levels of scholarly ability to present research in a collaborative setting.
• aculty with topical expertise are invited to facilitate
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discussion
Possible Replication of
Publishing Group Model:
•Other LIS programs
•District-wide groups within
Joe Kraus
Open access guru
Steve Fisher
Archivist
Denise Anthony
Archive access
Chris Brown
Electronic
• Open access content management site features annotated publication public libraries
extraordinaire authority resources wizard resources, submission deadlines, and collective group wisdom •Academic libraries
• URL: http://lis.du.edu/Plone/studentgroups/publishing