This document analyzes 157 articles published over 10 years that describe collaborations between librarians and non-library faculty in the sciences. It finds that the majority of collaborations were between librarians and faculty at doctoral universities with high research activity. Many articles involved health sciences collaborations and topics related to instruction and information literacy. The top journals publishing these collaborative articles were library-focused, with the Journal of the Medical Library Association publishing the most.

1. Mapping the convergence of
Library/Faculty Research in the
Sciences
Molly Higgins, Jennifer DeVito, Robert Tolliver, Sally Stieglitz, &
Clara Tran
Stony Brook University Libraries

3. Background
Level of collaboration
between librarians and
non-library faculty

4. Methods
Examining
collaboration

5. Results: Summary
13 journals
10 years
157 articles
193 librarians
238 faculty
120 institutions

6. Results: ARL Status
Number of
Institutions
ARL Status
47 ARL Institutions
50 Non-ARL Institutions in the US and
Canada
23 Non-ARL Institutions outside the US
and Canada

7. Results: Carnegie Classification
Articles Carnegie Classification
74 Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity
25 Doctoral Universities – Higher Research Activity
15 Master’s Colleges and Universities – Larger Programs
11 Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers
5 Doctoral Universities – Moderate Research Activity
4 Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools
4 Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus

8. Results: Top Institutions
Articles Institution
10 Vanderbilt University
5 University of Tennessee
5 University of Colorado Denver
4 University of Florida
4 University of Illinois at Chicago
4 Virginia Commonwealth University

9. Results: Library Journals
Articles Library Journals
63 Journal of the Medical Library Association
27 Health Information and Libraries Journal
15 Medical Reference Services Quarterly
13 Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
11 Science and Technology Libraries

10. Results: Library Journals Part 2
Journal Articles % of Total
Articles
Journal of the Medical Library
Association
63 11.7
Science and Technology
Libraries
11 4.8
Medical Reference Services
Quarterly
15 4.2
Issues in Science and
Technology Librarianship
13 3.6

11. Results: Education Journals
Articles Education Journals
8 Journal of Chemical Education
7 Journal of Nursing Education
4 American Biology Teacher
4 Journal of Engineering Education
2 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education
1 The Physics Teacher
1 Teaching and Learning in Medicine
0 Journal of Geoscience Education

12. Results: Discipline of Articles
114
15
14
8 6
Number of Articles
Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Chemistry
Other Sciences
Engineering

13. Results: Topics of Articles
76
30
17
10
9
6
6 3
Number of Articles
Instruction/Information Literacy
Libraries and Library Services
Information Resources
Library Users/Information Seeking
Bibliometrics and Citation Analysis
Information and Communication Technologies
Library Resources
Research and Science

14. Discussion
What did we
learn from this
project?

15. Discussion
Why do these
patterns exist?

16. Discussion
Why do these
patterns exist?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25203078
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25766056

17. Discussion
How does this
apply to you?

18. Discussion
What happens
next?

19. Images (in order of appearance):
• Cengiz SARI
• Nathan Driskell
• Artem Kovyazin
• Berkay Sargin
All images from the Noun Project

20. Further Reading
Bahr, A. H., & Zemon, M. (2000). Collaborative Authorship in Journal Literature: Perspectives for
Academic Librarians Who Wish to. College & Research Libraries, 61(5), 410.
Cubberley, C. W. (1996). Tenure and Promotion for Academic Librarians. Jefferson, NC: McFarland &
Company, Inc.
Norelli, B., & Harper, T. L. (2013). Collaborative Scholarship in Academic Library Literature: Who,
What, and When. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 20(2), 173-196.
doi:10.1080/10691316.2013.789680
Rethlefsen, M. L., Farrell, A. M., Osterhaus Trzasko, L. C., & Brigham, T. J. (2015). Librarian co-
authors correlated with higher quality reported search strategies in general internal medicine
systematic reviews. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 68(6), 617-626.
doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.11.025
Rethlefsen, M. L., Murad, M. H., & Livingston, E. H. (2014). Engaging medical librarians to improve
the quality of review articles. JAMA, 312(10), 999-1000. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.9263
Slutsky, B., & Aytac, S. (2014). Publication Patterns of Science, Technology, and Medical Librarians:
Review of the 2008-2012 Published Research. Science & Technology Libraries, 33(4), 369-382.
doi:10.1080/0194262X.2014.952486
Walters, W. H. (2016). Faculty status of librarians at U.S. research universities. The Journal of
Academic Librarianship, 42(2), 161-171. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2015.11.002

21. Questions?