The OCLC ALISE Library & Information Science Research Grant Program promotes research to advance librarianship and supports full-time academic faculty with grants up to $25,000. The 2018 call for proposals emphasizes diversity, inclusion, and equity, covering topics like digital technology's impact on libraries and information-seeking behavior. Recipients of the grant include projects on ORCID ID adoption in academic communities and understanding the information-seeking of refugee migrants.

1. ALISE 2018, Denver, 8 February 2018
OCLC ALISE
Library & Information Science
Research Grant Program
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, PhD
Moderator

2. OCLC ALISE LIS Grant Program
• Promotes research relevant to the advancement of
librarianship and information science
• Supports research for full-time academic faculty (or
equivalent) in schools of library and information science
– Beginning 2017 funded 3 research projects up to $25,000
• Research of interest to the library and information science
community

3. 2018 OCLC ALISE LIS Grant Call for Proposals
• Prioritize submissions that integrate diversity,
inclusion and equity aspects into research areas
– Impact of digital technology on libraries, museums, and
archives
– Social media, learning, and information-seeking
behavior
– New developments in knowledge organization

4. OCLC ALISE LIS Grant 2018 Recipients
• Characterizing the Adoption of ORCID iDs in Academic
Communities
• Alexander Voss, St. Andrews University
• The Critical Catalog: Understanding Metadata for Access to and
Promotion of Diverse Library Resources
• Rachel Clarke, Syracuse University
• Understanding the Information Seeking Behavior and Digital Skills
of Refugee Migrants during the Job Seeking Process
• Violetta Trkulja, Humboldt University

5. OCLC ALISE LIS Grant 2017 Recipients
• Costing Research Data Management: Difficulties and Findings
• Lorraine Richards Bornn, Drexel University
• Financial Information Literacy Toolkit for Equipping over 200
Million Poor for Mobile-based Digital Payments: A Study with
Public Libraries in India
• Devendra Potnis, The University of Tennessee
• Library Engagement with Community-based Health and Wellness
in Diverse Communities
• Charles Senteio, (Principal Investigator), Rutgers University
• Nancy Kranich (Co-Investigator), Rutgers University

6. SM
Discussion & Questions
Lynn Silipigni Connaway
Senior Research Scientist and Director of User Research
OCLC Research
connawal@oclc.org
@LynnConnaway
OCLC ALISE LISRGP
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