The Many Hats of Academic Librarians
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Presentation discussion how academic librarians fit into the research process with faculty and students as well as how we make decisions when purchasing materials.
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The Many Hats of Academic Librarians
- 1. The Many Hats of…. Academic Librarians Rosalind Tedford | Director for Research and Instruction | Wake Forest University | tedforrl@wfu.edu SAGE/CQ Press – July 14th, 2015
- 2. A bit about me….. Education Librarianship Institution Superpower
- 3. Who Others Think We Are
- 4. Who We Think We Are
- 5. Who We Actually Are Educated Faculty (some of us) Liaisons Teachers Researchers
- 6. Where we fit in the research process First – a look at the research process…..
- 7. How many students (and faculty) see research Topic/Thesis Outline Read/Research Write
- 8. Or perhaps this is more accurate… Thesis Write Research
- 9. The ‘Ideal’ Research Process Topic Question SourcesRead Reflect Topic2 Q2 Outline More Sources Read2 Write
- 10. Librarians in the process - students Topic selection Research question Background context Source discovery Source evaluation Source citation
- 11. Librarians in the Research Process – Faculty Problem solvers Tracking down sources Citations When they get stuck To gain access to data Primary source location
- 12. Librarians in the Selection Process Liaisons/Subject Specialists Keep eye out for new content from publishers Keep eye out for needs on campus Recommend purchases Create wish lists Gather input from faculty Purchasers/Collection Developers Negotiate the packages Work with the licensing Ensure access Ensure discovery Gather Usage Data
- 13. The Selection Decision Cocktail Content Need (and want) Audience Price Sources of support Faculty input Space Interface Publisher Licensing
- 14. What we want from content providers Discoverabilty – from everywhere Cross-Searching Updated, well-sourced content Sources to lead to other sources (metadata) Being able to see how our users use the products Real relationships and two- way conversations
Editor's Notes
- Education: MLIS Subject degrees PhDs Faculty: Flavors of faculty – true tenure; contracts, own school; integrated into governance, etc. Liaisons Reference/research librarians and subject specialties Teachers For-credit classes One-shots Researchers The library and the research process is our academic field of interest Qualitative research and Quantitative Anthropological research User experience research Leadership – management – administration research