Archive for 'Research Issues'
Being A Good Research Partner
Some academic librarians do quite well as solo researchers and writers. Others find they are more productive when they team up with one or more colleagues. Each method has its pros and cons. Going solo you can set your own pace, do things the way you like, and need only to push yourself. [...]
Posted by StevenB on June 10th, 2009 under Research Issues.
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Academic Research A Painful Process For Students
There’s a certain type of research that most academic librarians would be doing on their own campuses if they had the time and resources. That would be organizing student focus groups or even one-on-one conversations in order to gain better insights into how the students conduct their research. That might allow us to better understand [...]
Posted by StevenB on February 18th, 2009 under Information Literacy, Research Issues.
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Planning For Transformational Times
Did you know that the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is currently in the process of renewing its strategic plan? I didn’t and despite regularly monitoring what’s happening at ARL this somehow evaded tracking on my radar screen. Since my own library is also currently engaged in a new planning process, I was pleased to [...]
Posted by StevenB on February 10th, 2009 under Open Access, Research Issues, Scholarly Communications, Top Issues.
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How Dare They Reject My Conference Proposal
Academic librarians are the type of folks who will suffer in silence when dealing with a conference rejection. At best we may share our disappointment with a colleague or two or perhaps our supervisor, but in general (and yes, this is a generalization) I suspect that few academic librarians would make a public stink about [...]
Posted by StevenB on October 3rd, 2008 under Professional Development, Research Issues.
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Research Has The Power To Enhance The User Experience
Editor’s Note: Today we bring you a guest post from Ms. Valeda F. Dent, Associate University Librarian, Research and Instructional Services at Rutgers University. In this post Ms. Dent shares a report from a recent program held at the Council for Library and Information Resources (CLIR) on December 12, 2007. The ACRLog blog teams thanks [...]
Posted by StevenB on December 20th, 2007 under Conference Blogging, Research Issues.
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