Gebundenes Buch

Librarians as Researchers

Developing Our Scholarly Identities

Herausgeber: Campbell, Paul C; Nagle, Sarah

Beschreibung

This book is designed to empower librarians to develop their research skills and embrace their identities as scholars. Many librarians, particularly those in academic libraries, are expected to engage in research and scholarly output. However, unlike disciplinary faculty, most librarians have not completed a PhD program, and many have never designed or participated in original research upon embarking on their career. This edited volume provides inspiration and support for academic librarians looking to develop or refresh their research skills and develop their scholarly identities. The focus of this book is toward empowering librarians as researchers, rather than librarians supporting student or faculty research. This book provides a venue for librarians to share their knowledge on different aspects of research as well as build community for other librarians to actualize their own identities as researchers. The existing literature and research in the realm of librarian identity development often touches on librarian identities in the face of emerging technologies and new library types, or how librarians can support research at their institutions. However, there is a gap in the literature around librarians developing their own identities as researchers. Librarians have a unique role in the scholarly community; we often sacrifice our own research interests so that we can provide support and instruction to others, whether it be faculty, students, or the public. But the library world holds immense opportunity for developing and executing original research. Additionally, conducting research is beneficial to librarians' individual practice as well as the library community as a whole. This edited volume will provide guidance as well as actionable methods for librarians to develop foundational research philosophies, create communities of practice, and hone practical skills in a wide range of research areas.

Autor

Paul C. Campbell is an assistant professor and the Social Science & Assessment Librarian at Kent State University Libraries. He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of New Mexico, an MLIS from Kent State University, and an M.Ed. in educational technology from Ohio University. By integrating his two graduate degrees, Paul has developed a strong researcher identity connecting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) with librarianship. He has published and presented on using instructional technology to incorporate active learning to teach Information Literacy in the library classroom. Sarah Nagle is the Creation and Innovation Services Librarian at Miami University in Ohio. Sarah began her career in public libraries in 2015, making the move to academic libraries in 2018. Sarah runs a busy academic library makerspace, and her daily work includes supporting maker-centered learning and innovation topics through events, instruction, and outreach. Sarah's broad research interests include maker-centered learning, both in informal environments and as part of formalized curricula. She also is strongly interested in equity and inclusion in maker and instruction environments, in particular how to assess inclusivity.She is the co-editor of Innovation and Experiential Learning in Academic Libraries: Meeting the Needs of Today's Students (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781538187951
• ISBN-10: 1538187957
• Artikelnr.: 75481154