Pub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a931768
Katy Webb, L. Sesink
abstract: Library labs are dedicated spaces with highly trained library, IT, and research support staff. The staff are on hand to help teach faculty and advanced graduate students new and emerging methodologies and technologies. Such a lab is a place to engage in new ways of, for example, doing digital scholarship or putting Open Science into practice. This article looks at ways that researchers engage with library labs and proposes a lab engagement pyramid to distinguish models for deploying trained staff and resources within the library lab space. A lab in an academic library requires the right mindset, skill set, tool set, programs, and staffing. The authors posit that a lab will be most successful if the library identifies the conditions that are desirable for the proposed lab space before it is designed and built. When a lab is already in existence but is underutilized, changing engagement strategies can lead to new growth.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a923705
F. Otike, P. Kiszl
abstract: Academic libraries are experiencing drastic changes due to unprecedented advancements in technology. This advancement has caused changes in users’ information-seeking behavior, increased information competitors, and easy access and availability to free information on the internet. It is unfortunate that all this is happening amidst the dwindling financial support libraries receive from their parent organization. These variations, such as the digital shift and remote access, changing user expectations, open access movement, the need for data management and preservation models are causing havoc and disruption to academic libraries; therefore, academic libraries need to justify their position and relevancy. This paper discusses the conundrum academic libraries face and suggests why and how they should adopt entrepreneurial practices.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a923706
Kaitlin Springmier, Catherine Fonseca, Laura Krier, Rita Premo, Hilary Smith, Mary Wegmann
abstract: For more than 30 years, Peter Senge’s theory of learning organizations has influenced the study of leadership and organizations. Researchers have studied various components of his framework: team cognition and mental models, team learning, shared vision, systems thinking, and personal mastery. But few articles have explored what it looks like in practice when the five disciplines of the learning organization are enacted in an organization. This article explores the ways in which these disciplines influenced the implementation and outcomes of a collection diversity audit at Sonoma State University Library. The authors discuss the ways that Senge’s learning organization framework enabled them to create a sustainable model for evaluating diversity in selection and acquisition practices.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a923711
Yulia V. Sevryugina, Craig Smith, Gabriel Mordoch
abstract: This paper discusses perceptions regarding the roles of PhD- and MLS (or MLIS)-holding librarians within academic libraries in the United States gathered via a survey conducted in 2019. Based on a review of previous literature and the results of the survey—which present mixed opinions about PhD holders as librarians—the authors provide recommendations for ways libraries can effectively address some of the tensions regarding the role of PhD holders within academic librarianship. This article is useful for librarians of all educational backgrounds, PhD holders who are considering the transition to a library career, and library administrators involved in the hiring process.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a923712
Madelaine Vanderwerff, Sara Sharun, Christopher Thomas
abstract: This study examines undergraduates’ research practices, as described in reflective essays submitted in applications to a library research award. Thematic analysis of 24 student award essays identified three strong themes in student reflections about their research experiences. Students experienced research as a social process, made meaning closely tied to disciplinary ways of knowing and practicing, and underwent a transformative process from beginner to apprentice researchers. Through a discussion of these themes, the authors highlight implications for information literacy instruction and suggest this instruction be closely connected to disciplinary practices.
{"title":"“In the Greater Context of the Field”: What Undergraduate Reflections on the Research Process Tell us about Information Literacy","authors":"Madelaine Vanderwerff, Sara Sharun, Christopher Thomas","doi":"10.1353/pla.2024.a923712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2024.a923712","url":null,"abstract":"abstract: This study examines undergraduates’ research practices, as described in reflective essays submitted in applications to a library research award. Thematic analysis of 24 student award essays identified three strong themes in student reflections about their research experiences. Students experienced research as a social process, made meaning closely tied to disciplinary ways of knowing and practicing, and underwent a transformative process from beginner to apprentice researchers. Through a discussion of these themes, the authors highlight implications for information literacy instruction and suggest this instruction be closely connected to disciplinary practices.","PeriodicalId":516609,"journal":{"name":"portal: Libraries and the Academy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140756183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a923708
John Eye
abstract: Much of the literature in library leadership and management focuses on strategies and practices based on discrete attributes and sweeping human behaviors intended to improve operational effectiveness. This paper challenges the reader to build a mindset for leadership that reflects the real world, where leaders and managers work within parameters often contradictory and at times unconventional. It acknowledges the complexities of leadership in terms of decision-making and judgment within the culture of the organization rather than standard characteristics seen as desirable in a leader. The distinction between leadership and management is also examined.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a923707
Julie A. Murphy, Rachel E. Scott, Anne Shelley, Mallory Jallas, Rachel Park
abstract: As academic librarians become aware of the challenges textbook expenses pose to student success, they have increased efforts to provide free access to required course materials. Librarians at Illinois State University initiated a program to license course-assigned e-books, surveying participating students and faculty regarding their perspectives on textbook affordability and their experiences with the provided e-books. Student responses were overwhelmingly positive, and they identified several ways the e-books enhanced their experience in the course. The findings suggest that library-provided course materials contribute to students’ engagement as learners and their academic success within courses.
摘要：随着学术图书馆员意识到教科书费用对学生成功所带来的挑战，他们加大了免费提供所需课程材料的力度。伊利诺伊州立大学（Illinois State University）的图书馆员发起了一项许可课程指定电子图书的计划，对参与计划的学生和教师进行了调查，了解他们对教科书可负担性的看法以及使用所提供电子图书的体验。学生们的回答绝大多数都是积极的，他们指出了电子图书提升他们课程体验的几种方式。研究结果表明，图书馆提供的课程材料有助于学生作为学习者的参与以及他们在课程中的学业成功。
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a923703
Andrew D. Asher
{"title":"Approaches for Improving Validity in Quantitative Research Articles","authors":"Andrew D. Asher","doi":"10.1353/pla.2024.a923703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2024.a923703","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":516609,"journal":{"name":"portal: Libraries and the Academy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140766963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a923710
Iris Finkel, Frida E. Kleiman
abstract: The authors, a chemistry professor and a librarian, used a qualitative survey to assess student perceptions of a Wikipedia editing assignment that they included in a large upper-level biochemistry course. The assignment was initially intended as a public-facing alternative to a short research paper, emphasizing information literacy and scientific literacy. The goal of the survey was to use the results to enhance the assignment. The results of the survey and research for the literature review inspired a novel approach to the assignment using the perspective of metaliteracy. This approach encourages students to think critically about their role as scholars in a participatory environment.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1353/pla.2024.a923704
Aubree Tillett
abstract: Military Families and the Arts is an ArcGIS StoryMaps collection that serves military families by mapping art museums and arts centers located near active-duty military installations. The interactive maps are organized by military branch and browsable by an alphabetical list of active-duty military installations. The ArcGIS StoryMaps collection serves three primary functions: to assist military spouses pursuing a career in the arts with finding a comprehensive list of potential employers, to assist military dependents with finding arts-related opportunities to network into their current or new communities, and to assist military families with finding art-related activities near their military installation in the continental United States.
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