Browsing by Subject "Librarians"

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    Academic Librarians and Academic Freedom Survey Data
    (2021-08-14) Leebaw, Danya; Logsdon, Alexis; leeba005@umn.edu; Leebaw, Danya; University of Minnesota Libraries
    The data is a spreadsheet downloaded from survey responses in Qualtrics. The authors surveyed academic librarians about their attitudes toward and experiences with academic freedom in their workplaces. Of the nearly 750 people who began the survey, just under 600 qualified for the survey as current academic library employees who gave their consent to the survey. The authors have only included the survey data for this subset of respondents. Also included is a set of comments made in an optional free-text field at the end of the survey. They are presented separate from their authors’ survey responses to ensure anonymity.
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    Looking Back to Move Forward: a reflection of the Dental Section’s history
    (2019) Theis-Mahon, Nicole; Nevius, Amanda; Schvaneveldt, Nena
    Background : The history of the Dental Section illuminates our own history as communities of librarians with the Medical Library Association (MLA). Reflections on a community’s history can reveal growth, development and changes, or shed light on similarities between the past and present. Knowledge and awareness of a community’s past can be used to guide members through change. Description : We examined historical documents from the Dental Section and conducted interviews with community members to generate a history of the community within the broader context of medical librarianship. To add context, a general history of dentistry and its relationship to medicine was also conducted. Themes between dental and medical librarianship and between dentistry and medicine were identified and described. Conclusion : The history of a community of librarians is important to understand future directions of MLA, and is informed by the history of the practitioners the librarians serve.
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    New Roles for New Times: Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries
    (Association of Research Libraries, 2013-08) Jaguszewski, Janice; Williams, Karen
    Through interviews with administrators at five ARL libraries (Duke University, University of Guelph, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University, and Purdue University), and the authors’ own extensive experience in research libraries, this report identifies six trends in the development of new roles for library liaisons, noting that user engagement is a driving factor in identifying which services are, or should be, offered by research libraries. The overarching framework for all changes is an increasing focus on what users do (research, teaching, and learning) rather than on what librarians do (collections, reference, library instruction). The authors also began to question the liaison model as the overarching structure, noting the limitations to individual expertise. There appears to be a trend toward a hybrid model, where liaisons pair their expertise with that of functional specialists, both within and outside of libraries. In addition, an ALA-accredited master’s degree in library science is no longer strictly required. Increasingly, liaisons and functional specialists present a wide range of educational backgrounds and advanced degrees that offer 5 diverse perspectives and broader skill sets, further challenging the concept of who and what a librarian or liaison is.
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    Reproducibility of Search Strategies in Systematic Reviews
    (2014-05) Koffel, Jonathan; Rethlefsen, Melissa