Academic Librarian Research: An Update to a Survey of Attitudes, Involvement, and Perceived Capabilities

Kennedy, Marie; Brancolini, Kristine R.

doi:10.5860/crl.79.6.822

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“…Many studies in the sample were conducted by practicing librarians or teachers, and as Aytac and Slutsky (2015) note, practitioner research tends to be descriptive and site specific. The lack of reporting on research designs and data analysis in those studies may also be related to the limited training in research methods in LIS education that was discussed in previous research (Alemanne and Mandel, 2018; Kennedy and Brancolini, 2012, 2018; Luo, 2011).…”

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“…Research in the LIS field tends to adopt methodological approaches established in social sciences, including quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-method designs (Connaway and Radford, 2017; Creswell, 2013). Research practitioners in the library field typically use social science methods, although they often report lack of adequate training in research methodologies (Alemanne and Mandel, 2018; Kennedy and Brancolini, 2012, 2018; Luo, 2011).…”

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Studying visual literacy: Research methods and the use of visual evidence

Matusiak

2020

IFLA Journal

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The proliferation of images and their increased use in academic and everyday information practices has sparked an interest in visual literacy as an area of research and library instruction. Teaching approaches and student learning are examined using a variety of research methods and utilizing images in the research process. This paper provides a review of research methodology adopted in empirical studies of visual literacy that were published in academic journals between 2011 and 2017. The results indicate that one third (33%) of the examined studies adopted a quantitative approach with surveys being the most popular strategy. Qualitative and mixed-methods studies were a minority but represented a greater variety of strategies and data collection techniques. One third (33%) of the studies in the sample did not report any research methodology. Most of the studies (87%) used visual evidence in the research process.

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Studying visual literacy: Research methods and the use of visual evidence

Matusiak

2020

IFLA Journal

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“…150 Librarians are likely to employ self-and continuing education to fill the research methods gap in their formal education. 151 For LA specifically, more than 15 percent of survey respondents in Perry et al said that staff receive no training at all for analytics projects. Even where training is occurring, it is not uniform or thorough and most often consisted of IRB and FERPA training.…”

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A Comprehensive Primer to Library Learning Analytics Practices, Initiatives, and Privacy Issues

Jones

Briney

Goben

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C&RL

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Universities are pursuing learning analytics practices to improve returns from their investments, develop behavioral and academic interventions to improve student success, and address political and financial pressures. Academic libraries are additionally undertaking learning analytics to demonstrate value to stakeholders, assess learning gains from instruction, and analyze student-library usage, et cetera. The adoption of these techniques leads to many professional ethics issues and practical concerns related to privacy. In this narrative literature review, we provide a foundational background in the field of learning analytics, library adoption of these practices, and identify ethical and practical privacy issues.

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“…In addition to lack of research training, librarians cite other barriers, including lack of research confidence, lack of a research community, lack of institutional support, and lack of time (Kennedy & Brancolini, 2018). Despite these barriers, researchers have found that some academic librarians are intrinsically motivated to move forward with a research agenda, noting reasons such as personal satisfaction, intellectual curiosity, and the desire to contribute to the profession (Fennewald, 2008;Hollister, 2016;Perkins & Slowik, 2013).…”

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An Exploratory Study of Accomplished Librarian-Researchers

Kennedy

Brancolini

Kennedy

2020

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Objective -This work explores potential factors that may contribute to a librarian becoming a highly productive researcher. An understanding of the factors can provide evidence based guidance to those at the beginning of their research careers in designing their own trajectories and to library administrators who seek to create work conditions that contribute to librarian Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2020, 15.1 180 research productivity. The current study is the first to explore the factors from the perspective of the profession's most accomplished librarian-researchers.Methods -This exploratory and descriptive study recruited 78 academic librarians identified as highly productive researchers; 46 librarians participated in a survey about their professional training and research environments, research networks, and beliefs about the research process. Respondents supplied a recent CV which was coded to produce a research output score for the past 10 years. In addition to fixed-response questions, there were five open-ended questions about possible success factors. All data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and tests of significance correlations.Results -Accomplished librarian-researchers have professional training backgrounds and research environments that vary widely. None is statistically associated with research output. Those with densely connected networks of research colleagues who both know each other and do research together is significantly related to research output. A large group of those identified in the research networks are "both friend and colleague" and offer each other reciprocal support. In open-ended questions, respondents mentioned factors that equally span the three categories of research success: individual attributes, peers and community, and institutional structures.Conclusion -The authors found that that there are many paths to becoming an accomplished librarian-researcher and numerous factors are conducive to achieving this distinction. A positive research environment includes high institutional expectations; a variety of institutional supports for research; and extrinsic rewards, such as salary increases, tenure, promotion, and opportunities for advancement. The authors further conclude that a librarian's research network may be an important factor in becoming an accomplished librarian-researcher. This finding is supported by both the research network analysis and responses to open-ended questions in which collaboration was a frequent theme.

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Academic Librarian Research: An Update to a Survey of Attitudes, Involvement, and Perceived Capabilities

Cited by 27 publications

References 21 publications

Studying visual literacy: Research methods and the use of visual evidence

Studying visual literacy: Research methods and the use of visual evidence

A Comprehensive Primer to Library Learning Analytics Practices, Initiatives, and Privacy Issues

An Exploratory Study of Accomplished Librarian-Researchers

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