Academic Libraries and Research Support

Atkinson, Jeremy

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“…Several studies demonstrate strategies for developing programs to support researchers’ funding and grant applications. These include collaboration with an institution’s research and innovation office to understand the services that it provides as well as navigation of the grant search process through the use of grant databases [2, 3, 39]. Librarians can also communicate with researchers to expand their role in the grant application process by supporting literature reviews as part of grant applications [40], coauthoring and becoming full participants on funded projects [12, 41], providing research metrics (i.e., bibliometrics) to help researchers support their grant applications [38, 40], and developing tools and resources to aid researchers with data management plans as part of grant applications [38].…”

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“…As faculty still place the highest importance on the library’s traditional collections-based role [7–9], librarians cannot assume that researchers know about the variety of research services that are offered in libraries. In addition, many researchers may lack awareness of librarians’ skills and potential contributions to the research process [1, 2, 8, 10]. Some researchers question librarians’ qualifications and competencies, which may lead them to undervalue or fail to fully take advantage of library support services [11–14].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…New roles for librarians are emerging in response to shifts and innovations in the contemporary research landscape, especially due to new technologies [11–13, 17–20]. Librarians are called upon to move beyond their comfort zones and develop new skills to keep up with researchers’ evolving needs [1, 2, 5, 6, 11–14, 17, 18, 21–27]. In particular, studies indicate growing interest in and importance of social networking tools in academia, often as a means to improve reputations and increase collaborations.…”

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Needs assessment for improving library support for dentistry researchers

Gerbig

Kirby

2019

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Objective: To better support dentistry researchers in the ever-changing landscape of scholarly research, academic librarians need to redefine their roles and discover new ways to be involved at each stage of the research cycle. A needs assessment survey was conducted to evaluate faculty members’ research support needs and allow a more targeted approach to the development of research services in an academic health sciences library.Methods: The anonymous, web-based survey was distributed via email to full-time researchers at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. The survey included twenty questions inquiring about researchers’ needs and behaviors across three stages of the research cycle: funding and grant applications, publication and dissemination, and research impact assessment. Data were also collected on researchers’ use of grey literature to identify whether current library efforts to support researchers should be improved in this area.Results: Among library services, researchers considered support for funding and grant applications most valuable and grey literature support least valuable. Researcher engagement with open access publishing models was low, and few participants had self-archived their publications in the university’s institutional repository. Participants reported low interest in altmetrics, and few used online tools to promote or share their research results.Conclusions: Findings indicate that increased efforts should be made to promote and develop services for funding and grant applications. New services are needed to assist researchers in maximizing their research impact and to increase researcher awareness of the benefits of open access publishing models, self-archiving, and altmetrics.

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Needs assessment for improving library support for dentistry researchers

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Kirby

2019

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“…It also investigated skills sets required for current and future services and highlighted gaps that would need to be addressed both locally and profession-wide. Additionally, Atkinson (2016) has reported on ways in which academic libraries support research in the context of the research lifecycle.…”

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A Model for Librarians to Assess the Digital Capability of Research Teams

Wolski

Krahe

Richardson

2020

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association

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This paper examines the issue of digital capability at the research team level, specifically their ability to adapt to an uncertain digital future. Within higher education, there is a driving imperative to adapt to the new digital environment not only in areas involved in learning and teaching but also among research teams. While libraries play an important role in developing the digital literacy of researchers as individuals, little attention has been paid to the digital capability of the research team. A review of the literature was undertaken of digital transformation frameworks and models across business, government and higher education. No applicable models or frameworks were found to be suitable for a research team environment. A digital capability model was developed, drawing upon the critical elements discussed in the literature. This model enables library staff to assess the digital capability of the research team, allowing them to not only tailor their services to specific research teams but also driving changes to overall service offerings to better meet the needs of researchers across the organisation. Using this model changes the nature of library staff's conversation with research team leaders.

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“…Delivering world class research and aspiring to be internationally renowned in the research arena are strategic aims which seem to be common to many universities. Universities are responding to the changing research landscape and this is having a significant impact on the way academic libraries are responding to this strategically (Atkinson, 2016)…”

Section: Research Support and Scholarly Communicationsmentioning

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Positioning the Academic Library within the Institution: Structures and Challenges

Appleton

2018

New Review of Academic Librarianship

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Academic Libraries and Research Support

Cited by 11 publications

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Needs assessment for improving library support for dentistry researchers

Needs assessment for improving library support for dentistry researchers

A Model for Librarians to Assess the Digital Capability of Research Teams

Positioning the Academic Library within the Institution: Structures and Challenges

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