Instruction to Faculty and Graduate Students: A Tutorial to Teach Publication Strategies

Abstract

Although online information literacy tutorials have proven to be a popular method of delivering instruction to undergraduates, there seem to be relatively few that are targeted toward junior faculty or graduate students. Librarians at the University of Colorado have created an online tutorial for junior faculty and graduate students. "Publish Not Perish: The Art and Craft of Publishing in Scholarly Journals" is an online tutorial that addresses the information literacy needs of junior faculty regarding the subject of publication strategies. It also presents an opportunity to further familiarize junior faculty with the concept of open access publication.

Manuscript Accepted!: Collaborating on a scholarly publishing symposium for graduate students and early career academic faculty

“…The literature suggests that there is an increasing expectation that graduate students should publish before they leave their programs, while early career academic faculty experience a great amount of pressure to publish in addition to their primary teaching duties (Baruzzi & Calcagno, 2015;Knievel, 2008). Although these early career scholars understand the importance of publishing their research, campus units tend not to offer basic training and support in this area.…”

“…Scholarly publication classes and workshops offered by libraries at academic institutions have drawn high responses (Baruzzi & Calcagno, 2015;Fong, Wang, White, & Tipton, 2016;Knievel, 2008;McClellan, Detmering, Martinez, & Johnson, 2017). For example, the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries created the "Publish not Perish" set of online scholarly publishing tutorials.…”

Raising the Library’s Impact Factor: A Case Study in Scholarly Publishing Literacy for Graduate Students

“…22 One of the few examples in the literature that emphasizes detailed instruction in the publishing process itself is Jennifer Knievel's profile of a well-received online publishing tutorial created by librarians at the University of Colorado in Denver. 23 Consisting of five modules, the tutorial teaches junior faculty and graduate students about idea generation, manuscript preparation, journal selection, open access, and other publishing topics. Given the expectations and anxieties surrounding publication in academia, as well as the frequent lack of instruction for junior faculty and graduate students in this area, Knievel argues that the need to publish presents an opportunity to cultivate advanced information literacy skills.…”

Significados e interpretaciones de la información desde el usuario

“…Este último concepto, el pensamiento crítico, está presente en las normas de ai y engloba la conceptualización, el análisis, la síntesis, la evaluación y la aplicación de la información, de forma que el individuo pueda sacar conclusiones o formarse una opinión a partir de la nueva información en combinación con el conocimiento previo que tenía (Allen, 2008). En la práctica, sin embargo, los programas de formación en ai no siempre abarcan la totalidad de competencias que recogen las normas, y es habitual que éstos se centren en algunas de ellas, como la búsqueda de información o su uso ético (Knievel, 2008). Esta circunstancia no se debe a una infravaloración de las otras competencias, sino a las limitaciones temporales que suelen ser frecuentes en estas actividades formativas y que obligan a escoger entre ellas las que puedan impartirse más fácilmente en un corto periodo de tiempo (Albitz, 2007;Reece, 2005).…”