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Building Community: Supporting Minoritized Scholars through Library Publishing and Open and Equitable Revenue Models
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Harrison W. Inefuku; Curtis Brundy; Sharla Lair – College & Research Libraries, 2024
With the growth of open access (OA) journal publishing, a myriad of funding models has emerged to serve as an alternative to the traditional subscription model. Models that impose author facing charges are inequitable, favoring well-resourced authors and institutions, and continue the dominance of publications from the Global North. This…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Income, Electronic Publishing, Library Role
Authentic Assessment of Student Learning in an Online Class: Implications for Embedded Practice
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Alverson, Jessica; Schwartz, Jennifer; Shultz, Sue – College & Research Libraries, 2019
Growth in online course delivery has created challenges and opportunities for academic librarians. Working with an online undergraduate course for adult students, three academic librarians revised their model for embedded practice, focusing on high touch and quality contact with the students. Using a citation analysis of final papers collected…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Academic Achievement, Online Courses, Librarians
From Engaging Liaison Librarians to Engaging Communities
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Kenney, Anne R. – College & Research Libraries, 2015
Kara J. Malenfant wrote in her 2010 article "Leading Change in the System of Scholarly Communication: A Case Study of Engaging Liaison Librarians for Outreach to Faculty" that it would be interesting to revisit the University of Minnesota (UMN) Libraries in three years and see how they are doing. Malenfant had documented a culture shift…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Services, College Libraries, Outreach Programs
Information-Seeking Behavior in the Digital Age: A Multidisciplinary Study of Academic Researchers
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Ge, Xuemei – College & Research Libraries, 2010
This article focuses on how electronic information resources influence the information-seeking process in the social sciences and humanities. It examines the information-seeking behavior of scholars in these fields, and extends the David Ellis model of information-seeking behavior for social scientists, which includes six characteristics:…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Academic Libraries, Research, Models
Leading Change in the System of Scholarly Communication: A Case Study of Engaging Liaison Librarians for Outreach to Faculty
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Malenfant, Kara J. – College & Research Libraries, 2010
This narrative, single-case study examines how liaison librarians at the University of Minnesota (UMN) came to include advocating for reform of the scholarly communication system among their core responsibilities. While other libraries may hire a coordinator or rely on a committee to undertake outreach programs, UMN has defined baseline expertise…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Outreach Programs, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Advocacy
The Development of a Lower-Division, General Education, Course-Integrated Information Literacy Program.
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Sonntag, Gabriela; Ohr, Donna M. – College & Research Libraries, 1996
Presents a model for a course on information literacy that was developed by librarians at California State University at San Marcos. Topics include the role of the library in higher education reform; active learning activities; convincing faculty and administrators of the need for information literacy courses; and future implementation. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Active Learning, Administrator Attitudes, Course Integrated Library Instruction