Academic Librarian and Practitioner Collaborative Research Model: A Diagrammatic Metaphor
Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome
ISBN: 978-1-78756-904-1, eISBN: 978-1-78756-903-4
Publication date: 8 October 2018
Abstract
This chapter explores specializations within academic librarian practices, focusing on librarian research and collaboration. Academic librarian roles are transitioning from service providers to specialists, researchers, and collaborators. Roles have shifted to incorporate interdisciplinary research and collaboration; embedded librarianship; research data management expertise; information literacy instruction; and core curriculum development. In order to understand this shift in roles, a mixed methods research project undertaken with a Purdue University researcher and Purdue Libraries faculty that prompted the development of a research diagrammatic metaphor modeling the components of librarian-faculty collaboration. The model demonstrates the dynamics and roles in academic collaboration and interdisciplinary research. A generalization of the model applied to two librarian-faculty collaboration scenarios exemplifies how these components facilitate engagement and project management. Potentially the model could be operationalized to understand disciplinary differences and provide a framework of accountability for both faculty and librarians engaged in research projects.
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Dr Clarence Maybee, Informed Learning Researcher, for his contributions to the Information Literacy model, and Professor Scott Brandt, Associate Dean of Research, for his expert advice and encouragement throughout this project.
Citation
Hart, A.H. (2018), "Academic Librarian and Practitioner Collaborative Research Model: A Diagrammatic Metaphor", Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome (Advances in Library Administration and Organization, Vol. 39), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 117-131. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0732-067120180000039009
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