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Space and pedagogy: A survey of special collections instructional spaces

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-01-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103006

Carly Dearborn, Jolie Braun

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Bridging the leadership gap: The role of mentorship in advancing African American librarians in health sciences

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.103000

Bethany Sheriese McGowan, Victoria Baker Dawkins

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Find your voice: Developing podcast studio services in an academic library

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102988

Katherine E. DeVet

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From audit to action: A case study on cultivating and sustaining organizational efforts in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102981

Rachael-Joy Davis, Briana Zaragoza, Alicia Victoria Zuniga

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Are we still here at mid-career?: A qualitative analysis of the experiences of academic librarians of color

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.103003

Brittani Sterling, Brittany Paloma Fiedler, James Cheng

{"title":"Are we still here at mid-career?: A qualitative analysis of the experiences of academic librarians of color","authors":"Brittani Sterling, Brittany Paloma Fiedler, James Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.103003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.103003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The retention of mid-career academic librarians of color is a topic rarely researched by the profession. This paper addresses these gaps in the research by identifying what mid-career means to academic librarians of color and then focusing on what factors influence mid-career librarians of color to stay or leave academic librarianship. The authors conducted 25 semi-structured interviews with 21 current mid-career librarians and 4 people who left academic librarianship at the mid-career point. A qualitative analysis was conducted using in-vivo coding. While there is no concrete definition of mid-career, participants identified emotional, financial, and opportunistic factors that contributed to their feeling of being mid-career. There was general agreement that mentorship and community were the main factors for staying. Those who left struggled with acculturating to the overwhelming whiteness of librarianship and the constantly changing, unwritten rules of higher education. Academic librarianship needs to prioritize the voices of BIPOC librarians and truly listen to what they are saying.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 1","pages":"Article 103003"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143158546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Academics' information needs from the librarians' perspective: A study of the research community of practice

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.103004

Anna Mierzecka

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Feedback literacy and peer review experiences within library and information science journals

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.103001

LeEtta M. Schmidt , Jessica N. Szempruch

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Comparing impact of green open access and toll-access publication in the chemical sciences 比较绿色开放获取和收费获取在化学科学领域的影响

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102984

Kevin W. Walker , Donald L. Gilstrap , Vincent F. Scalfani , Elaine Walker

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Responsibility and Success in Training Public-Facing Special Collections Librarians in Academic Libraries: A Survey on Formal Education Versus On-the-Job Training

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2024.103002

Libby Hertenstein

{"title":"Responsibility and Success in Training Public-Facing Special Collections Librarians in Academic Libraries: A Survey on Formal Education Versus On-the-Job Training","authors":"Libby Hertenstein","doi":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.103002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.acalib.2024.103002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Training public-facing special collections librarians in needed competencies requires a combination of formal education, which is the responsibility of the individual, and on the-job training, which is the responsibility of employers. Core competencies for special collections librarians have been developed by professional organizations. Research has been conducted on how to educate librarians in these core competencies. No data exists on who special collections librarians think is responsible for, or successful at, imparting core competencies, the individual, the employer, or both. This article provides the results of a survey which asked special collections librarians to provide their opinions as to who is responsible for and successful at training special collections librarians. Demographic information about special collections librarians' education, rank, work experience, and entry into the profession was gathered to offer baseline information. The results can provide information for individuals on what competencies they are expected to learn through their own training; what competencies employers are expected to provide via on-the-job training and continuing education/professional development; and what competencies LIS programs are expected to provide to prepare librarians for future success.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47762,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Academic Librarianship","volume":"51 1","pages":"Article 103002"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143158545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring the effects of informal feedback on organizational outcomes in academic libraries

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Journal of Academic Librarianship Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103005

Sean P. Kennedy , Miriam L. Matteson , Yue Ming

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