Librarians as Researchers

Paul C. Campbell is an assistant professor and the Social Science & Assessment Librarian at Kent State University Libraries. He holds a B.A. in political science from the University of New Mexico, an MLIS from Kent State University, and an M.Ed. in educational technology from Ohio University. By integrating his two graduate degrees, Paul has developed a strong researcher identity connecting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) with librarianship. He has published and presented on using instructional technology to incorporate active learning to teach Information Literacy in the library classroom. Sarah Nagle is the Creation and Innovation Services Librarian at Miami University in Ohio. Sarah began her career in public libraries in 2015, making the move to academic libraries in 2018. Sarah runs a busy academic library makerspace, and her daily work includes supporting maker-centered learning and innovation topics through events, instruction, and outreach. Sarah’s broad research interests include maker-centered learning, both in informal environments and as part of formalized curricula. She also is strongly interested in equity and inclusion in maker and instruction environments, in particular how to assess inclusivity.She is the co-editor of Innovation and Experiential Learning in Academic Libraries: Meeting the Needs of Today's Students (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022).

This volume holds some hopeful and uplifting reflections on how you might come to think of yourself as a librarian who is also a researcher. The authors offer practical guidance and things to consider in creating a sustainable research practice for yourself. Highly recommend!

• Editors’ IntroductionSection 1: Starting From Scratch -- “Wait, Research is Expected?”Chapter 1: Let the Garden Run Wild: Organizational Structures and Organic Growth of Research Identities - Alan WittChapter 2: Where Do I Begin? Developing a Research Identity as a Librarian - Zachary LewisChapter 3: LIS Scholarship: Roadmap to Researcher Identity Development - Olivia Hobbs, Erin Smith, Daniela SolomonChapter 4: Developing a Research Agenda: Connecting Practice with Research - Jane HammonsChapter 5: Weaving Together Your Identity As A Librarian Researcher And Establishing Or Discovering Common Threads: Friendly Advice From One Librarian To Another - Kristen AdamsChapter 6: Leveraging Librarian Skills to Develop Research Identities - Sarah MorrisSection 2: Creating a Culture of ResearchChapter 7: Emotional Labour and Research Identity Development: The Early-Career Academic Librarian Experience - Victoria James, Fiona KovacajChapter 8: Squad Goals: Best Practices for Research & Writing Communities - Chloe Dufour, Renee Kiner, Kelly SafinChapter 9: Implementing a SoTL Framework: Librarians in a Community of Practice - Melissa Johnson, Thomas WeeksChapter 10: Manuscript by May: Fostering a Scholarly Writing Community of Practice - Evie Cordell, Stephanie LukeChapter 11: Building Support Structures for Non-Tenure-Track Librarian-Researchers: A Case Study at Seattle University - Yen TranChapter 12: LibParlor Online Learning: Developing Librarian-Researcher Identities Through A Free Online Curriculum - Nimisha Bhat, Hailley Fargo, Chelsea Heinbach, Charissa PowellSection 3: The “How To” of Librarian ResearchChapter 13: Navigating Inter-institutional Research - Stephanie Wiegand, Jason Cohen, Nicole Webber, John ReynoldsChapter 14: Designing Research Studies that Sail through the IRB Process - Crystal GoldmanChapter 15: Publish Or Perish And Playing Nice: And Other Things That Library School Did Not Teach Us About The Publication Process - Chris Robinson-NkongolaChapter 16: Identifying Your Epistemic Point of View and Designing ResearchJessica Hagman Chapter 17: Positionality as a Pathway to Understanding Self and Practicing Culturally Responsive Teaching, Leadership and Scholarship - Erin Wahl, Kristen Kew, Chadrhyn PedrazaIndexAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors