Tuesday, May 23, 2017

New articles: librarians and research/ publication; adult learners

Volume 78 issue 4 of the open access journal College and Research Libraries includes the following:
- Research in the Real World: Improving Adult Learners Web Search and Evaluation Skills through Motivational Design and Problem-Based Learning by Lindsay Roberts ("How can we better engage adult learners during information literacy sessions? How do we increase students’ perception of the relevance and importance of information literacy skills for academic work and life in the real world? To explore these questions, the ARCS Model of Motivational Design and Problem-Based Learning were used to develop activities for a library instruction workshop")
- Academic Librarians’ Changing Perceptions of Faculty Status and Tenure by Elise Silva, Quinn Galbraith, Michael Groesbeck
- Publication Patterns of U.S. Academic Librarians and Libraries from 2003 to 2012 by Deborah D. Blecic, Stephen E. Wiberley Jr., Sandra L. De Groote, John Cullars, Mary Shultz, Vivian Chan
- Journey Mapping the User Experience by Sue Samson, Kim Granath, Adrienne Alger ("Journey mapping plots a process or service to produce a visual representation of a library transaction—from the point at which the student accesses a service to its final resolution. Service scenarios are identified, and maps are produced that reflect the journey from the student’s point of view. The student map is then compared to an “ideal” journey, and the differences are used to explore changes that would improve the service experience.")
- Developing Online Communities for Librarian Researchers: A Case Study by Lili Luo, Marie Kennedy, Kristine Brancolini, Michael Stephens
The home page for this issue is at http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/issue/view/1074/showToc
There seems to be a new publishing format for this publication: the archive list of copies is at http://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/issue/archive
Photo by Sheila Webber: Amsterdam, May 2017 (note the heron perched in the tree on the left)

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