To what extent do librarians actively participate in graduate
and faculty research teams and provide on-demand support for literature
reviews? Should we?
What are we already doing related to the question?
If we wanted to consider starting this initiative or expanding what we are already doing, what do we want to learn about it from our future speakers? What questions do we want to ask during our upcoming speaker series?
I think we should be focusing more on active participation with faculty and grad students, including literature reviws. Our work in preparing LibGuides will help us do this. At the same time, we probably need to take a dose of our own medicine and read up on topics in the our disciplines. I know I'd be uncomfortable trying to do a literature review in some social theories. (But I know where to start looking for some guidance.) A further issue is whether we have put much emphasis on being able to perform at this level. If we're going to be real subject specialists, we'll undoubtedly need to get away from the front lines to a greater extent--more time for reading, maybe even taking a class, or at least auditing one.
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