Tag Archives: Research

Programs, Research

Library-Social Work Collaboration survey

“Help us help you!”

“Please complete this survey for our forthcoming book on library-social work collaboration by Saturday, April 22, 2017:

https://tinyurl.com/survey-wpl 

Completing this survey will:

  • Tell us what librarians and social workers already know (or don’t know) about library-social work collaboration, so we can shape the content of the book to your needs.
  • Give you a frame for self-assessment: your answers can point you to where you can learn more.
  • Provide the opportunity for you to connect with us and share your library’s story in a case study (optional).

Please see this letter for more information on the survey. The book on Whole Person Librarianship will be published by Libraries Unlimited, likely in 2019.

Please email us if you have any questions. Thanks for your help!”

Sara Zettervall, MLIS
Founder, Whole Person Librarianship
Librarian, Hennepin County Library
sara@wholepersonlibrarianship.com

Mary Nienow, MSW, PhD Candidate
Adjunct Instructor
Assistant Professor (August 1, 2017)
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
nienowmc@uwec.edu

Academic, Research

Survey for Librarians at ARL Libraries

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“Please consider contributing to what we feel is an important and timely research project by taking a survey on human-based research and user data collection in ARL academic libraries.

The survey is open to all professional-level library employees regardless of appointment status, job type or educational credential – a diverse data pool is key to our query! ”

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Materials, Services

Check out this tool for manuscript recommendations

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American Philosophical Society announces the launch of PAL, an innovative recommendation tool for research libraries

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—April 3, 2017—The American Philosophical Society is pleased to announce the launch of PAL (People Also Liked), a circulation data-driven recommendation tool designed specifically for archives and manuscript repositories.

Similar to the customer recommendation tools used by major online commerce sites, like Amazon and Netflix, PAL helps scholars discover relevant manuscript collections based on request history and user interests. Researchers at the APS use it to sift through the 13 million pages of manuscripts held at the APS Library, including the Papers of Benjamin Franklin, the Journals of Lewis and Clark, and the papers of seven Nobel Laureates.
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Research

CALL FOR PAPERS: 2017 LIBRARY RESEARCH ROUND TABLE FORUMS

CALL FOR PAPERS: 2017 LIBRARY RESEARCH ROUND TABLE FORUMS

ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, June 22-27

The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) is accepting paper submissions for two Research Forums at the 2017 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. The LRRT Research Forums will feature 20-minute presentations of library and information science (LIS) research followed by discussion. Proposals are due midnight Eastern on Monday, May 1, 2017. (See submission information below.) Notification of acceptance will be made on Friday, May 5, 2017.

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Tech

Want to enroll your team in the Digital Library Federation?

Note to CMLE members: we will give you $200 in scholarship money toward the institutional cost!

“Enrollment is now open for the DLF eResearch Network (eRN): a facilitated, six-month program through which participating teams advance their research data services and digital scholarship support roles within their libraries. Teams will join a larger cohort for webinars, discussions, and assignments each month, and will come out of the program with a local strategic agenda for future use.

The deadline to enroll is April 21st, but spots are limited. More info can be found on the DLF’s site.

I’m looking forward to working with this year’s participants!
– Becca”

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