Exploring the Research Knowledge Needs of Canadian Academic Librarians

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Schrader, Alvin M.

• As academic librarians increasingly embrace the core value and challenge of engaging in research and scholarly work, and as senior library administrators continue to adopt evidence-based decision making, staff research knowledge and skills must be constantly and systematically developed and augmented. However, descriptive data on current competencies and competency gaps are not widely reported, nor are methodologies for capturing and articulating deeper insights into attitudes and perspectives. This paper describes the outcomes of a pilot project to shed light on the current levels of research knowledge, experience, interests, competencies, and learning needs as identified by academic librarians employed by the University of Alberta Libraries, which serves faculty, staff, and students at one of the major research institutions in Canada. The longer-term goal is to build capacity at both the institutional and the professional levels for sustaining an assessment and research culture.

• Date created

  2010-11-17

• Subjects / Keywords

  • University of Alberta Libraries
  • Fox, David
  • Research in academic libraries
  • Academic librarians
  • Canadian research libraries
  • Academic librarianship
  • Canadian Association of Research Libraries
  • CARL
  • Academic libraries
  • 2009/2010
  • University of Alberta, Canada

• Type of Item

  Chapter

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3G44HT5G

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 International