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Assessing the Value of a Fellowship Program and Community of Practice at the Intersection of Data Science and Library and Information Science
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Crystal Goldman; Erik T. Mitchell – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
The intersection of Data Science (DS) and Library and Information Science (LIS) is rapidly developing, with a notable need for ongoing transdisciplinary training between practitioners in these two fields. The LIS Education and Data Science Integrated Network Group (LEADING) fellowship program and its ancillary community of practice (CoP) showcase…
Descriptors: Library Science, Information Science Education, Data Science, Interdisciplinary Approach
Virtual Undergraduate Internships: One COVID-19 Side Effect That Academic Libraries Should Keep
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Juarez, Damaris; Blackwood, Elizabeth – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
In spring 2020, the California State University System and its 23 campuses became the first in the United States to commit to a year of remote instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote instruction separated the system's librarians from their users, whose needs were especially great within the system's ethnically, economically, and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, State Universities
A Critical Review of LIS Literature on First-Generation Students
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Ilett, Darren – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2019
This review offers a critical analysis of the library and information science (LIS) literature on first-generation students (FGS) from the last 40 years. This literature demonstrates an interest in understanding the needs of FGS to serve them better, but it is often grounded in a deficit model of education that focuses on what first-generation…
Descriptors: Library Science, First Generation College Students, Information Science Education, Users (Information)
Addressing Psychosocial Factors with Library Mentoring
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Farrell, Bridget; Alabi, Jaena; Whaley, Pambanisha; Jenda, Claudine – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2017
The majority of articles on mentoring in the library and information science field address career development by emphasizing the orientation process for new librarians and building the requisite skills for a specific job. Few articles deal with the psychological and social challenges that many early-career and minority librarians face, which can…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Mentors, Librarians, Library Science
Investing Wisely: Citation Rankings as a Measure of Quality in Library and Information Science Journals
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Via, Barbara J.; Schmidle, Deborah J. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2007
The library and information science field is currently confronted with difficult decisions about how best to allocate acquisition expenditures among increasingly expensive journals. This article measures the return-on-investment of serial expenditures through the use of citation analysis, which is a widely used approach to ascertaining journal…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Libraries, Expenditures, Library Science
Finding Our Replacements: One Institution's Approach to Recruiting Academic Librarians.
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Hewitt, Joe A.; Moran, Barbara B.; Marsh, Mari E. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2003
The Carolina Academic Library Associates program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill is a cooperative program of the University Library and School of Information and Library Science, designed as a tool for recruitment and a way to prepare master's degree students for work in academic libraries. The program offers a model for academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education, Information Science Education