Academic Library Services for Graduate Students: Supporting Future Academics and Professionals

by Carrie Forbes (Editor), Peggy Keeran (Editor)

Overview

Providing practical and theoretical chapters on academic library services for graduate students, this volume helps information professionals support this often-overlooked campus population to address their multiple roles and identities as students and as future faculty members or professionals.

As more and more students attend graduate programs, many higher education institutions have established professional development programs to help graduate students learn the wide range of skills needed to be successful as both students and as future professionals or academics. To presuppose that graduate students are proficient library users is a mistake. Graduate students need and want help, and many libraries are now offering specialized services for this diverse population.

Contributors to this edited volume provide case studies and practical advice on academic library services for graduate students that support their multiple roles on campus and address the complex social and emotional issues related to their other roles as parents, working adults, caretakers, and more. As academic libraries shift from functioning primarily as collections repositories to collaborating as key players in discovery and knowledge creation, value-added services for graduate students are even more central to libraries' changing missions. This book makes an important contribution to the ongoing professional conversation and is a useful tool for librarians who want to better support graduate students at their institutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440869532
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/05/2020
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Carrie Forbes, professor and associate dean, oversees the University of Denver Libraries' public services including research support, instruction, outreach/programming, and borrowing and lending services.

Peggy Keeran is a professor and arts and humanities librarian at the University of Denver Libraries.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction Carrie Forbes Peggy Keeran xi

Part 1 Supporting Graduate Students as Students: From Foundational Research Skills to Co-Curricular Programming

Chapter 1 Thesis Research 101: Cultivating Relationships with Graduate Student Scholars beyond Course-Based Instruction Steve Brantley Ellen K. Corrigan Kirstin I. Duffin 3

Chapter 2 Sustaining Graduate Information Literacy Instruction: A Case Study of Best Practices Lisa Becksford Kyrille DeBose Edward E. Lener Virginia Pannabecker Kodi Saylor 18

Chapter 3 Here When You Need Me: Supporting Doctoral Nursing Students Jennifer Rosenstein 33

Chapter 4 Capitalizing on Connections: Developing Holistic Co-Curricular Graduate Programming Tarida Anantachai Emily K. Hart 51

Part 2 Preparing Future Academics: Professional Expectations of the Academy

Chapter 5 Beyond Disciplines: Training Students for 21st-Century Research Will Shaw Liz Milewicz Heidi Madden Greta Boers 71

Chapter 6 The Research Commons: Transforming the Graduate Experience through Interdisciplinary Programming and Collaboration Heather De Forest Rebecca Dowson Alison J. Moore Nicole White 89

Chapter 7 The Nuts and Bolts of Scholarly Publishing: Guiding Graduate Student Authors through the Journal Publication Process Julia Hon Rochelle Lundy 110

Chapter 8 Librarians in Dissertation Deposit: Infusing an Institutional Ritual with Scholarly Communication Instruction Roxanne Shirazi Jill Cirasella 128

Part 3 Focusing on Future Professionals: Professional Expectations of the "Real World"

Chapter 9 Finding and Evaluating the Evidence: Collaborating with Future Social Work Practitioners and Scholars on Systematic Reviews Jennifer Bowers 145

Chapter 10 Empowering Graduate Students as Distance Learners: Access, Relevance, and Success Yi Ding Melissa A. Rassibi 168

Chapter 11 Supporting the Whole Person: Structuring Graduate Student Work to Be Meaningful and Empowering Budget Farrell 180

Chapter 12 Digital Badge Programs: Unifying Graduate Student Learning across Campus Victor Baeza Cinthya Ippoliti 197

Part 4 Rethinking Library Spaces for Graduate Populations: Collaborative Design for Academic and Affective Needs

Chapter 13 The Grad Commons and the Scholars' Commons: Reimagining Collaborative Learning Spaces and Services for Graduate Students Angela Courtney Michael Courtney 215

Chapter 14 Supporting Graduate Student Success: Social Networking and Family Spaces Marie Paiva Lis Pankl 228

Chapter 15 The Library as Client: Immersive Professional Experiences in the Library Kristen Elizabeth Cardoso 240

About the Editors and Contributors 251

Index 261

What People are Saying About This

Mark Lenker

"Forbes and Keeran have succeeded in gathering an extensive range of successful strategies for libraries supporting graduate students. I wish I had found this book years ago, and I expect to refer to it for years to come."

Merinda Kaye Hensley

"The collection of case studies presented here highlights a variety of programming, teaching, outreach, and consulting efforts that support emerging forms of inquiry and the research lifecycle of graduate students. This book should be read by any librarian or educator looking for innovative ideas and building a community of practice for advanced scholars."

Editorial Reviews

Librarians looking to develop services targeted to graduate students will find solid ideas and models for consideration.” —Library Jourbanal

“Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.” —Choice

From the Publisher

09/01/2020

Possessing complex and specific research needs, graduate students benefit from customized library programs. Coeditors Forbes (associate dean for students and scholar svcs., Univ. of Denver Libs.) and Keeran (arts and humanities librarian, Univ. of Denver Libs.) follow their previously coedited Successful Campus Outreach for Graduate Programs with another book on services to enhance the academic experience of graduate students. Fifteen case studies are organized into four sections that focus on library resources and services, professional development for students, skills that students will need after graduation, and the reconfiguration of the library space. The book provides details on research skill workshops in various disciplines offered at Eastern Illinois University and one-credit research skills courses offered at Virginia Tech. The chapter "Empowering Graduate Students as Distance Learners" is timely as more campuses embrace distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Forbes and Keeran recommend that libraries collaborate with graduate student organizations, teaching faculty, and student services. VERDICT Librarians looking to develop services targeted to graduate students will find solid ideas and models for consideration.—Judy Solberg, Sacramento, CA

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