Full Description
Evidence-based practice (EBP) in academic librarianship is embedded in the way we approach our work. An EBP project might be a yearlong study with many types of evidence collected or a simple assessment that helps you make a small adjustment to your work. Large or small, EBP is a way of operating day-to-day.
Everyday Evidence-Based Practice in Academic Libraries: Case Studies and Reflections collects excellent, thorough examples of EBP across functional areas of academic libraries and includes many evidence types in a variety of contexts. Five sections explore:
Understanding Users
Leadership and Management
Instruction and Outreach
Collections
Open Initiatives
Chapters include studies on how to understand the experiences and needs of diverse student populations; interviewing faculty to build scholarly partnerships; evidence-based strategic planning; incorporating intersectionality in information literacy instruction; conducting a diversity audit; and assessing open educational resources initiatives. The conclusion calls for librarian reflection to be incorporated into evidence-based decision-making, as reflection is key to understanding the ways that a librarian chooses to embody librarianship.
Everyday Evidence-Based Practice in Academic Libraries offers high-quality evidence from a variety of perspectives and inspires a commitment to evidence-based practice in your day-to-day work and library culture.
Contents
Introduction
Claire Walker Wiley, Amanda Click, and Meggan Houlihan
Chapter 1. The Evolving Model of EBLIP in Research and Practice
Denise LaFitte and Alison Brettle
PART I. Understanding Users
Chapter 2. Understanding the Experiences and Needs of Diverse Student Populations
Joyce Chapman and Emily Daly
Chapter 3. Engaging Research: Interviewing Faculty to Build Scholarly Partnerships
Eric B. Toole, Allison Martel, Alicia Hopkins, Mackenzie Dunn, and Sheri Sochrin
Chapter 4. Many Hands at Stake: Incorporating Tutoring Services into a Small Academic Library
Rosalinda H. Linares-Gray
Chapter 5. The Research Support Refresh: A Team-Based Approach
Kelly Durkin Ruth and Amanda B. Click
Chapter 6. Launching a Collaborative Research Data Management Services Program at Rowan University
Shilpa Rele and Benjamin Saracco
Chapter 7. Collaborative Communication with Library Student Workers in Unexpected Places: Digital Reference Analysis
Adrianna Martinez, Kate Bellody, and Emily Smith
Chapter 8. Ahoy! Discovering New Lands! Park University's Journey Toward Faculty Services and Resources Improvement
Camille Abdeljawad and Danielle Theiss
PART II. Leadership and Management
Chapter 9. Evidence-Based Strategic Planning: Practical Strategies
Erinn Aspinall, Carissa Tomlinson, and Catherine Johnson
Chapter 10. "We Don't Have Time for That!" Evidence-Based Practice During a Time of Crisis
Balladolid (Dolly) Lopez and Britt Foster
Chapter 11. Reimagining the Library Liaison Model: An Evidence-Based Approach
Michelle Wilde, Meggan Houlihan, and Meg Brown-Sica
Part III. Instruction and Outreach
Chapter 12. Everyday Evidence to Assess Teaching and Learning:
A Programmatic Assessment of Library Instruction
Matthew Weirick Johnson, Michelle Brasseur, Monica Hagan, Diane Mizrachi, and Jimmy Zavala
Chapter 13. Incorporating a Lesson Study Approach to the Development of an Evidence Synthesis Workshop Series
Zahra Premji and K. Alix Hayden
Chapter 14. Out of Context: Incorporating Intersectionality in Information Literacy Instruction
Matthew Chase
PART IV: Collections Chapter 15. Using EBLIP for Collection Assessment
Courtney Fuson and Paige Carter
Chapter 16. Special Collections: Exceptions to Every Rule
Jennifer R. Culley and Sarah R. Jones
Chapter 17. A Systematic Approach to Conducting a Diversity Audit in an Academic Library
Laura Walton, Jeff Lash, and Emily Gratson
Chapter 18. If It Pleases the Court, I Present Exhibit One:
An Evidence-Based Law Collection Evaluation
Chad Kahl
PART V. Open Initiatives
Chapter 19. Looking Back Before Looking Forward: Data-Driven Open Access Initiative at Texas Tech University
Jingjing Wu and Joy Perrin
Chapter 20. Where to Start? Laying the Groundwork for an OER Program at a Regional Campus
Beth South
Chapter 21. Everyday Evidence Applied to Assess Academic Library OER Initiatives
Kathy Essmiller and Cristina Colquhoun
Conclusion
Chapter 22. We are the Evidence: Uncovering Everyday Library Practices Through Critical Reflection
Rick Stoddart
Biographies
