Full Description
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.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Carrie Forbes and Peggy Keeran
Part One Supporting Graduate Students as Students: From Foundational Research Skills to Co-Curricular Programming
Chapter 1Thesis Research 101: Cultivating Relationships with Graduate Student Scholars beyond Course-Based Instruction
Steve Brantley, Ellen K. Corrigan, and Kirstin I. Duffin
Chapter 2Sustaining Graduate Information Literacy Instruction: A Case Study of Best Practices
Lisa Becksford, Kyrille DeBose, Edward F. Lener, Virginia Pannabecker, and Kodi Saylor
Chapter 3Here When You Need Me: Supporting Doctoral Nursing Students
Jennifer Rosenstein
Chapter 4Capitalizing on Connections: Developing Holistic Co-Curricular Graduate Programming
Tarida Anantachai and Emily K. Hart
Part Two Preparing Future Academics: Professional Expectations of the Academy
Chapter 5Beyond Disciplines: Training Students for 21st-Century Research
Will Shaw, Liz Milewicz, Heidi Madden, and Greta Boers
Chapter 6The Research Commons: Transforming the Graduate Experience through Interdisciplinary Programming and Collaboration
Heather De Forest, Rebecca Dowson, Alison J. Moore, and Nicole White
Chapter 7The Nuts and Bolts of Scholarly Publishing: Guiding Graduate Student Authors through the Journal Publication Process
Julia Hon and Rochelle Lundy
Chapter 8Librarians in Dissertation Deposit: Infusing an Institutional Ritual with Scholarly Communication Instruction
Roxanne Shirazi and Jill Cirasella
Part Three Focusing on Future Professionals: Professional Expectations of the "Real World"
Chapter 9Finding and Evaluating the Evidence: Collaborating with Future Social Work Practitioners and Scholars on Systematic Reviews
Jennifer Bowers
Chapter 10Empowering Graduate Students as Distance Learners: Access, Relevance, and Success
Yi Ding and Melissa A. Rassibi
Chapter 11Supporting the Whole Person: Structuring Graduate Student Work to Be Meaningful and Empowering
Bridget Farrell
Chapter 12Digital Badge Programs: Unifying Graduate Student Learning across Campus
Victor Baeza and Cinthya Ippoliti
Part Four Rethinking Library Spaces for Graduate Populations: Collaborative Design for Academic and Affective Needs
Chapter 13The Grad Commons and the Scholars' Commons: Reimagining Collaborative Learning Spaces and Services for Graduate Students
Angela Courtney and Michael Courtney
Chapter 14Supporting Graduate Student Success: Social Networking and Family Spaces
Marie Paiva and Lis Pankl
Chapter 15The Library as Client: Immersive Professional Experiences in the Library
Kristen Elizabeth Cardoso
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
