New roles for research librarians : meeting the expectations for research support / Hilde Drivenes Daland, Kari-Mette Walmann Hidle.
Series: Chandos information professional seriesPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Chandos Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780081005774
- 0081005776
- Z664.L86
eBooks
Includes index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed June 6, 2016).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Getting involved in the research environment and the research process -- 2. Information literacy skills in the research process -- 3. What is research support from the library, and what should it be? -- 4. Getting to know the library -- 5. Meeting different expectations : an approach to the different library users' needs -- 6. What can the library offer and what can the librarian do? -- 7. Communication is key -- how to make contact and stay in touch -- 8. Important research support services -- 9. Subject and discipline affect library needs -- 10. More fun and better results -- cooperating in academic writing -- 11. Conclusions and suggestions for further work -- 12. Suggestions for further reading.
This book suggests support strategies for librarians - even those who have never completed a PhD or engaged in independent research -- who want to adapt to new conditions and expectations from the students and researchers they serve.
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