Exploring the Value of Academic Librarians' Participation in Journal Clubs

Autor/inn/en	Fitzgibbons, Megan; Kloda, Lorie; Miller-Nesbitt, Andrea
Titel	Exploring the Value of Academic Librarians' Participation in Journal Clubs
Quelle	In: College & Research Libraries, 78 (2017) 6, S.774-788 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0870
Schlagwörter	Librarians; Communities of Practice; Professional Development; Informal Education; Academic Libraries; Clubs; Participation; Foreign Countries; Hermeneutics; Qualitative Research; Interviews; New Zealand; United States; Canada; Australia; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Community; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Club; Klub; Teilnahme; Ausland; Hermeneutik; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Neuseeland; USA; Kanada; Australien; Großbritannien
Abstract	Journal clubs are meetings where participants engage in discussion or appraisal of professional literature and research. This study investigates the perceived value of librarians' participation in journal clubs. Using a hermeneutic dialectic process, we built a construction of the value of journal club participation based on interviews with academic librarians. In the construction, we demonstrate that librarians and their organizations benefit from the informal professional learning that takes place in journal clubs, by developing professional knowledge, building and strengthening communities of practice, increasing research capacity, and closing the research-to-practice gap. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01