Raising the library's impact factor : a case study in scholarly publishing literacy for graduate students.

Authors

Samantha McClellan, University of Louisville
Robert Detmering, University of LouisvilleFollow
George Martinez, University of Louisville
Anna Marie Johnson, University of Louisville

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2017

Department

Libraries

Abstract

Graduate students across disciplines feel pressure to publish their scholarship, but they are often unsure how to go about it, partly due to a lack of explicit training in this area. This article discusses the collaborative development of a semester-long Publishing Academy, designed to promote knowledge of scholarly publishing and increase the library’s impact within the graduate student community. Demonstrating how librarians can draw on their unique skills to build a niche service addressing unmet needs on campus, the project also puts into practice a broader conception of scholarly publishing literacy, which can be linked to the Association of College and Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.

Comments

Copyright © 2017 by Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD 21218.

https://doi.org/10.1353/pla.2017.0034

Original Publication Information

McClellan, Samantha, Robert Detmering, George Martinez and Anna Marie Johnson. "Raising the Library's Impact Factor: A Case Study in Scholarly Publishing Literacy for Graduate Students." 2017. Libraries and the Academy, 17(3): 543–568.

ThinkIR Citation

McClellan, Samantha; Detmering, Robert; Martinez, George; and Johnson, Anna Marie, "Raising the library's impact factor : a case study in scholarly publishing literacy for graduate students." (2017). Faculty and Staff Scholarship. 303.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/faculty/303

DOI

10.1353/pla.2017.0034