scholarly journals Canadian Research Librarians have Little Time for Scholarship

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Pamela Haley
Keyword(s):  
Research University ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Professional Responsibilities ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
University Professor ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Canadian Research

A review of: Fox, David. “Finding Time for Scholarship: A Survey of Canadian Research University Librarians.” Portal: Libraries and the Academy 7.4 (2007): 451-62. Objective – To provide comparative data from Canadian research universities regarding the time spent on scholarly activities by research librarians. Design – Qualitative study employing a bilingual survey consisting of thirty-nine questions. Setting – Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) located at the twenty-seven CARL universities during the spring and fall of 2006. Subjects – CARL university librarians for whom e-mail addresses could be retrieved. Methods – The survey was distributed to 1052 CARL librarians during the spring and fall of 2006 via e-mail. Problems with the clarity of two questions became evident during the receipt of responses. The questions were revised and resubmitted to the same population. Main Results – Five hundred and twenty responses (49.4%) were received, with 441 (84.8%) in English and 15.2% in French. A total of 53 surveys were unusable, leaving 467 (44.4%) cases as the basis for data analysis. Responses to the survey revealed that 51.4% of participants were required or encouraged to undertake scholarship. Of these, 35% were expected, in addition to sabbatical and study leaves, to make scholarship an integral and ongoing part of their professional responsibilities. Due to the individualized and subjective nature of the responses, no clear data emerged on the balance between scholarship and other professional activities. The majority of research librarians, on average, spent less than five hours per week on scholarship activities. For the 290 full-time librarians surveyed, the average time spent per week on all activities (professional and scholarly) was 47.4 hours. Almost one third of the full time librarians worked fifty hours or more per week – the equivalent to the time commitment of the average university professor. Participants indicated that in an ideal world they would like to spend 10% less time on assigned duties. Francophone respondents spent 5% more of their time on professional responsibilities and 5% less time on scholarship. Participation rates in scholarship related leaves are low, with less than 25% of those surveyed engaging in these opportunities. Conclusion – Based on the study’s findings, research librarians are not participating in scholarship to any great degree due to the perceived lack of time.

scholarly journals Academic Librarians and Research: A Study of Canadian Library Administrator Perspectives

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 560-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selinda Adelle Berg ◽  
Heidi LM Jacobs ◽  
Dayna Cornwall
Keyword(s):  
Future Climate ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Academic Librarianship

Within the literature exploring the role of research in academic librarianship, very little attention has been paid to the perspectives of upper library administrators. This perspective is critical because library administrators play a key role in hiring, evaluating, supporting, promoting, and tenuring professional librarians. As a way of bringing the administrative perspective to these discussions, our study examines how library administrators within the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) view the role of research in their own libraries and within academic librarianship, as well as how they perceive the current and future climate for librarians’ research. Our study reveals key areas in need of further research and identifies several issues that librarians and upper administrators would benefit from exploring together to advance discussions about research.

scholarly journals Research of the problem of involvement of technical university students in the process of physical education: students' opinions

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-139
Author(s):  
Olga V. Stepnova ◽  
◽  
Ludmila I. Eremenskaya ◽  
Olga M. Bobrova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Research University ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Moscow Aviation Institute ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
General Physical ◽  
The University

Introduction. The study of the problem of students' involvement in physical education is important in the research environment of universities. Modern students, studying for 8 hours a day at the university, are also forced to do homework, carry out scientific work, and it is physical culture and sports that are one of the most important factors for maintaining and promoting health. The purpose of this study is to identify the interest of students of the research university in physical education classes in the aspect of sociological analysis. Materials and methods. Students from the 1st to the 4th year of full-time study (150 people) of the Stupino branch of the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) took part in an anonymous sociological survey by filling out Google forms. Results. The analysis of the results of the survey of students showed that the level of involvement in physical education is not fully formed (only 48,7% regularly attend physical education classes, 40,7% attend from time to time and almost 10,6% do not attend at all). Students do not have enough internal attitudes to realize the importance of physical culture classes. Nevertheless, 73,3% show interest in physical education, noting that they do it to improve general physical qualities. Conclusion. Physical education at the university is carried out throughout the entire period of study and is implemented in various forms that are interrelated, complement each other and represent a single process of physical education of students. The purpose of physical education at the university is the formation of physical culture of students as a systemic quality of personality, an integral component of the general culture of future specialists who are able to implement it in educational, social and professional activities and the family.

scholarly journals Canadian Association of Neuropathologists Workforce Survey, 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (s1) ◽  
pp. S6-S6
Author(s):  
P Shannon
Keyword(s):  
Learning Objectives ◽  
List Type ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Type Number ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Ophthalmic Pathology ◽  
Professional Occupation ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Anatomical Pathology

To characterize the professional occupation of Canadian neuropathologists and estimate the future employment demands in neuropathologists, all the active members of the Canadian Association of Neuropathologists in Canada (n=53) were surveyed by E-mail, inquiring as to their estimated date of retirement, their current employment and practice profile, and as to any practice trends they had noticed. 49 members replied: all but one practice at medical school centers. 38 practice exclusively in neuropathology and three of these are employed at less than 75% of a full time equivalent. The remaining practices are mixed neuropathology and anatomical pathology, and one practices exclusively ophthalmic pathology. 35% reported significant neuropathology sub specialization (e.g. forensic, pediatric, neuromuscular). 42% reported greater than 10% of time dedicated to research (of these, median 30%) and 35% greater than 10% time spent in teaching, and 9% greater than 10% time in administration. Of the 49 surveyed, as of the spring of 2019, 14%(seven) of the full time neuropathologists can be expected to retire in the next 10 years, and 6% (three) with mixed AP/NP practices.LEARNING OBJECTIVESThis presentation will enable the learner to: 1.Understand the current spectrum of practice of Neuropathologists across Canada2.Describe the patterns of employment and anticipated retirements of Canadian Neuropathologists

An Assessment of e-Theses Metadata in CARL Institutional Repositories

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Richard ◽  
Eun G. Park.
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Canadian Association

The goals of this project are: 1) to analyze metadata element sets used by CARL (Canadian Association of Research Libraries) institutional repositories to describe electronic dissertations and theses; and, 2) based on the analysis, to suggest a prototype for metadata schemes to serve as a standard model for further implementation.Les buts de ce projet sont : 1) analyser les éléments de métadonnées utilisés par les dépôts institutionnels de l’ABRC (Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada) pour décrire les mémoires et thèses électroniques ; et 2) d’après cette analyse, suggérer un prototype de schéma de métadonnées pouvant servir de modèle normalisé et être éventuellement mis en œuvre.

Welcome from the CAIS/ACSI & LRI/IRB 2015 Conference Co-Chairs

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Cavanagh ◽  
Tony Horava ◽  
Dominique Maurel ◽  
Heidi L.M. Jacobs ◽  
Selinda Berg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Research Institute

On behalf of the conference co-chairs, I am pleased to welcome you to the 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Information Science (CAIS) and the second Librarians' Research Institute (LRI) Symposium of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL).Au nom des coprésidents du congrès, je suis heureuse de vous accueillir au 43e congrès annuel de l’Association canadienne des sciences de l’information (ACSI) et au second symposium annuel de l’Institut de recherche des bibliothécaires (IRB), lancé par l’Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC).

Transitioning to open access (OA)

First Monday ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Struik ◽  
Hilde Coldenbrander ◽  
Stephen Warren ◽  
Halina de Maurivez ◽  
Heather Joseph ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Scholarly Publishing ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Full Day ◽  
Academic Resources ◽  
Broad Overview

This paper presents a summary of three presentations: Heather Joseph of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) on key advocacy strategies, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries’s (CARL) Kathleen Shearer on the CARL Institutional Repository program and forthcoming CARL Author’s Addendum, and Heather Morrison on the Canadian Library Association’s (CLA) Task Force on Open Access. The presentations were followed by a one–hour workshop, with about 50 participants including librarians from Canada and elsewhere, publishers, and others. Workshop exercises, designed for the expert audience anticipated at the First International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, were developed to elicit a broad overview of open access initiatives underway, issues and barriers to open access, and solutions to overcome them. Participants reported being engaged in a wide variety of open access initiatives, from OA publishing and institutional repositories to a recent commitment to devote a percentage of a university budget to OA. Two solutions the workshop participants saw as key for open access were finding a funding solution (possibly re–deploying collections and acquisitions budgets or earmarking grants funds for knowledge transfer), and branding repositories as containing trustable material. The workshop portion could have been expanded considerably, to a half or full day. Results of the workshop will help to inform the work of the CLA Task Force on Open Access.

scholarly journals Outside the Four Corners: Exploring Non­-Traditional Scholarly Communication

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Jane Burpee ◽  
Bobby Glushko ◽  
Lisa Goddard ◽  
Inba Kehoe ◽  
Patricia Moore
Keyword(s):  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Scholarly Output ◽  
Canadian Association ◽  
Four Corners ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Means Of Production

Traditional outputs of scholarly communication, such as monographs and journal articles are being supplemented by new forms of scholarship, particularly in fields such as digital humanities. Canadian university libraries have long played a role supporting the creation, distribution, and preservation of scholarly objects. That support must be extended to include new formats and modes of scholarly work, such as digital portfolios, non-linear narratives, social media, scholarly video journals, etc. As the means of production and forms of scholarly output diversify, libraries will need to understand the impact of these digital shifts and identify areas where library efforts can have the most influence. This article examines developing areas of non-traditional scholarly communication and discusses implications for members of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL).

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