An interdisciplinary partnership: The adventure of research student mentoring as a librarian
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
Room 211
Proposal
With an undergraduate research initiative present at my university, both faculty members and undergraduate students are encouraged and expected to conduct research. However, never before were they conducting the research together. Librarians would help judging research projects, serve on committees concerning undergraduate research and provide research consultations; however, there was no direct mentoring taking place with undergrad researchers and librarian faculty.
This presentation will cover the first librarian-led undergraduate research projects at the university. It will cover the initial recruitment of students, working with students, what worked, what didn't, and the incorporation of information literacy coinciding with the student researcher's disciplines.
Working with undergraduate research students is extremely rewarding, and benefits the students and the librarian professionally. Both learn from one another and information literacy concepts are discovered in correlation with another discipline broadening understanding for student researchers and users of the study.
Short Description
This presentation will cover the first librarian-led undergraduate research projects at a mid-size regional university. It will cover the initial recruitment of students, working with students, what worked, what didn't, and the incorporation of information literacy coinciding with the student researcher's disciplines. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss next steps in undergraduate student research collaboration.
Publication Type and Release Option
Event
Recommended Citation
Malone, Derek, "An interdisciplinary partnership: The adventure of research student mentoring as a librarian" (2017). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 53.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2017/2017/53
An interdisciplinary partnership: The adventure of research student mentoring as a librarian
Room 211
With an undergraduate research initiative present at my university, both faculty members and undergraduate students are encouraged and expected to conduct research. However, never before were they conducting the research together. Librarians would help judging research projects, serve on committees concerning undergraduate research and provide research consultations; however, there was no direct mentoring taking place with undergrad researchers and librarian faculty.
This presentation will cover the first librarian-led undergraduate research projects at the university. It will cover the initial recruitment of students, working with students, what worked, what didn't, and the incorporation of information literacy coinciding with the student researcher's disciplines.
Working with undergraduate research students is extremely rewarding, and benefits the students and the librarian professionally. Both learn from one another and information literacy concepts are discovered in correlation with another discipline broadening understanding for student researchers and users of the study.
