Higher education institutions in the United States and across the globe, are realizing the importance of enabling internal and external collaborative work, e.g., interdisciplinary research and community partnerships. In recent years, researchers have documented the benefits of organizational collaboration for research including greater efficiency, effectiveness, and enhanced research reputation. In addition, accreditors, foundations, business, and government agencies have been espousing the value of collaboration for knowledge creation and research and improved organizational functioning. As a result of both the external pressures and the known benefits, many forms of internal and external research collaborations have begun to emerge in higher education.

At the heart of this change, academic libraries, who have long been models for collaborative work, are increasingly participating in the research process by providing a widening range of research services beyond traditional reference services. Innovative library services, in areas such as bibliometric analysis, research data management, and data repositories, are evolving in response to changes in education funding and policies. These funding and policy changes have also coincided with technological developments to create opportunities for academic librarians to find new roles within their institutions and the research community. There is a growing body of literature examining these changing academic library roles, but few volumes have concentrated on how the nature of collaborative work in libraries is helping to reshape institutional research practices.

Academic Libraries and Collaborative Research Services fills that void by providing academic librarians and administrators with case studies and guidance on how academic libraries are establishing their place in this new collaborative research arena in the areas of emerging liaison roles, research data services, open access and scholarly publishing, and professional development programming. The book will also be useful to higher education administrators and institutional research officers looking for information on how to partner with libraries to increase the effectiveness of collaborative research.

Carrie Forbes, PhD, MLS, professor and associate dean, oversees the University of Denver Libraries public services including research support, instruction, outreach/programming, and borrowing and lending services. She has worked as an academic librarian for 20 years and has published several articles and edited volumes on the changing nature of public services in libraries. She coedited Rethinking Reference for Academic Libraries: Innovative Developments and Future Trends, published by Roman & Littlefield in 2014 and Successful Campus Outreach for Academic Libraries: Building Community Through Collaboration also published by Roman & Littlefield in 2018. Other recent publications include a coauthored chapter in Academic Librarianship Today on research and instruction service models in libraries and an edited volume, Academic Library Services for Graduate Students Supporting Future Academics and Professionals.

Preface

Carrie Forbes

PART I: EMERGING LIAISON ROLES: FROM RESEARCH SUPPORT TO RESEARCH PARTNER

1—Changing the Liaison Role to Enhance Library Collaboration within the Academic Community

Victoria Eastes, Michelle Shea, and Dawn Harris

2—Reconnecting the Dots: An Analysis of Campus Stakeholders’ Awareness of Library Scholarly Communication Services

Emily Chan, Suzanna Conrad, Daina Dickman, and Nicole Lawson

3—Growing Deep Collaboration for Research Support

Stephanie Crowe, Laura McBrayer, and Ashley Knox

4—Student-Led, Cross-Institutional Collaboration Between France and Morocco

Paul Love, Michael Stöpel, and David Tresilian

5—Librarians as Research Partners for Developing Evidence Synthesis Protocols

Gregory Laynor and Stephanie Roth

6—Beyond Collaborations: Transforming Liaison Practices into Impactful Research Partnerships

Danielle Mihram and Melissa L. Miller

7—Archives and the Incarceral State: The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola Museum Project

Zachary G. Stein, David N. Khey, and Scott T. Jordan

PART II: FOCUS ON DATA: RESEARCH DATA SERVICES

8—If You Offer It, They Will Come: Turning Your Interests into Action

Andrea Pritt

9—Library-IT Collaboration for Secure Data Collection and Management with REDCap

Meg Eastwood

PART III: LIBRARY AS PUBLISHER: OPEN ACCESS SERVICES AND SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING

10—A Consortium Approach to Library Publishing Via Open Journal Systems

and the Texas Digital Library

Alexa Hight, Susan Elkins, David Lowe, Laura Waugh, Justin White, Kristi Park, and

Bruce E. Herbert

11—Publications Oversight Board for Open Access Journals at the University of Memphis:A Case Study

Caitlin Harrington and Kenneth Haggerty

PART IV: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR A CHANGING PROFESSION

12—Leveraging Research Information Management to Center the Library as Campus Leader

Clarke Iakovakis, Megan Macken, and Matt Upson

13—Soften Up Your Skills: Tips, Strategies and Methods to Practice and Enhance Interpersonal Skills

Jay A. Edwards

14—Expanding the Skillset: Data Literacy in Undergraduate Education

Susan E. Montgomery

About the Editor and the Contributors

Librarians have the expertise and campus positioning necessary to advance research and dissemination in higher education, and this well curated volume brings together a diverse set of voices sharing experience in doing just that. From research data management services to publication support, evidence synthesis to copyright, readers will find case studies and best practices that they can draw upon to influence research practices and policies at their own institutions. Recommended reading for librarians and campus partners alike.

— Amanda Scull, Head of Education and Information Services, Dartmouth College Biomedical Libraries

Editor Carrie Forbes has gathered an excellent collection of essays and case studies from scholars, administrators, and practicing librarians on current and future practices for working in scholarly communication. This is sure to be an invaluable guide for all librarians working in areas of outreach for scholarly communications services, including copyright, digital publishing, data preservation, and faculty research assistance. The book focuses on the emerging roles for liaisons, providing research data management services, establishing the library as a publisher, and ways to further the professional development of Schol Comm librarians.

— Andrew Weiss, digital services librarian, California State University, Northridge; author of The Dark Side of our Digital World and Big Data Shocks