TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing online communities for librarian researchers
T2 - A case study
AU - Luo, Lili
AU - Kennedy, Marie
AU - Brancolini, Kristine
AU - Stephens, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Lili Luo, Marie Kennedy, Kristine Brancolini, and Michael Stephens.
PY - 2017/5
Y1 - 2017/5
N2 - This study examines the role of online communities in connecting and supporting librarian researchers, through the analysis of member activities in the online community for academic librarians that attended the 2014 Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL). The 2014 IRDL cohort members participated in the online community via Twitter and a Facebook group page. A content analysis of their posts and an online survey among them identified different patterns of engagement and four primary types of content—posts related to completing the IRDL research project required for each cohort member, announcements about research-related resources and opportunities, posts reminiscing about the IRDL experience, and arrangements of conference attendance and meetups. Implications for successfully designing online communities for librarian researchers are discussed.
AB - This study examines the role of online communities in connecting and supporting librarian researchers, through the analysis of member activities in the online community for academic librarians that attended the 2014 Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL). The 2014 IRDL cohort members participated in the online community via Twitter and a Facebook group page. A content analysis of their posts and an online survey among them identified different patterns of engagement and four primary types of content—posts related to completing the IRDL research project required for each cohort member, announcements about research-related resources and opportunities, posts reminiscing about the IRDL experience, and arrangements of conference attendance and meetups. Implications for successfully designing online communities for librarian researchers are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019641010&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85019641010&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5860/crl.78.4.512
DO - 10.5860/crl.78.4.512
M3 - Article
SN - 0010-0870
VL - 78
SP - 512
EP - 526
JO - College and Research Libraries
JF - College and Research Libraries
IS - 4
ER -