The Prevalence and Practices of Academic Library Journal Clubs

Young, Philip and Vilelle, Luke The Prevalence and Practices of Academic Library Journal Clubs., 2011 [Preprint]

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English abstract

An increasing number of references to journal clubs in library literature, and the recent creation of clubs at the authors’ institutions, sparked curiosity about how widespread journal clubs are in academic libraries. An online survey announced on library listservs assessed their prevalence and practices. Library journal clubs seem to be a relatively recent phenomenon, and are more widespread than previously thought, though not pervasive. Library journal clubs promote current awareness, analysis skills, group cohesion, and intra-library knowledge, and offer a low-cost professional development opportunity in times of budget difficulties. Practices that sustain journal clubs can maintain these benefits.

Item type: Preprint
Keywords: journal clubs, reading groups, discussion groups, academic libraries, continuing education, professional development, current literature
Subjects: G. Industry, profession and education. > GE. Staff.
G. Industry, profession and education. > GH. Education.
G. Industry, profession and education. > GI. Training.
Depositing user: Philip Young
Date deposited: 13 Apr 2011
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:18
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/15531

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20. Hickman and Allen, “A librarians journal club”, p. 643.

21. Ibid., p. 642.

22. Pearce-Smith, “A journal club is an effective tool for assisting librarians in the practice of evidence-based librarianship”, p. 33.

23. Deenadayalan et al., “How to run an effective journal club”, p. 902.

24. Kraemer, “Keeping up with the journals”, p. 137.


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