The Engaged Librarian Framework ... from page 15 The collective learning of the organization resulting from the Engaged Librarian Framework is still ongoing, but the inflection point in creating it marked a point of departure for the Libraries at Ohio State and opened up new spaces for thinking, reflecting, imagining, and creating new roles and enhanced relationships. After eight years, it continues to influence the work of many and enlist them in thinking about their work in deeper ways.
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Name of university or college: The Ohio State University Website: www.osu.edu Carnegie classification: Research One Number of undergraduates: 53,000 (all campuses) Number of graduates: 11,000 (all campuses) Number of faculty: ~7,000 (tenure track, clinical, research, associated) Highest degree offered: Ph.D. Name of library: The Ohio State University Libraries FTE staff : 279 (library faculty, professional staff, classified staff) Library annual budget: ~$48,000,000 (library expenditures) Annual gate entries: ~4,000,000 Hours: Currently changing
Engaged Librarianship at the NC State University Libraries by Shaun Bennett (Research Librarian for Business, Education, & Data Literacy, NCSU Libraries) <sbennet@ncsu.edu> and Karen Ciccone (Head, Data & Visualization Services, NCSU Libraries) <kacollin@ncsu.edu> and Hilary Davis (Head, Collections & Research Strategy, NCSU Libraries) <hmdavis4@ncsu.edu>
Abstract What does it mean to be an engaged research librarian? In this article we focus on the evolution of collections, instruction, consultation, and data-centric librarian roles at the NC State University Libraries as a case study, including efforts designed to increase engagement with the campus population. We explore questions such as: How do we hire for skills gaps to meet current and emerging researcher needs? How should we be organized to be more engaged with researchers? How should our teams function to be more responsive and agile to emerging needs? How do we partner across campus to extend library expertise and capacity? These questions are at the core of our everyday work, and we discuss some of the approaches that have worked for our library.
Introduction Libraries have always been dedicated to reducing barriers to information and facilitating the creation of new knowledge. 16 Against the Grain / September 2020
As the nature of research evolves, librarian roles are evolving to enable us to continue to fulfil these missions. New roles supporting research data management and curation, open knowledge and reproducible workflows, data science and visualization, and new digital forms of scholarship are growing in importance. At the NC State University Libraries, we use the term “research librarian” to communicate this broad support for all aspects of research. Terms such as “subject librarian” and “subject specialist” falsely imply a depth of knowledge, perhaps even an advanced degree in a particular subject area, when in reality we are generalists who support many areas of research. The term “functional specialist” is sometimes used to describe librarians whose primary responsibilities lie in providing service around an area of expertise such as geospatial analytics or data visualization. However, these specialists are also expected to have general knowledge of a breadth of research support topics continued on page 17
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