{"id":50,"date":"2009-07-17T23:28:41","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T03:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bohyunkim.net\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2009-09-13T23:41:04","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T03:41:04","slug":"academic-librarians-and-getting-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bohyunkim.net\/blog\/archives\/50","title":{"rendered":"Academic Librarians and Getting Published"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was in a MLIS program, I was only vaguely aware of the fact that some academic librarians are appointed as faculty while some are not.\u00c2\u00a0  Now that I work at a library where librarians are considered to be faculty (no tenure-track), publishing has become an issue of my interests lately.\u00c2\u00a0 So I attended a session designed for folks just like me at 2009 ALA annual.  The name of the session was <strong>ACRL New Members Discussion Group: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Publication Process: Getting Published in LIS Journals.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The session was designed for those librarians who are new at research and publishing in LIS journals.\u00c2\u00a0  In order to promote participation in discussion, the presentations were given verbally with\/without a handout in a small room.\u00c2\u00a0  Partially, this was because of the lack of funding for discussion groups.\u00c2\u00a0  But the informal setting and a small number of people around the table made the session much more informative and interesting to both presenters and attendees.\u00c2\u00a0  The session provided a wonderful opportunity to gather practical tips and to find encouragement.  (In addition, I really loved the fact that in a discussion group there are no committees, no annual membership dues, no officers, and no formality.)<\/p>\n<p>The session consisted of three 10-minute presentations and discussion.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Writing to Write: Kickstarting the Publication Process by Emily Drabinski<\/li>\n<li>Best Practices for Beginners: Getting Published-From Inspiration to Publication by Lisa Carlucci Thomas &amp; Karen Sobel<\/li>\n<li>Targeting Teaching Faculty for Collaborative Publications by Linda Hofschire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are a few take-aways from the session I wrote down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To get movitated, use deadlines, generate good ideas, write them down right away, set aside time to write&#8211;get up 30 min. early everyday.<\/li>\n<li>To become good at writing, write everyday a certain amount in whatever form.<\/li>\n<li>To overcome the fear of being published, begin with book reviews and conference proposals and look out for call for proposals.<\/li>\n<li>To find topics to write, look at research papers and check out the topics for further study.<\/li>\n<li>Network and collaborate with other colleagues.<\/li>\n<li>Try to incorporate research into daily work duties sucah as instruction, digitizing, cataloging, etc.<\/li>\n<li>You can use data sets used for other research.<\/li>\n<li>Bear in mind the tension between topics of your interests and topics that are more easily published.<\/li>\n<li>Work with teaching faculty and suggest writing a certain section of a paper such as research method if you gathered and analyzed data.<\/li>\n<li>Have a particular journal in mind.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t despair if rejected. 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