Managing Your Research Identity and the Role of the Librarian

This chapter will discuss the dynamic collaborative nature of library work and how academic librarians can contribute to scholarly productivity at their universities. We will look at how new technologies and new metrics for measuring scholarly impact are changing academic librarianship. We will also consider the academic librarians’ role in teaching these tools. Furthermore, we will look at the collaborative role of librarians working at three different universities with students, faculty, and researchers. This chapter will look at strategies librarians can use to adapt to the new conditions and growing expectations that are emerging from authors, students, and researchers.