Is/ Is not exercise
Why SRG's?
Who is audience for SRG's?
SRG's are a starting point
they may not be the 1st place to go
can be used in a course
fills gap b/t class pages and nothing (for whereever don't have an ICA can use an SRG)
may not get into all classes for ICAs
librarian may not have time to make ICA
ICA's may not fit curriculum
SRG's helpful when librarians not @ desk
conceptual paper about Subject guides: why not good; why create; why still important; address problems we have w/ the SRGs; what is pedagogical value of SRGs?
us!
discuss why we created tool: C&RL News jane
Intro
hypothesis
Lit Review
Hemmig
Kuhlthau
etc
tech issues
librarians limited by institution's technical infrastructure and their own technical abilities; static html pages; to what degree do librarians want/can program; can the institution hire a programmer; does the web site have CMS; tools make it easier to create guides (libguides/library a la carte)
librarians don't necessarily have time to learn the technology
pedagogical issues
librarians evaluate content & present on guide; not all of the content on the guides fits into course pages--for ex. the elections SRG applies to many courses or have general interest
b/c of the tools librarians can focus on creating content for students and can focus on making the content more contextual and appealing to students; how SRGs fit in Khulthau's ISP; Knapp life long learning lead novice researchers....relationships among resources...; SRG's role in introducing students to disciplinary information
primary audience is students
reference librarians use on refdesk esp as subj librarians go off the desk
Web 2.0 should this be a section on its own or can fit under the sections above?; web 2.0 make guides more engaging we hope
In lieu of portal pages for a library's different audiences, an SRG can inform any audiences about a topic. What else does a library have for any audience?
Journal suggestions from Laurie's 10/12 email
Thoughts: CRL, but as I've mentioned before it seems their time to publication is forever...but they are open access:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/acrlpubs/crljournal/candrlsubmission.cfm
E-JASL: Also open access, although I know nothing about this journal.
http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/
LIBRES: open access, but perhaps too much of an international focus?
http://libres.curtin.edu.au/author.htm
Portal: I've already published here, but it is open access:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/
ITAL: We can republish as long as we say it was first published in ITAL.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/ital/informationauthors.cfm
What about RUSQ? They are online, peer-reviewed (double blind) and let people comment on articles http://www.rusq.org/authors-advertisers/
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