Reimagining Scholarly Communication through Experiential Learning: Merging Theory and Practice for MLIS Students

Abstract

The lack of consistent training for scholarly authors, peer reviewers, and editors is a problem across disciplines, but it is one that affects academic librarians in a unique variety of ways. Like instructional faculty, academic librarians are generally required to engage in scholarly activity, but they are also increasingly in the position of providing guidance on and advocating for emerging trends in scholarly communication. This presentation will describe how the creation of a student-run journal and an associated scholarly communication course in Western University’s Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) are helping to meet this need.

Melissa Seelye

Scholarly Communication Coordinator, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University

Melissa Seelye (she/her/hers) is the Scholarly Communication Coordinator at San Francisco State University. She is an editorial team advisor for Emerging Library and Information Perspectives (ELIP) and teaches the Scholarly Communication and Open Access Publishing course in the MLIS program at Western University.

Sara Clarke

Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Western University

Sara Clarke (she/her/hers) is an MLIS candidate in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University and is currently completing a co-op in User Experience and Student Engagement with Western Libraries. She was the managing editor of Emerging Library and Information Perspectives (ELIP) during the 2019-2020 academic year.

Marni Harrington

Associate Librarian, Faculty of Media & Information Studies, Western University

Marni Harrington (she/her/hers) is an associate librarian in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University. She is the primary advisor for Emerging Library and Information Perspectives (ELIP)