Abstracts
Abstract
Personal research agendas are regular tools of scholars across academia but are infrequently discussed in the LIS literature. Instead, the literature tends to provide research agendas developed by organizations that highlight areas of research that could use more attention by LIS scholars. This perspective paper discusses how developing a personal research agenda can enhance librarians’ work as researchers and can help guide them in their research journey. It also provides insight into what a research agenda might look like and how to go about creating one.
Keywords:
- academic librarianship,
- librarian research,
- librarians as researchers,
- research agenda
Résumé
Les plans de recherche personnels sont des outils communs des chercheuses.eurs universitaires, mais sont rarement discutés dans la littérature en bibliothéconomie et sciences de l'information (BSI). Au lieu de cela, la littérature tend à fournir des plans de recherche élaborés par des organisations qui mettent en évidence des domaines de recherche qui pourraient attirer davantage l'attention des chercheuses.eurs en BSI. Cet article de perspective explique comment le développement d'un plan de recherche personnel peut améliorer le travail des bibliothécaires en tant que chercheuses.eurs et peut les guider dans leur parcours de recherche. Il donne également un aperçu de ce à quoi pourrait ressembler un plan de recherche et comment s'y prendre pour en créer un.
Mots-clés :
- bibliothéconomie universitaire,
- recherche en bibliothèque,
- bibliothécaires en tant que chercheuses et chercheurs,
- plans de recherche
Appendices
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