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NJLA- CUS & ACRL-NJ Research Committee

This article highlights the achievements of the NJLA-CUS & ACRL-NJ Research Committee from 1985-2010, including the research award winners and their impact on the field of librarianship. It also encourages individuals to join the committee and contribute their research projects.

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NJLA- CUS & ACRL-NJ Research Committee

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  1. NJLA- CUS & ACRL-NJResearch Committee 25th Anniversary:1985-2010 The Research Committee was formed in 1985 by three librarians: Amy Job (WPU), Dr. Norma Yueh (RU), and Sister Anita Talar (SHU), with mentoring by Dan O'Connor (Rutgers Univ. Library School). The first awards were given in 1988. Usually one or two Research Award winners were named each year, plus three to eight Research Forum presenters. AND The many people who have served on the committee and submitted nominations through all these years. Thank you!

  2. Research Committee Impacts Research Awards 1988 - 2009 “So they got the award, then what?

  3. Topics • The winning research award publications  entire field of librarianship AND education/pedagogy PLUS subject areas. • 29 Research Award given to 41 people. • Focused on a wide range of issues: • The literature on… = 7 • Librarianship = 4 • Teaching = 4 • Collections / Access = 4 • Management / Leadership =3 • User studies = 3 • Technologies = 2 • Subject expertise = 2

  4. Impacts • Use of traditional citation analysis to assess impacts. • Thanks to Cathy Ryan (Drew) and Linda Dempf (TCNJ) for all the hours spent on this! • Sources included: • LISTA - EBSCO • ISI Web of Knowledge (Web of Science) -Thomson • Scopus -Elsevier • Google Scholar and Google Books • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts –ProQuest/CSA

  5. Results • From the original 28 publications: including the first award in 1988 and last year’s (2009). • “We” were mentioned/used over 300 times! • Our Research Award publications were cited in various types of media (ranked by most to least):

  6. Results: By Year

  7. And the winner is… • Drum roll… mentioned the most are: • Bushman, 2004 47 citations • Brockman, 1988 45 citations • Butcher, 1990 38 citations • Coughlin, Gertzog 28 citations • Mullen, Hartman 2007 21 citations • Snelson, Talar 1992 15 citations • Others……

  8. And the winner is… • Bushman, 2004 47 citations Distmantling the Public Sphere: Situating & Sustaining Leadership in the Age of the New Public Philosophy. • Brockman, 1988 45 citations Music: A Guide to the Reference Literature. • Butcher, 1990 38 citations Education for Equality: Women’s Rights Periodicals and Women’s Higher Education, 1849-1920. • Coughlin, Gertzog, 1993 28 citations Lyle’s Administration of the College Library, 5th edition. • Mullen, Hartman 2007 21 citations “Google Scholar and the Library Web Site: The Early Response by ARL Libraries” • Snelson, Talar 1992 15 citations “Content Analysis of ACRL Conference Papers.”

  9. Impacts • And this was only the 29 winners; we reviewed much more output from NJ Librarians. • What’s Next? -- YOU! • Please join us on the Research Committee • See web link in your booklet • Please offer up your publication and/or research project • We honor both: • Last year’s best research publication AND • Research Forum winners: works in progress THANKS.

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