Abstract
Some academic librarians within Pennsylvania and across the United States have been granted faculty status by their institutions. With this status comes the expectation that librarians will contribute scholarship to their discipline. However, with many librarians holding only a master’s degree, there is the likelihood that they lack the requisite skills to engage in research. On top of this, multiple studies have shown that librarians feel they lack the time to pursue scholarship on top of their typical job duties. This commentary discusses how these barriers create stress for librarians, hurts their scholarly pursuits, and how the current culture in academia may play a role in it.
Highlights
Elizabeth Blakesley, in her article “The Constraints of Practice, or We Work in Libraries, That's Why We Can't Do Research” (2016), summarized the fundamental problem of the research component of academic library jobs: “None of us have time or are rewarded for concentrating on research” (Blakesley, 2016)
I would add my own experience as a new faculty librarian
Most librarians are likely familiar with academia from their time as a student in an undergraduate and graduate program
Summary
Elizabeth Blakesley, in her article “The Constraints of Practice, or We Work in Libraries, That's Why We Can't Do Research” (2016), summarized the fundamental problem of the research component of academic library jobs: “None of us have time or are rewarded for concentrating on research” (Blakesley, 2016). Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice An Uphill Battle palrap.org requirements and processes for research on top of all of the other skills that need to be taught.
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