#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Jul 27 & Wed Aug 5 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Research as a Librarian

I'm in my 3rd semester of my MLIS and I just submitted my first research paper of the program. I haven't taken the intro to research course yet and it's been a good 10 years since I had to write a paper so needless to say I was feeling very rusty and unsure about the expectations.

I thought that would make for an interesting topic. So let's talk about what kinds of research you did in your programs. Let's talk about what kinds of research you're doing/have done in your jobs (or if you even have to).

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QUESTIONS

We post the questions here in advance of the chat so you can decide whether or not this topic is of interest to you and/or prepare your answers in advance.

Q1 Do you have to engage in research related activities in your current job? What about past jobs?

Q2 What kinds of research are you doing? How? What topics?

Q3 Tell us about the research projects and papers that you did in library school?

Q4 Are you required to get published for your current job? Have you been published? Share your publications with us.

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