2. University as a research
organization
Purpose of a university
Researchers at a university
Role of library and information
professionals – past, present, future
3. Access to literature
Collection development and management
◦ Ownership vs. access
◦ Acquisition policy
◦ Weeding
◦ Digital library / Institutional repository
Information organization
◦ Cataloging, classification, indexing
Information retrieval
◦ Searching tools (databases, discovery tools,
OPACs)
Access to information
◦ Inter-library loan
◦ Document delivery
4. Other literature related activities
Critical reading
Evaluation of literature / online
information
Literature review
◦ Narrative
◦ Systematic
◦ Meta-analysis
5. Information and research literacy
Research methods in IL curriculum
Research proposal writing
Writing grant applications
Research report writing
Ethical use of literature / plagiarism
Fair use, author rights, copyright,
intellectual property rights
Citation management
6. Help researchers to disseminate
results
Journals, publishers, conferences
Social media for researchers
ResearchGate, Academia.edu
Author profiling
ORCID, ResearcherID, Scopus author profile,
Google Scholar
Citation metrics
Impact factor, h-index, g-index
Altmetrics
7. Library services for
researchers
Current awareness service and SDI
Data services
◦ Finding data sets
◦ Research data management
Research evaluation center
Thesis checking
Writing center
Research commons
Research support portal
◦ Research tutorials and guides
Liaison librarians program
Individual consultation
8. Information professionals as
researchers
Faculty status
Research areas
◦ Bibliometrics / scientomertics
◦ Visualization of research output
◦ Information needs and seeking behavior
◦ Information services management
Collaboration with researchers in other
fields