An Analysis of Articles by College Librarians

Mickey Zemon, Alice Harrison Bahr

Abstract

College librarians recognize research and publication as important components of professional growth and communication. Yet, compared to their counterparts in universities, they author fewer articles in the professional literature. This paper examines articles published by college librarians in College & Research Libraries and Journal of Academic Librarianship from 1986 to 1996 to provide a profile of college librarian authors and to identify factors that contributed to their success in publishing.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.59.5.421
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