The LACUNY Junior Faculty Research Roundtable (JFRR) had a full and exciting second year during 2009-2010. Following are meeting topics and programs organized by the JFRR during the past academic year.
August 2009: Discussion of the results of our annual membership survey and planning for the year’s events.
September 2009: Jumpstart Your Research and Writing: Members discussed sources of inspiration, brainstorming, time management, and prioritizing projects. They also shared resources for scholarly research and writing.
November 2009: Quantitative Methods in Library Research: Brian Lym (Hunter) spoke about analyzing the results of Project SAILS testing at Hunter. Susan Sciammarella and Devin McKay (Queensborough) spoke about a survey of librarians they conducted in 2000 and their current follow-up survey.
January 2010: Collaboration: Members discussed the process of collaboration with colleagues across CUNY on research and scholarly projects. The new CUNY Academic Commons , a space for collaboration for CUNY faculty, was also demonstrated.
March 2010: Emerald Author Workshop: Jim Walther of Emerald Publishing, which publishes seventeen library and information science journals, as well as books and journals in other fields, shared both Emerald-specific and general publishing advice for library faculty.
May 2010: Not-the-usual Academic Library Journals: Members discussed publishing in both discipline-specific library and information science journals and non-LIS journals, including finding journals with the best fit for research topics, pitching ideas to journal editors, and managing the peer review process.
Additionally, many of our members wrote, submitted, and published articles and reviews, presented at and organized conferences, received grants, and engaged in other scholarly activities. Congratulations to all, and have a good summer.
Maura Smale (City Tech) and Jill Cirasella (Brooklyn), outgoing JFRR co-chairs