Abstracts
Abstract
Requests to meet with academic librarians for support on knowledge synthesis (KS) projects have escalated due to an increasing number of learners embarking on KS projects as part of their course work, along with the recommendation in KS methods guidance to consult with a research librarian to ensure a comprehensive search. While there are program descriptions and evaluations of library-led and other KS methods training for groups or self-directed learning opportunities, little evidence examines the teaching practices of academic librarians in individual KS research consultations. The objective of this research is to explore teaching encounters during online KS research consultations and describe the often invisible aspects of that labour through the findings from an online-mediated, focussed ethnographic study. The study draws on data from focus groups, observations and interviews, as well as autoethnographic sources. We use a sociomaterial lens to analyze the stories in the data and illuminate the complexities of the virtual, synchronous teaching encounter between academic health librarians and learners. We present a composite narrative elaborating on the social, technical, and material elements assembled before, during, and after an online KS methods consultation to emphasize the invisible and affective labour of librarian teaching practices about comprehensive searching and KS methods.
Keywords:
- academic librarians,
- ethnography,
- knowledge synthesis methods,
- online teaching,
- qualitative research
Résumé
Les demandes de rencontre avec des bibliothécaires universitaires pour obtenir un soutien dans le cadre de projets de synthèse des connaissances (SC) ont augmenté en raison du nombre croissant d'apprenants qui se lancent dans des projets de SC dans le cadre de leur travail de cours, ainsi que de la recommandation, dans les conseils sur les méthodes de SC, de consulter un.e bibliothécaire de recherche pour garantir une recherche exhaustive. Bien qu'il existe des descriptions et des évaluations de programmes de formation pour des groupes et des méthodes d'apprentissage autonome offerts par les bibliothèques, peu d’études examinent les pratiques d'enseignement des bibliothécaires universitaires lors de consultations individuelles. L'objectif de cette recherche est d'explorer, par le biais d'une étude ethnographique focalisée et médiatisée en ligne, les rencontres pédagogiques qui se produisent lors de consultations de soutien aux projets de synthèse des connaissances et de décrire les aspects souvent invisibles de ce travail. L'étude s'appuie sur des données provenant de groupes de discussion, d'observations et d'entretiens, ainsi que sur des sources auto-ethnographiques. Nous utilisons une lentille sociomatérielle pour analyser les thèmes qui y ressortent et éclairer les complexités de la rencontre virtuelle d'enseignement synchrone entre les bibliothécaires de santé universitaires et les apprenants. Nous présentons un récit composite qui explore les éléments sociaux, techniques et matériels assemblés avant, pendant et après une consultation en ligne sur les méthodes de SC afin de souligner le travail invisible et affectif du travail d'enseignement des bibliothécaires qui se produit lorsqu’ils enseignent les méthodes de recherche exhaustives et de synthèse des connaissances.
Mots-clés :
- bibliothécaires universitaires,
- enseignement en ligne,
- ethnographie,
- méthodes de synthèse de connaissance,
- recherche qualitative
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