Session Description
What happens when a faculty member in an academic discipline that you know very little about approaches you with questions about measuring the impact of his research beyond his own field? It can be a daunting experience to dive into such a question, but it can also be an opportunity to demonstrate the value of librarians’ expertise and research skills, which can cross disciplinary boundaries. In this session, you will have the opportunity to walk through the research process with two librarians who faced just such a scenario and hear about their strategies for tackling the question at hand.
Presenter(s)
David Nolen
Associate Professor,
Mississippi State University Libraries
Sheeji Kathuria
Social Sciences Librarian,
Mississippi State University Sheeji Kathuria was formerly an Assistant Professor and Social Sciences Librarian at Mississippi State University (MSU). She was a subject specialist for the departments of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Political Science and Public Administration, Psychology, and Sociology, as well as the embedded librarian with the Social Science Research Center. She also acted as the Social Media Research Librarian, where she chaired the library’s social media committee as well as taught workshops and provided research support related to effective online presence and social media. Before coming to Mississippi State University, she was an Instruction Librarian at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and a Reference Librarian at Georgia Perimeter College. She received her MLIS from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2011, and Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Georgia in 2006.
Peacock Evan
Professor,
Mississippi State University
Associate Professor,
Mississippi State University Libraries
David Nolen is an Associate Professor in the Mississippi State University Libraries. He served as the Humanities Reference Librarian at MSU Libraries from 2008-2013 and began work as an editor with the Ulysses S. Grant Memoirs project in July 2013. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition was published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press in 2017. David holds a Masters in Library and Information Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Latin American Studies from the University of Alabama. He also earned a Masters in Spanish from the University of Florida.
Sheeji Kathuria
Social Sciences Librarian,
Mississippi State University Sheeji Kathuria was formerly an Assistant Professor and Social Sciences Librarian at Mississippi State University (MSU). She was a subject specialist for the departments of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Political Science and Public Administration, Psychology, and Sociology, as well as the embedded librarian with the Social Science Research Center. She also acted as the Social Media Research Librarian, where she chaired the library’s social media committee as well as taught workshops and provided research support related to effective online presence and social media. Before coming to Mississippi State University, she was an Instruction Librarian at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and a Reference Librarian at Georgia Perimeter College. She received her MLIS from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2011, and Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of Georgia in 2006.
Peacock Evan
Professor,
Mississippi State University