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      Finding time for scholarship: a survey of Canadian research university librarians

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      Date
      2007
      Author
      Fox, David
      Publisher
      Johns Hopkins University Press
      Type
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      Refereed Paper
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      Abstract
      More than half the participants in a survey of Canadian research university librarians indicated that scholarship activities were required or encouraged at their universities, yet most university librarians have year-round schedules of assigned duties that present challenges to the engagement in sustained, meaningful scholarship. Full-time librarians reported spending an average of 47 hours per week on all of their responsibilities combined, but most librarians devote less than 5 hours per week to scholarly activities. Ideally librarians would like to spend 15% of their time on scholarship. Strategies for increasing time and support for scholarship are considered.
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      portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2007), pp. 451-462
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      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/55
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      http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v007/7.4fox.pdf
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      David Fox is Bibliographic Services Librarian, University of Saskatchewan Library. david.fox@usask.ca
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