LRRT (Library Research Round Table)

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The mission of the Library Research Round Table (LRRT) is to contribute toward the extension and improvement of library research; to provide public program opportunities for describing and evaluating library research projects and for disseminating their findings; to inform and educate ALA members concerning research techniques and their usefulness in obtaining information with which to reach administrative decisions and solve problems; and expand the theoretical base of the field. LRRT also, serves as a forum for discussion and action on issues related to the literature and information needs for the field of library and information science.

Learn more about LRRT on the ALA website.

  • 1.  LRRT at ALA Annual 2023!

    Posted Jun 14, 2023 12:14 PM

    Dear LRRT Members,

    LRRT is actively participating at ALA Annual 2023 in Chicago, IL!   We'd love to meet you at one or all three of these sessions:

    • LRRT Chair's Program: Research Forum and Shera Award Presentation 

    • LRRT Virtual Mentoring Program Symposium and Information Session

    • *LRRT at the ALA Lounge on Sunday, June 25 from 1-3 to promote LRRT with ALA attendees.

    *If you'd like to volunteer to be at the ALA Lounge for a one-hour shift (1-2 or 2-3), please reply to this Connect message to indicate your interest! 

    I'll be at the ALA Lounge from 1-2 and incoming LRRT Chair, Devin Savage will be at the ALA Lounge from 2-3. We look forward to having some LRRT members co-host with us to promote LRRT!

    Be sure to mark these LRRT sessions in your ALA 2023 Conference Scheduler.

    LRRT Chair's Program: Research Forum and Shera Award Presentations

    When: Sunday, June 25, 2023, 4-5:30 pm (ct), Location: McCormick Place, W176c

    Direct Link to this session: https://cdmcd.co/kgdg5L

    Join us for the LRRT Chair's Program including the Research Forum with three research presentations, a Jesse H. Shera award presentation, and light refreshments! Meet the incoming chair, Devin Savage, some of the LRRT Steering Committee members, and other volunteers and members in our LRRT community. Come learn more about us and how you can contribute to the efforts of the LRRT, and meet some folks interested in Library Research!

    2023 Research Forum presentations

      • What do families do all day? Mapping a public library's influence on families' daily literacy environments
        • Presented by: Dr. J. Elizabeth Mills, Dr. Kathleen Campana, Jacqueline Kociubuk
      • Social Workers in Public Libraries: Opportunity or Threat? 
        •    Presented by: Don Latham, Melissa Gross 
      • From library thinking to community thinking: Helping libraries build a strengths-based understanding of underserved groups 
        • Presented by: Campana, Kathleen, Jacquie Kociubuk, Michelle H Martin

    2023  Distinguished Published Research Award will be presented to: 

    Vanessa Kitzie, Diana Floegel, Sarah Barriage, and Shannon M. Oltmann for their article titled: How Visibility, Hypervisibility, and Invisibility Shape Library Staff and Drag Performer Perceptions of and Experiences with Drag Storytimes in Public Libraries published in The Library Quarterly, 92(3), 215-240. 

    LRRT Virtual Mentoring Program Symposium and Information Session

    When: Monday, Monday, June 26th -2:30pm – 3:30 pm (ct) Location: McCormick Place, W175c

    Direct Link to this session https://cdmcd.co/6ZYZXr 

    Karen Harker, LRRT chair-elect and Steering Committee member initiated revitalizing the  LRRT Virtual Mentorship Program in 2022. Join members of the  Mentorship Committee and participants in the program for this session. There will be 3 mentee presentations, as well as an overview of the program and a brief presentation about next year's program.

    I hope to see you at ALA Annual!
    best,
    Karen



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    Karen F. Kaufmann, Ph.D, MLIS
    LRRT Chair 2022-2023
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