Ep. 06: An open peer review about scholarly podcasting with author Amber Sewell, reviewer Hannah McGregor, and guest host Lori Beckstead

Ep. 07: Fan studies and LIS

Description: In this episode, we chat with special guest Ludi Price about the intersection of fan studies and library and information sciences. We talk about the interdisciplinary nature of librarianship, myths about researching “unserious” topics, and how to explore passion projects.  Access the transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSSc2HvCPVMT9mNHrqL_Gc4pLAum-x705-Z2vj9JrX--TCeugH43CV3dPpwqPQBcbAKBCOST5meFjo6/pub]. Guest: Ludi Price is a visiting lecturer in Library Science at the University of London, City St Georges. She is a sometime librarian, and previously the Far Eastern Cataloger and the librarian for China and Asia, SOAS University of London. Ludi is also co-founder of the FanLIS Project [https://blogs.city.ac.uk/fanlis/], which aims to build bridges between fandom, fan studies, and LIS. Show notes: * FanLIS homepage [https://blogs.city.ac.uk/fanlis/] * Loving Fanfiction: Exploring the Role of Emotion in Online Fandoms by Brit Kelley [https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003020547/loving-fanfiction-brit-kelley] * Open peer review podcast [https://oprpodcast.ca/] project * FanLIS Twitter [https://twitter.com/TheRealFanLIS] * Ludi’s personal blog [https://blogs.city.ac.uk/ludiprice/] * Production and editing by Amber Sewell. * Music is Palms Down by Confectionery by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue [http://www.sessions.blue]).  Submission forms for researchers and reviewers available at libparlor.com/podcast [https://libparlor.com/podcast/].

Ep. 06: An open peer review about scholarly podcasting with author Amber Sewell, reviewer Hannah McGregor, and guest host Lori Beckstead

In this open peer review episode, host Amber Sewell offers up another of her articles, this time for a special issue of Journal of Electronic Publishing, for discussion. Her article about scholarly podcasting is reviewed by Hannah McGregor, who brings years of experience with the medium as a creator, producer, and scholar. Lori Beckstead returns as guest host to facilitate this productive conversation. Access the transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ52z9TzJ5jG0vl-R4dqjX2TZZL06XT61xXEZT41FDs2zsY-PTe2gcAsrVp_0gZp7yraq1dy5we_QEo/pub]. Hannah McGregorhttps://www.ohwitchplease.ca/material-girls [https://www.ohwitchplease.ca/material-girls] (she/they) is Associate Professor and Director of Publishing at Simon Fraser University, Canada, Their research focuses on the intersections of publishing and social change, with a focus on scholarly podcasting. She cohosts Material Girls [https://www.ohwitchplease.ca/material-girls], a pop culture podcast that uses critical theory to understand the zeitgeist, and The SpokenWeb Podcast [https://spokenweb.ca/podcast/spokenweb-podcast/], a collaborative research output of the SSHRC-funded SpokenWeb partnership; she is also the co-director of the Amplify Podcast Network [https://amplifypodcastnetwork.ca/]. Their books include A Sentimental Education [https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/A/A-Sentimental-Education] (WLUP 2022), Podcast or Perish: Peer Review and Knowledge Creation for the 21st Century [https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/podcast-or-perish-9781501385209/], co-authored with Lori Beckstead and Ian M. Cook (Bloomsbury 2024), and Clever Girl [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Clever-Girl/Hannah-McGregor/Pop-Classics/9781770417397], a queer feminist reevaluation of Jurassic Park (ECW 2024). Lori Beckstead is the co-host and co-producer of The Podcast Studies Podcast [https://www.podpage.com/podcaststudiespodcast/] and an associate professor of sound and audio at the Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. Show notes: * Draft article under discussion in this episode [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MEBRgq9AgIwZ2SnRT7dXICzwSKgJ96-QdFQLaBTP7Tg/pub] * Hannah McGregor’s website [https://www.hannahmcgregor.com/] * Stories of Open [https://bit.ly/ACRLStoriesofOpen] by Emily Ford * Wilfrid Laurier University Press [https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/] * Article: Digital innovation at University of Michigan Press [https://www.publishing.umich.edu/digital-publishing-pams] * Production and editing by Amber Sewell. * Audio mixing and additional editing by David Ramos Candelas. * Music is Palms Down by Confectionery by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue [http://www.sessions.blue]).  * Submission forms for researchers and reviewers available at libparlor.com/podcast [https://libparlor.com/podcast/].

Ep. 05: Researching as an MLIS student

In this episode, we chat with recently graduated MLIS student Carrieann Cahall about their experience leading a research project while still getting their degree, how well their coursework prepared them (or didn’t) for academic research, and how the process has shaped her outlook on her future as an academic librarian. Guest: Carrieann Cahall (she/they) is a Teaching and Learning Specialist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she supports librarians, like Amber, in curricular and co-curricular instruction. Carrieann is also a recent graduate of the MSLIS program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Their research interests include high achiever narratives in academia and the impact of intergenerational trauma on learning. Access the transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQYYjqbnthXKvppr8sTDFnUt_LZHsJmnOc34eeOMr7IUt_b49C51A7JG4q8b-r9566DHKXqlZXyz2DQ/pub]. Show notes: * Cahall, C., Mitola, R., Heinbach, C., & Sewell, A. (2023). Inclusive or harmful? A critical content analysis of tutorial offerings from R1 academic libraries [https://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2023/InclusiveorHarmful1.pdf]. Association of College and Research Libraries. * Roth, A., & Turnbow, D. (2021). Equitable but not diverse: Universal design for learning is not enough [https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2021/equitable-but-not-diverse/]. In the Library with the Lead Pipe.  * Cahall, C., Mitola, R., Heinbach, C., & Sewell, A. (2022, November). State of inclusivity in tutorials: A critical content analysis of tutorials provided by R1 academic libraries [https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/libfacpresentation/218/]. Presentation at Critical Librarianship & Pedagogy Symposium. * Production and editing by Amber Sewell. * Audio mixing by David Ramos Candelas. * Music is Palms Down by Confectionery by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue [http://www.sessions.blue]).  Submission forms for researchers and reviewers available at libparlor.com/podcast [https://libparlor.com/podcast/].

Ep. 04: Collaborative autoethnography as research method

Description: In this episode, we talk with a team from New York University who have recently published on using collaborative autoethnography as a research method. We learn about how the team chose to implement this practice, lessons learned, and tips for information professionals interested in pursuing autoethnography themselves. Access the transcript [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTpLWX7AdRmvnxTpWUqtMGASUWzlVmn2kcPDZNbVaIz2YfAKfOFfuSt6yqeWLaVgV8C25JvfkmxSnxX/pub]. Guests: Dawn Cadogan (she/her) is an Assistant Curator and Librarian for Education & Human Development at New York University. Her research interest focuses on the relationship between student motivation, research practices, and information literacy.  Stephen Maher (he/him), MSIS, LMSW, is an Assistant Curator and the Librarian for Social Work and Psychology at New York University. He holds a Master of Information Science degree, with a concentration in information management and policy, from the University at Albany, State University of New York and is a licensed social worker with a Master of Science degree in Social Work from NYU. Stephen’s research interests center on curiosity and its role in the integration of mental health and social services in libraries as well as information literacy in social work education. Stacy Torian (she/her) is Assistant Curator and a Librarian for Health Sciences at New York University. She is a graduate of Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her interests include critical librarianship, health equity, and poetry as a liberatory force. Brynne Campbell Rice (she/her), MA, MS, MLIS is an Assistant Curator and Librarian for Health Sciences at New York University.  She holds an M.S. in Adolescent Education (Biology) from the University of Rochester, an M.A. in Food Studies from NYU, and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Long Island University’s Palmer School.  A former high school chemistry teacher and current nursing librarian, her research interests focus on information literacy as it relates to science, nutrition, and health.  She is particularly interested in issues of credibility, authority, and ways of knowing at the intersections of health equity and health misinformation.   Show notes: * Guests’ LOEX presentation, Your Story, My Story, Our Story: Collaborative Autoethnography for Librarians [https://sched.co/1Z9Q7] * Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship special issue on the place of teaching in academic librarians work [https://cjal.ca/index.php/capal/issue/view/2644] * Cadogan, D., Campbell Rice, B., Maher, S., & Torian, C. (2023). One within many, many within one: A collaborative, dialogical exploration of librarian-teacher identity. Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 9, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v9.40956 [https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v9.40956]  * Fourie, I. (Ed.). (2021). Autoethnography for librarians and information scientists [https://www.routledge.com/Autoethnography-for-Librarians-and-Information-Scientists/Fourie/p/book/9780367439798]. Routledge. * Hernandez, K. A. C., Chang, H., & Bilgen, W. A. (2022). Transformative autoethnography for practitioners: Change processes and practices for individuals and groups. [https://styluspub.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781975504878/Transformative-Autoethnography-for-Practitioners] Myers Education Press. * Haberstroh, A & Campbell Rice, B. (2024). Health literacy & health misinformation: A multi-dimensional relationship. In E. Vardell & D. Charbonneau (Eds.), Health literacy and libraries [https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538180785/Health-Literacy-and-Libraries]. Rowman & Littlefield.  *  International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference [https://issotl.com/] * NYU SoTL Symposium 2024 [https://teachingsupport.hosting.nyu.edu/sotl/spring24sotlsymposium/] * Production and editing by Amber Sewell. * Audio mixing by David Ramos Candelas. * Music is Palms Down by Confectionery by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue [http://www.sessions.blue]).  * Submission forms for researchers and reviewers available at libparlor.com/podcast [https://libparlor.com/podcast/]. Citation: Sewell, A. (2024). Ep. 04: Collaborative autoethnography as research method [Audio podcast episode]. The LibParlor Podcast.

Ep. 03: Open peer review in LIS with Emily Ford

In this Parlor Chat, we talk with Emily Ford about her experiences and research on open peer review. We chat about how open peer review helps us re-envision peer review as an act of community, how it can help with reviewer imposter syndrome, and how to address challenges that an open peer review model can face with regard to equity.  *As a disclaimer, this episode was recorded and edited in December 2023, but due to life events, publication was delayed. I hope your spring semesters are off to a good start! Have any follow-up questions, or ideas for future episodes? Send them to libparlorpod@gmail.com [libparlorpod@gmail.com]. Show notes: * Stories of Open: Opening Peer Review through Narrative Inquiry [https://bit.ly/ACRLStoriesofOpen] by Emily Ford * Stories of Open website [https://storiesofopen.org/] * ACRL Presents: Opening peer review in LIS webinar [https://youtu.be/1uCHrJp2x1M] * Open peer review: Considerations for authors and reviewers [https://youtu.be/s5l7zqOK674] (featuring Zoe Wake Hyde) webinar * Aileen Fyfe: Untangling academic publishing [https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.546100] * Peer Review Primer [https://pdx.pressbooks.pub/peerreviewprimer/] by Emily Ford * Committee on Publication Ethics [https://publicationethics.org/], Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing [https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.12] * Music is Palms Down by Confectionery by Blue Dot Sessions [http://www.sessions.blue]. * Production and editing by Amber Sewell. * Audio mixing by David Ramos Candelas. * Submission forms for researchers and reviewers available at libparlor.com/podcast [https://libparlor.com/podcast/]. Citation: Sewell, A. (2024). Ep. 03: Open peer review in LIS with Emily Ford [Audio podcast episode]. The LibParlor Podcast. [link to episode page] Access the transcript. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRdacRwQ4Up-pdj4y3_to3iy-fObRp59Jy2-UANXCtV1WN2S9atRVMAkOesMEsXhaKYM1sI3FJSEV5E/pub]