Research Experience Chart Research event The question What prompted the question? What made/makes it memorable? First research experience Why was/is important to you – or not – to find answer? How far can a dead dogfish fly? There were dead dogfish!!!!! Curiosity When would I ever get the chance again? Whole body exp. (envi. cond.+ spontaneous opportunity) Assign. Fairly immediate answer Low stakes It was fun! Connected real person with ‘book learning’ K-12 most memorable research Undergraduate most memorable research Wartime experience Apply linguistics to poetry Assign. but… went further See if it worked Challenge Graduate most memorable research Family Sagas + Printing Press Assign. Marks Challenge Reflection+ evaluation Needed a Motivator to use a teaching tool Situation at work Curiosity Dissatisfied with lit. Evangelical fervour Curiosity Practical value Collaboration Challenge Student challenges in reading scholarly articles Saw a problem Desire to raise awareness/ fix problem Dissatisfied with lit. Evangelical fervour How students connect to readings Opportunity (SoTL) Curiosity Follow up Evangelical fervour Challenge Connected with passion Connect research to practice Collaboration Solo project but with support Learned a ton Surprise Library/Professional IL for Jnl students most memorable research Library/Professional Library admin roles most memorable research Library/SoTL SoTL/Library Dream research project Margy MacMillan – mmacmillan@mtroyal.ca C-EBLIP Fall Symposium: Librarians as Researchers October 15, 2014 – University Library, University of Saskatchewan Personal Curiosity Knowledge connection – French method +linguistics + German poem Surprise Connected undergrad with grad Used many sources, ‘went deep’ Creating new knowledge- ish Depth, literature, Connect research to practice, Found NEW stuff Research Experience Map Opportunity +curiosity First Dogfish K-12 War Experience Personal WW Margy MacMillan – mmacmillan@mtroyal.ca C-EBLIP Fall Symposium: Librarians as Researchers October 15, 2014 – University Library, University of Saskatchewan Margy MacMillan – mmacmillan@mtroyal.ca C-EBLIP Fall Symposium: Librarians as Researchers October 15, 2014 – University Library, University of Saskatchewan