Slightly off-topic, there is an interesting post on ACRLog reporting the results of an informal survey on the journal-reading habits of academic librarians who read ACRLog. The short summary is that many of the unrepresentative sample who responded (I responded) “read” journals, primarily College and Research Libraries followed by Journal of Academic Librarianship and portal. I “read” these by skimming the table of contents and reading one or two articles at a surface level. I really like the idea of having a learning community/journal club so that we can read a few things more in depth, and maybe that’s something we can set up in the future. A few of the librarians participate in reading groups in their subject areas.
The comments on the ACRLog post include a lively discussion of why we (librarians, ACRL) do not make our content open access when other professional organizations share much more (e.g. EDUCAUSE), particularly when we are so engaged in promoting open access. Some content, including the very impressive Studying Students: A Research Project at the University of Rochester, is free from ACRL.
