"But academic scientists don't always take full advantage of these temples of knowledge, which have morphed from places full of quiet, dusty stacks to dynamic research centres with the latest technologies. Researchers who do enter these hallowed spaces seeking help with their toughest research questions might encounter coding classes, maker spaces, platforms for citizen-science projects or students and researchers engaged in a hackathon."
"Librarians like to say that an hour in the library is worth a month in the laboratory, quips Kristin Briney, biology and biological engineering librarian at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California. And the Caltech library team points out that a researcher could avoid hours of solo Internet searching by just sending a quick e-mail to a specialist librarian to get the same results."
Academic libraries combine traditional quiet spaces with high ceilings and evolving roles as active research hubs. Many libraries now offer modern technologies, coding classes, maker spaces, citizen-science platforms and hackathons to support researchers. Librarians and information professionals help scientists perform comprehensive literature searches, manage data, meet open-access and data-sharing requirements, and evaluate search results or AI-generated code. Contacting specialist librarians can save researchers substantial time compared with solo searching. Librarian job titles include information specialist, informationist and knowledge manager. Growing demand for data expertise creates career pathways for scientists within library services.
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