Bridging Boundaries: Perceived Roles of Librarians and Writing Center Tutors in Supporting Student Research Writing.

A t our ins titution, when libr arians and tut or s c ome t og e ther a t c ollabor a tiv e e v en ts t o help s tuden ts with r esear ch and writing, a w ar eness o v er c on t en t boundaries builds: s tuden ts do not alw a y s kno w whe ther their ques tions ar e be tt er suit ed t o a libr arian or a tut or, and tut or s and libr arians iden tif y ar eas of o v erlap and diff er ence in ins truction c on t en t and me thods. In our anon ymous f ollo w-up f eedback sur v e y, w e ask ed s tuden ts t o brie fly e xplain when the y w ould seek help fr om a libr arian and when the y w ould seek help fr om a writing tut or. Only thr ee libr arians, ho w e v er, check ed off " de v eloping a clear and e ff ectiv e thesis s t a t emen t, " and f our libr arians check ed off " s yn thesizing in f orma tion fr om sour ces t o support a thesis. [Extracted from the article]