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crl-26096	Miles, Linda; Brown, Robin	Community College Librarians’ Research and Publication Practices	2023	26	.pdf	application/pdf	10332	280	27	Most notably, in 2011 the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) developed the Librarians’ Research Institute (LRI), which debuted in 2012 and continues to provide research librarians in Canada with intensive professional development to this day.18 In 2017, Vicki Whitmell reported on the LRI, arguing that there is a role for academic library associations to play in providing relevant professional development because their members may need this support to meet research and publication requirements placed on them by their institutions.19 Methodology Through this exploratory research project, the authors seek to develop an understanding of the current research and publication practices of community college librarians, the types of support they receive for this work, and their perceptions of barriers that make this work more challenging. Based on their 2018 research with early career librarians, Erin Ackerman, Jennifer Hunter, and Zara T. Wilkinson argued that such organizations should get into the game because of their reach and collective resources: “Because they serve a wider base of constituents by design, professional organiza- tions can offer research supports that may be vital for librarians who have fewer opportunities or who have difficulty finding informal mentors or collaborators in their own libraries.”17	cache/crl-26096.pdf	txt/crl-26096.txt