Cross-disciplinary writers' group stimulates fresh approaches to scholarly communication: a reflective case study within an HEI in the North West of England

Grant, MJ

Abstract

For the inexperienced writer it can be difficult to know how to start writing, while
for those with some writing experience, it is often seen as a luxury for which there
is precious little time to indulge. This reflective case study describes the role of a
cross-disciplinary writers’ group, as a writing intervention, within a higher education
institution in the North West of England. Established in 2006, the group
has always had a librarian as part of its membership and has been informed by
the literature on successful writers’ groups. Monthly meetings facilitate ongoing
scholarly activity; we share group roles and seek to extend our knowledge of writing
practice including writing conference abstracts, constructing an argument,
collaborative writing projects, and negotiating authorship. At the inception of
the writers’ group, members were seeking to develop their writing portfolio. We are
now at various stages of our scholarly development, ranging from early career
writers to well published authors and editors. The model of a collaborative writers’
group has provided a winning formula for those wishing to develop scholarly
communications as part of their daily activities and has valuable lessons from
which academic librarians might learn.

Citation

Grant, M. (2010). Cross-disciplinary writers' group stimulates fresh approaches to scholarly communication: a reflective case study within an HEI in the North West of England. New Review of Academic Librarianship, 16(S1), 44-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2010.509481

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: May 9, 2011
• Journal: New Review of Academic Librarianship
• Print ISSN: 1361-4533
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 16
• Issue: S1
• Pages: 44-64
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2010.509481
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13614533.2010.509481