Acknowledgements

This book is dedicated with my huge thanks to chief librarian Heather Topcik and the students and faculty at the Bard Graduate Center c. 2008-2015, where the seeds of many of these graduate library research workshops were first developed; to my colleagues and fellow teaching librarians at the University of Kentucky Libraries whose experience, solidarity, and expertise strengthens my practice every day; to the UK Libraries coworkers past and present whose work makes Open Educational Resources such a vibrant and available possibility on our campus, particularly Stephen Krueger and Chris Lyons, who brought this project to publication; and most especially to Dr. Rachel Shane and Joe French at the University of Kentucky Department of Arts Administration, whose commitment to the importance of library research and support for this type of library instruction is profoundly inspiring.

Finally, to each and every AAD PhD student at the University of Kentucky since 2020 who has engaged with the library during the course of their degree: Thank you! It is your research that advances this work.