Young, PhilipVilelle, Luke2012-03-272012-03-272011-03-04Young, P. and Vilelle, L. (2011). The Prevalence and Practices of Academic Library Journal Clubs. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 37, Number 2, p. 130-136.0099-1333http://hdl.handle.net/10919/18642Increased mention of journal clubs in the library literature and the recent creation of clubs at the authors' institutions sparked curiosity about how widespread they are in academic libraries. An online survey announced on library listservs assessed their prevalence and practices. Library journal clubs promote current awareness, analysis skills, group cohesion, and intra-library knowledge, and offer a low-cost professional development opportunity in times of budget difficulties.application/pdfenIn Copyrightjournal clubsreading groupsdiscussion groupsacademic librariescontinuing educationCareer developmentcurrent literatureArticle - RefereedCopyright 2011 Elsevierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2011.02.004Young, Philip [0000-0001-8097-1592]