Innovative Solutions for Building Community in Academic Libraries
Innovative Solutions for Building Community in Academic Libraries

Author: Bonnand, Sheila

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2015-05-31

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1466683937

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The library has always been an essential part of the collegiate experience, providing students with access to knowledge and literature. However, as virtual services and online learning become more prominent within collegiate environments, the ways students conduct research and access resources has been altered. Innovative Solutions for Building Community in Academic Libraries examines new methods librarians use to engage both on-campus and online users in library services, taking into account the significant impacts of online learning on students’ interaction with library resources. Focusing on various outreach practices, techniques of literacy instruction, and the utilization of library spaces, this research-supported book is a pivotal reference source for distance educators, program planners, academics, and library professionals interested in new ways to attract users to library services.

Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society
Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society

Author: Barbara Dewey

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1780630387

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Transforming Research Libraries for the Global Knowledge Society explores critical aspects of research library transformation needed for successful transition into the 21st century multicultural environment. The book is written by leaders in the field who have real world experience with transformational change and thought-provoking ideas for the future of research libraries, academic librarianship, research collections, and the changing nature of global scholarship within a higher education context. - Authors are leaders in the research libraries field from a variety of countries - Thought provoking chapters will help guide research library transformation globally - Contains a diversity of thinking on research librarianship in the 21st century

Academic Libraries for Commuter Students
Academic Libraries for Commuter Students

Author: Mariana Regalado

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2018-05-21

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 0838917356

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With its emphasis on qualitative research, this book will help readers learn what commuter students really need from academic libraries.

Cases on Establishing Effective Collaborations in Academic Libraries
Cases on Establishing Effective Collaborations in Academic Libraries

Author: Piorun, Mary E.

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-10-07

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 1668425173

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The forming and nurturing of new partnerships and collaborations is a critical component of librarianship. Academic libraries have a long history of collaboration within the library, across their institutions, and in their local communities. However, forming new partnerships can be time-consuming, and at times frustrating, leaving important opportunities, connections, and projects unrealized. Cases on Establishing Effective Collaborations in Academic Libraries presents case studies on effective collaborations in a variety of settings with different objectives, staffing levels, and budgets that have proven to be successful in creating and maintaining strong and productive partnerships. It identifies and shares the role of the academic library in developing effective partnerships and collaborations within academia and the broader community. Covering topics such as controlled digital lending, research computing, and college readiness enhancement, this premier reference source is a vital resource for librarians and libraries, consortiums, university administrators, students and educators of higher education, community leaders, researchers, and academicians.