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Wild Bill Hickok Gets His Kicks: Expanding Collection Development Through Intentional Collaboration., Dave Richards, Thomas A. Peters
Wild Bill Hickok Gets His Kicks: Expanding Collection Development Through Intentional Collaboration., Dave Richards, Thomas A. Peters
Collaborative Librarianship
Various cultural memory institutions (academic libraries, history museums, public libraries, art museums, state agencies, even theme parks) in the metropolitan area around Springfield, Missouri, have been partnering and collaborating for decades in many ways. The collaboration was primarily intentional but at times organic or opportunistic, and revolved around a local history collection strategy. The collaborative efforts expanded geographically beginning with a local history museum and culminating with a partnership to document a legendary national highway from Chicago, Illinois, to Santa Monica, California. A shared central premise based on preserving and providing access to a city’s unique history and place has …
A New Partner In The Process: The Role Of A Librarian On A Faculty Research Team, Leslie J. Foutch
A New Partner In The Process: The Role Of A Librarian On A Faculty Research Team, Leslie J. Foutch
Collaborative Librarianship
Academic librarians have tremendous opportunity to demonstrate their worth to the institutions they serve. One successful approach is for faculty and librarians to collaborate on a research project; however the frequency of such partnerships has not been readily documented in academic library literature. This paper shows how the addition of an academic librarian to a faculty research team led to a better understanding of how faculty projects operate, and how the process can lead the way for librarians to be seen as valuable research partners in the academic landscape.
Stop, Collaborate & Listen: How The Librarian/Publisher Relationship Can Facilitate The Development Of The Information Literacy Curriculum, Rebecca Donlan, Stacy Sieck
Stop, Collaborate & Listen: How The Librarian/Publisher Relationship Can Facilitate The Development Of The Information Literacy Curriculum, Rebecca Donlan, Stacy Sieck
Collaborative Librarianship
A librarian from the Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) and the Library Communications Manager at Taylor & Francis Group partnered to launch a collaborative information literacy pilot program focusing on assisting FGCU students and faculty navigate and understand the scholarly publishing process. This article describes how the idea was created, as well as steps involved in developing the publishing toolkit to help FGCU patrons. An overview of the pilot program was presented during the 2015 Charleston Conference as a poster session.