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Leveraging Library Ecology: Growing Beyond Boundaries To Cultivate A Sustainable Knowledge Community Through Team-Based Librarianship, Jenny K. Oleen, Ellen R. Urton, Meagan J. Duever, Casey D. Hoeve, Livia Olsen, David Vail
Leveraging Library Ecology: Growing Beyond Boundaries To Cultivate A Sustainable Knowledge Community Through Team-Based Librarianship, Jenny K. Oleen, Ellen R. Urton, Meagan J. Duever, Casey D. Hoeve, Livia Olsen, David Vail
Western Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications
Higher education increasingly challenges libraries to thrive while adapting to fiscal realities, imploring institutions to accomplish more with less, and leverage assets creatively. When competing demands vie for attention, interdisciplinary concepts such as sustainability may be neglected, or simply absent from a library’s mission. A team-based community of librarians can galvanize existing assets wherever they reside within an organization. This approach requires that librarians transcend traditional boundaries to reveal untapped or underutilized expertise. Interdepartmental teams within a library can address topics difficult to assign to one designated specialist, and access the education, interests, or networks possessed by multiple individuals across …
The Library As A Social Contract: Lessons Learned, Jeffrey A. Scherer
The Library As A Social Contract: Lessons Learned, Jeffrey A. Scherer
Re-think it: Libraries for a New Age - Conference Proceedings
This paper is based on the premise that how humans are treated and their needs met defines a community culture. Cultures that do not meet the needs of their people will wither. It is a very personal statement and is not intended to be a lengthy treatise of library technologies, collections, service models or architecture. It focuses on the messiness of dealing with the complex realities of today’s culture and the intersection of the library as a place of service and a sustainable part of a community.