Collaborating for Impact: Special Collections and Liaison Librarian Partnerships, edited by Kristen Totleben and Lori Birrell. Association of College and Research Libraries, 2016. 978-083898883-1.
Publisher's Description
Special collections and liaison librarian partnerships can have a
tremendous impact on the work within the library and the university
community. Designed to guide the reader through three different
themes—collection stewardship; projects, research, and exhibitions; and
instruction—Collaborating for Impact: Special Collections and Liaison Librarian Partnerships
offers inspiration and case studies detailing how these departments can
impact research, teaching, and learning by working collaboratively.
With individual expertise and skillsets, librarians and staff are
together better equipped to provide researchers with a holistic,
well-rounded perspective on the research process and scholarship.
Collaborating for Impact opens with an exploration of current collaboration between liaison and special collections librarians, including a thorough literature review. A proposed framework for acquiring general and special collections that document the history of the academy and remain responsive to campus curricular needs, and a tutorial on object-based pedagogy that can underpin such arrangements, follow. And finally, there are thirteen case studies that provide concrete examples of how to move the needle towards sustainable efforts and away from one-off examples.
If special collections are destined to become the mainstay of the library, many more paths to deeper collaboration can and should be developed. Special collections and liaison librarian partnerships offer a good foundation from which teamwork can take root across administrative, physical, and cultural divides. This book addresses a gap in both special collections and liaison librarian literature, showing how librarians work together across library departments.
Collaborating for Impact opens with an exploration of current collaboration between liaison and special collections librarians, including a thorough literature review. A proposed framework for acquiring general and special collections that document the history of the academy and remain responsive to campus curricular needs, and a tutorial on object-based pedagogy that can underpin such arrangements, follow. And finally, there are thirteen case studies that provide concrete examples of how to move the needle towards sustainable efforts and away from one-off examples.
If special collections are destined to become the mainstay of the library, many more paths to deeper collaboration can and should be developed. Special collections and liaison librarian partnerships offer a good foundation from which teamwork can take root across administrative, physical, and cultural divides. This book addresses a gap in both special collections and liaison librarian literature, showing how librarians work together across library departments.
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See the publisher's website for Table of Contents and information about the editors.
See the publisher's website for Table of Contents and information about the editors.
