Successful Campus Outreach for Academic Libraries

Building Community through Collaboration

Edited by Peggy Keeran, Carrie Forbes

Publication date:

22 September 2018

Length of book:

250 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781538113707

In Successful Campus Outreach for Academic Libraries: Building Community Through Collaboration , Peggy Keeran and Carrie Forbes bring together a variety of ways academic libraries are engaging with their communities through outreach, with creativity and the spirit of collaboration as major themes throughout. As a compendium of best practices, it serves as a resource for academic librarians to discover new programming ideas, to learn principles of effective marketing, and to help them think strategically and programmatically about outreach activities of all types. Topics are presented in four sections:

Strategic Vision and Planning
Developing and Implementing Successful Programs
Community Outreach: The Academic Library in the Community
Broadening Library Outreach Audiences

Practitioners designing outreach programs and activities will benefit from learning about a diverse set of outreach practices from libraries.

Preface

Introduction – Elia Trucks

Part I: Strategic Vision and Planning

Chapter 1: Plan, Prioritize, and Partner: A Model to Create Successful Outreach Programs and Events –Rosan Mitola

Chapter 2: What Else Do Librarians Know? Reconceptualizing Outreach to Partner with Teaching Faculty and Connect with Students – Rochelle Smith

Chapter 3: Teaching to Learn and Learning to Teach: Using Theoretical Models to Plan Outreach to Student Peer-Mentoring Programs – Courtney Lundrigan

Part II: From Start to Finish: Developing and Implementing Successful Programs

Chapter 4: Building Boot Camp Success: Graduate Dissertation and Thesis Programs at the University of Notre Dame – Mandy L. Havert

Chapter 5:Money Smarts: Collaborating for Financial Literacy – Esther Gil

Chapter 6: Library Outreach and Campus Communication Using a Digital Signage Platform: The DIVo Project – Toong Tjiek Liauw (Aditya Nugraha)

Part III: Community Outreach: The Academic Library in the Community

Chapter 7: Academic Libraries and STEM Outreach Programs: Connecting the Library and the Community – Naomi Bishop

Chapter 8: Academic Library Exhibits and Programs: Outreach through Campus and Community Partnerships – Manju Prasad-Rao

Chapter 9: Regis University and Arrupe Jesuit High School: Information Literacy Outreach to Help Students Succeed in High School and College – Paul Mascareñas and Janet Lee

Part IV: Broadening Library Outreach Audiences

Chapter 10: “Books are not Enough:” Engaging with Polytechnic Students – Sabrina Wong

Chapter 11: Student Library Advisory Boards: Engaging Students in the Library Experience and Communicating the Library’s Value – Rebecca Barham, Seti Keshmiripour, Lilly Ramin, and Mary Ann Venner

Chapter 12: Supporting Graduate Education: Leveraging Library Workshops and Campus Partnerships – Deborah Lee

In recent years academic librarians have recognized that they can have a greater impact by connecting with new partners on campus and in the community. Editors Keeran (arts & humanities librarian, Univ. of Denver Libs.) and Forbes (associate dean, Univ. of Denver Libs.) have developed a theoretical overview of outreach and compiled a collection of case studies, mostly by academic librarians, that provide ideas and models for potential activities. Librarians are encouraged to identify service gaps and engage with campus and community colleagues to find solutions. Mandy Havert, digital research and outreach librarian at the University of Notre Dame, offers details on the well-received dissertation and thesis camp that the library cosponsors with the writing center and graduate school to help develop successful scholars. Several case studies focus on community outreach programs that include, for example, STEM programs with underrepresented populations and exhibits that highlight specific ethnic groups, such as exhibits on Islamic art and Jewish songwriters. Librarians are urged to seek opportunities to use their subject knowledge with students, faculty, and the community. VERDICT Outreach librarians will appreciate the variety of institutions represented and the scope of activities described.—Judy Solberg, Sacramento, CA