Full Description
Collaboration is not only a lifeline for small and mid-size academic libraries, it is also their lifeblood.
—From the Foreword by Peter Felten and Joan D. Ruelle
Small to mid-size academic libraries often operate with reduced staffing, smaller budgets, and competing priorities. These limitations reduce the resources that can be allocated to programming and outreach efforts.
The Small to Midsize Academic Library: Collaborations and Outreach captures how academic library workers at these institutions are providing engagement and outreach opportunities for students by partnering with other entities across their campuses. In three parts, chapters provide easy-to-implement ideas and strategies for course, campus, and community outreach.
Part 1: Collaborations
Cross-Campus Initiatives
External Collaborations
Part 2: Academic Success Initiatives
Writing and Composition
Orientation and Programming
Part 3: Evolving Roles of Libraries in Student Success
Student Wellness
Emerging Roles for Librarians
Increased student engagement with cocurricular library and cross-departmental activities can lead to higher student retention and persistence rates. Academic libraries have an important role to play in providing these opportunities, and Collaborations and Outreach provides effective practices for supporting student success.
Contents
Foreword
Peter Felten and Joan D. Ruelle
Introduction
Camille Abdeljawad and Danielle Theiss
Part 1: Collaborations
Cross-Campus Initiatives
CH1. Leveraging the University Library through University-Wide Collaboration
Lisa Kallman Hopkins
CH2. Stand Up and Speak Out: Social Justice Outreach
Sharell Walker
CH3. Spanish Professors and Librarians Juntos
Johanna MÉndez Alberich and Lisa Vardaman
External Collaborations
CH4. "Having Fun Isn't Hard When You Have A Library Card:" Community Partnerships Between Public And Academic Libraries
Charlotte Kiger Price
CH5. Free Camps for Kids: Summer Enrichment and Community Engagement for Small Academic Libraries
Michelle Shea
CH6. Spellbound in the Stacks: A Magical STEAM Camp in an Academic Library
Jessica Hawkes, Kaci Wilson, and Abigail McCoy
Part 2: Academic Success Initiatives
Writing and Composition
CH7. Better Together: Establishing a Collaborative Culture with the Writing Center at Stan State
Kevin Augustine
CH8. A Lasallian Writing Ecology: Deepening Collaboration by Incorporating Library Instruction into the First-Year Composition Curriculum
Mark W. Duncan, Jacob Goessling, Clayann Gilliam Panetta, and Tawny LeBouef Tullia
CH9. Collaboration is for the Week: Leveraging Campus Partnerships to Develop a Graduate Student Professional Development Week
Samantha Kannegiser and Zara T. Wilkinson
Orientation and Programming
CH10. Reaching for Student Agency: Developing a Library Orientation Program to Support and Transform Campus Community
Hale Polebaum-Freeman
CH11. Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together: Creatively Connecting Student Support Offices to Students and Each Other
Kate Wimer, Tate Jackson, and Jenny Bruxvoort
CH12. Common Reading Collaboration for First-Year Student Success
Joyce DeStasio
CH13. Fostering Student Connection to the Library: Personal Librarians and First-Year Experience
Loren Mixon and Tracy Conner
CH14. The Role of Students in Student Success: A Library Student Advisory Board and Affordable Textbooks
Samantha Kannegiser
Part 3: Evolving Roles of Libraries in Student Success
Student Wellness
CH15. Well-Being and Student Success in the Heart of Campus: A Library and CAPS Collaboration
Natalie Browning and Maureen Walls-McKay
CH16. Responding to a Resolution: Implementing Self-Care Initiatives in an Academic Library to Support Student Mental Health
Laura Spradlin
CH17. After-Hours Study Bash: A Library Building Success Through Interinstitutional Collaborations
Kala Dunn, Kristin Brooks, and Ayanna Wigfall
Emerging Roles for Librarians
CH18. The Library as Holistic Campus Partner: Student Well-Being, Title IX, and Interpersonal Violence Prevention
Elaine Gass Hirsch
CH19. Academic Revival: Librarian Advisors for Students on Academic Probation
Jennifer S. Beach and Rebecca Sturgill
CH20. Strengthening Campus Partnerships to Support a Library's First-Generation Retention Program
Amy Bryant and Karla Fribley
CH21. Seeking Seniors for Scholarships: A Cross-Collaboration between Campus Departments and Local Community High Schools
Ruth Monnier and Lora Winters
About the Authors
