Scenarios, case studies, and profiles throughout illustrate the successes that real "blended librarians" are having on campuses. This practical, hands-on guide expands the possibilities for academic librarians in public service, reference, instruction, information literacy, and even library and information science students.
2015. Academic library contributions to student success: Documented practices from the field. Prepared by Karen Brown. Contributions by Kara J. Malenfant. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. Biemiller, Lawrence.
With a firm foundation on best practices drawn from a variety of institutions, this book maps out a partnership between academic librarians and instructional designers that will lead to improved outcomes.
The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship integrates theory and practice to offer guidelines for information professionals working in art and design environments who need to support and anticipate the information needs of artists, ...
Readership: This timely book is essential reading for all information professionals working in art and design environments.
Librarians tell the story firsthand of how they managed major change in processes, functions, services, programs, or overall organizations using John Kotter's Eight-Stage Process of Creating Major Change as a framework for examining change ...
Each chapter in the collection presents innovative practices that are strategized as intentional, deliberate, systematic, outcome-based, and impact-driven.
William J. Rothwell and Roland Sullivan (San Francisco: Pfeiffer, 2005). University of Maryland Libraries, “ClimateQUAL—Organizational Climate and Diversity Assessment,” www.lib.umd.edu/OCDA (accessed July 10, 2008).
An innovative approach to redesigning learning spaces is extensively investigated and shared in Linking Architecture and Education:Sustainable Design for Learning Environments (Taylor, 2009). Drawing on her many years as a professor of ...
Through the real-life examples in this book, readers will learn how the successful modification of existing library buildings or the creation of new buildings requires the active participation and effective collaboration of library board ...
This book answers this question, among others, by looking to academic library building projects completed in recent years.