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224 pages
6” x 9”
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-8549-6
Year Published: 2010
AP Categories: J, P
In the current fiscal environment, college and university librarians must clearly articulate their value to the teaching, learning and research missions of their institutions. Advocacy, Outreach and the Nation’s Academic Libraries provides a framework for opening dialogue and incorporating advocacy by exploring opportunities for advocacy and focusing on the world of civic engagement as well as the role of librarians as advocates on campus.
In twelve insightful chapters, Advocacy, Outreach and the Nation’s Academic Libraries highlights the collaborative nature of advocacy and the importance of seeing opportunities for effective advocacy in a variety of areas. The authors focus on scholarly activity and the production of research, outreach and civic engagement, the adoption of new and emerging technologies, information literacy, service to student populations, diversity and organizational development as potential avenues for libraries to assert their value in their communities. Advocacy, Outreach and the Nation’s Academic Libraries stresses the importance of all academic librarians embracing advocacy as a core responsibility.
This book is appropriate for all types of academic and research libraries.
Table of Contents
Foreword – Mary Ellen Davis
Introduction
I. Advocacy and its Publics: Critical Issues for College and University Libraries
1. Advocacy through Engagement: Public Engagement and the Academic Library Scott Walter 2. Librarians, Advocacy and the Research Enterprise D. Scott Brandt 3. Librarians and Scholarly Communication: Outreach, Advocacy, and Leadership within the Academic Community Beth McNeil 4. The NIH Public Access Policy: Advocating for Open Access to Federally Funded Research Heather Joseph and Ray English II. Advocacy and the Campus Milieu 5. Whose Job Is It Anyway? Camila Alire 6. Library Advocacy in the Campus Environment Jean Zanoni and Scott Mandernack 7. Outreach Issues for Information Technology in Libraries Paul J. Bracke 8. Digital Advocacy: Using Interactive Technologies to Reassert Library Value Kim Leeder and Memo Cordova 9. Advocacy and Academic Instruction Librarians: Reflections on the Profession Susan Vega Garcia 10. Advocacy and Workplace Diversity Janice Welburn 11. Academic Libraries and Graduate Education: Advocating for Points of Confluence In the Graduate Student Experience William Welburn 12. Advocacy in Higher Education Environments: No More Excuses Julie Todaro An Afterword About the Contributors
About the Editors
William C. Welburn is senior advisor to the provost on diversity initiatives, Marquette University. Janice Welburn is dean of Raynor Memorial Library, Marquette University. Beth McNeil is associate dean for academic affairs, Purdue University.
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