Academic Library Outreach: Beyond the Campus Walls
byNancy Courtney is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Outreach & Engagement at Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio.
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Courtney, Nancy. Academic Library Outreach: Beyond the Campus Walls. Libraries Unlimited, 2008. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/F1053E.
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Courtney, Nancy. Academic Library Outreach: Beyond the Campus Walls. Libraries Unlimited, 2008. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/F1053E
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Courtney, N. (2008). Academic Library Outreach: Beyond the Campus Walls. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/F1053E
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Traditionally, academic library outreach has meant reaching out to the campus community, providing services to faculty and students. Many universities and colleges, however, now have a new or renewed emphasis on outreach beyond the campus, seeking to ensure their institutions' relevance to the community at large. How can and do academic libraries participate in this type of outreach? What types of collaborations or partnerships are academic libraries forming with schools, public libraries, or community groups? How do academic librarians partner with faculty or campus departments on their community projects? What role does service-learning play? Nancy Courtney has assembled a sampling of approaches, from the innovative to the tried-and-true, each written in the voice of its strongest champion.
- Reviews/Endorsements
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"Courtney (outreach and engagement, Ohio State U.) presents 22 chapters that explain how academic libraries can move outreach beyond the campus and into the community. Librarians from a variety of academic institutions in the US describe ways to promote outreach and the philosophies behind them. They discuss specific programs and general principles for engaging K-12 students and the general public, international outreach, information literacy, using events and programming and special collections, collaborating with public libraries and cultural institutions, and digital library programs, as well as discipline-oriented outreach in the areas of government, health, law, medicine, and management and economics." - Reference & Research Book News"This is a valuable work not only for academic libraries, but also for other libraries or institutions and organizations seeking to collaborate with an academic library." - ARBA
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Table of Contents
Academic Library Outreach: Beyond the Campus Walls
Author(s): Courtney, Nancy;Contributors: Courtney, Nancy;Abstract:Traditionally, academic library outreach has meant reaching out to the campus community, providing services to faculty and students. Many universities and colleges, however, now have a new or renewed emphasis on outreach beyond the campus, seeking to ensure their institutions' relevance to the community at large. How can and do academic libraries participate in this type of outreach? What types of collaborations or partnerships are academic libraries forming with schools, public libraries, or community groups? How do academic librarians partner with faculty or campus departments on their community projects? What role does service-learning play? Nancy Courtney has assembled a sampling of approaches, from the innovative to the tried-and-true, each written in the voice of its strongest champion.
SortTitle: academic library outreach: beyond the campus wallsAuthor Info:Nancy D. CourtneyauthorNancy Courtney is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Outreach & Engagement at Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio.
eISBN-13: 9781598844979Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781598844979.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781591587255Entry Code: F1053EImprint: Libraries UnlimitedPages: 276Publication Date: 20081230Series: Non-SeriesSubtitle: Beyond the Campus Walls- Contents v4
- Part 1: K–12 and Information Literacy 714
- 1 Breaking Out of Our Shell: Expanding the Definition of Outreach in Academic Libraries 18
- 2 Reaching Forward: Three High School Outreach Initiatives at Kent State University 916
- 3 K–16 Outreach: Creating Connections That Matter 2128
- 4 Cultural Lessons: Academic Outreach Across Borders 3138
- 5 Reaching Out to Future Users: K–12 Outreach at Kansas State Libraries 4350
- 6 A New Exploration in Our Intellectual Commonwealth 5562
- Part 2: Public Libraries 6572
- Part 3: Special Collections and Digital Projects 8996
- 9 Outreach in Special Collections Librarianship 9198
- 10 University Library Outreach in an Urban Setting: Forming Partnerships with Cultural Institutions as a Service 105112
- 11 Working Together: E-we:mcikta: The Arizona State Museum Library and the Tohono O’odham Nation 115122
- 12 Reaching Out through Digital Library Programs: The Everglades Digital Library Experience 123130
- 13 Oregon Rural Communities Explorer 135142
- 14 Engaging the Community through an Online Digital Archive: Gulf Coast Community College’s Memory Collection 147154
- Part 4: Events and Exhibits 157164
- Part 5: Discipline-Specific Outreach 191198
- 18 Government Information in the 21st Century: A New Model for Academic Outreach 193200
- 19 Health Information Outreach to Underserved Populations in Baltimore, Maryland 203210
- 20 Redefining Outreach from Inside the Academy: Law School Libraries and Their Communities 213220
- 21 Grand Rounds: Medical Library Outreach 227234
- 22 Engaging in Economic Development: Purdue University’s Management & Economics Library 241248
- Selected Bibliography 249256
- Index 261268
- About the Editor and Contributors 263270