Advocacy, Outreach and the Nation's Academic Libraries: A Call for Action--eEditions e-book
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- About the authors
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.
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 LibraryScott Walter 2. Librarians, Advocacy and the Research EnterpriseD. Scott Brandt 3. Librarians and Scholarly Communication: Outreach, Advocacy, and Leadership within the Academic CommunityBeth McNeil 4. The NIH Public Access Policy: Advocating for Open Access to Federally Funded ResearchHeather Joseph and Ray English II. Advocacy and the Campus Milieu 5. Whose Job Is It Anyway?Camila Alire 6. Library Advocacy in the Campus EnvironmentJean Zanoni and Scott Mandernack 7. Outreach Issues for Information Technology in LibrariesPaul J. Bracke 8. Digital Advocacy: Using Interactive Technologies to Reassert Library ValueKim Leeder and Memo Cordova 9. Advocacy and Academic Instruction Librarians: Reflections on the ProfessionSusan Vega Garcia 10. Advocacy and Workplace DiversityJanice Welburn 11. Academic Libraries and Graduate Education: Advocating for Points of Confluence In the Graduate Student ExperienceWilliam Welburn 12. Advocacy in Higher Education Environments: No More ExcusesJulie Todaro An Afterword About the Contributors