Book description
Excellence in the Stacks details the philosophies, practices and innovations of award-winning libraries over the last ten years. It will inform the profession and highlight the themes and strategies these liberal-arts colleges share, and where they differ. Using the Association of Research and College Libraries Excellence in Academic Libraries Award standards as guidelines for exploring librarianship, this book gathers the perspectives of all types of librarians at all levels of employment. By highlighting winners’ holistic approaches it helps define and focus the energies of college libraries in their pursuit of outstanding service and increased valuation by their parent institution.- Content drawn from submissions from ten years of ACRL award-winning libraries
- Authors from varied roles (library directors to interning students) give readers a comprehensive snapshot, encompassing good practices from multiple levels of the profession
- Overlying theme of institutional excellence applicable to all aspects of international librarianship, and is also relevant to other academic organizations which serve student populations
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of figures and tables
- Foreword
- About the editors and contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Measuring the “excellence” of librarianship at Earlham College
- Chapter 2: Graduate services at the Newman Library
- Chapter 3: The evolving liaison model at Mount Holyoke College
- Chapter 4: Fast-forward: the transformation of excellence
- Chapter 5: In unison with our communities and with each other: striving for excellence in college librarianship
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Chapter 6: Looking outward: partnerships and outreach at Hollins University
- Abstract:
- Introduction
- The challenges of today’s academic environment
- The outward-looking library; or, why it is natural and beneficial to play well with others
- About Hollins University and the Wyndham Robertson Library
- Students: working as a team
- The faculty: partnering by providing solutions
- Administrative departments: find common interests
- Conclusion: partnering across the campus
- Chapter 7: The A.C. Buehler Library at Elmhurst College: handcrafted academic library services
- Chapter 8: Success through community: engagement at Grinnell College Libraries
- Chapter 9: Excellence at Champlain: spending Groundhog Day in the Kuhlthau model
- Afterword: academic library value and the college library
- Index
Product information
- Title: Excellence in the Stacks
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2013
- Publisher(s): Chandos Publishing
- ISBN: 9781780633268
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