Personal Librarians

Personal Librarians
Author: Lynne Bisko
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2019-05-17
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Experienced authors describe all aspects of a personal librarian program, including potential campus partners, diverse student populations, marketing approaches, technology integration, various assessment methods, and common pitfalls and how to avoid them. In order to get the most out of their research, students need to understand the depth of resources and services available to them. Personal librarian programs help students—especially new ones—to feel welcome in the library and comfortable asking for assistance. They provide enhanced support and serve as students' point of contact to help them build the information literacy skills necessary to successfully navigate their academic path. Personal Librarians: Building Relationships for Student Success focuses on specific ways to connect with and to engage first-year and other new-to-campus students. The authors provide concrete guidance, informed by interviews with other librarians who have successfully implemented such programs, for librarians wishing to begin or expand programs of their own. Personal librarian programs provide opportunities for the proactive to build relationships that grow student confidence as future needs arise—and the authors, who coordinate personal librarian programs at their own institutions, demonstrate how well they work.

Sustainable Online Library Services and Resources

Sustainable Online Library Services and Resources
Author: Mou Chakraborty
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2022-10-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

COVID-19 shifted library services and resources; this book includes narratives of lessons learned and sustainable practices to prepare educators and librarians for any challenges that might arise in the future. All different types of libraries (academic, public, special, and school) were impacted by the pandemic, and librarians learned valuable lessons about how to shift and transition in a challenging time. In this informative book, librarians, instructional designers, educators, and faculty from all over the world write about how they pivoted services and resources online to continue to serve patrons during a pandemic and beyond, as well as which services and programs will be sustainable and scalable. Online delivery of programs and services allows librarians to respond to many different situations, emergencies, and challenges, and this book is a record of the lessons that librarians learned and the practices they'll implement in the future based on their experiences with COVID-19. Sustainable Online Library Services and Resources showcases a diverse range of perspectives on how online learning has changed and grown with a focus on what library services and resources are here to stay.

Urban Teens in the Library

Urban Teens in the Library
Author: Denise E. Agosto, Ph.D.
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2010-01-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838990193

This groundbreaking book is relevant to all librarians working with urban teens and looking for ways to reach out to them.

Embedded Librarians

Embedded Librarians
Author: Cassandra Kvenild
Publisher: Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Showcases strategies for successfully embedding librarians and library services across higher education. Chapters feature case studies and reports on projects from a wide variety of colleges and universities. --from publisher description.

Transforming Libraries, Building Communities

Transforming Libraries, Building Communities
Author: Julie Biando Edwards
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2013-05-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0810891824

This book is for those moving their library beyond places to find information. Written by practicing public librarians and an academic librarian with an interest in public libraries, the book focuses on how public libraries can become more community centered and, by doing so, how they can transform both themselves and their communities. The authors argue that focusing on building community through innovative and responsive services and programs will be the best way for the public library to reposition itself in the years to come.