The personal librarian : enhancing the student experience

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Information & Library Science Library

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Z675.U5 P472 2014
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Available

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Summary

The incredible shift in the provision of library services resulting from innovations such as online resources, mobile technologies, tablet computers, and MOOCs and hybrid courses makes it more challenging than ever for academic librarians to connect students with the information they need. Enter the Personal Librarian, a flexible concept that focuses on customizing information literacy by establishing a one-on-one relationship between librarian and student from enrollment through graduation. In this book the editors, with decades of library instruction and academic library experience between them, and their contributorsDefine personal librarianship and trace how it has developed within the broader context of the work that librarians doDemonstrate its radical potential to impact student learning, retention, and graduation ratesDiscuss how the concept relates to embedded librarianship and academic library liaisons, and the role of faculty and staffIllustrate how personalization can be supported by academic support centers, IT services, Student Affairs, and other college and university departmentsUse case studies from a variety of institutions to show how to develop and implement a Personal Librarian programBy prioritizing relationships over merely providing access to information resources, the Personal Librarian can improve services while ensuring that students have what they need to learn and grow. This book shows how to make it happen.

Contents

1. The origin of the personal librarian concept / Richard Moniz -- 2. Development and implementation of the personal librarian concept / Jean Moats -- 3. Information literacy and the personal librarian / Joe Eshleman -- 4. Embedded librarianship and the personal librarian / Valerie Freeman -- 5. Academic library liaisons as personal librarians / Jo Henry -- 6. What personal librarians can learn from other businesses / Jean Moats and Richard Moniz -- 7. What personal librarians can learn from other academic services / Richard Moniz -- 8. The faculty perspective on personal librarians / David Jewell -- 9. Best practices and a checklist for personal librarians / Richard Moniz -- 10. The future of the personal librarian / Joe Eshleman.

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