Libraries across Land and Sea: Academic Library Services on International Branch Campuses

Abstract

This preliminary study explores how library services are offered at the international branch campuses of U.S. institutions of higher education, including librarians’ experiences, challenges faced, and collaborations with the home U.S. institutions. The data from a Web survey distributed to international branch campus librarians, a conducted interview, and statistical data are presented. The small sample survey data are analyzed qualitatively, suggesting insights on how librarians are embedded in student instruction and staff training and how libraries play an important role in the establishment of international branch campuses. A larger study is strongly suggested to gain more concrete inferences, and the article discusses the role of U.S. academic libraries in the globalization initiatives of their home institutions.

Positioning the Academic Library within the Institution: A Literature Review

“…A literature review finds inadequate library provision for study abroad programmes, despite some exceptions (Denda, 2013). More positively, the important role of an international branch library in accreditation, information literacy and creating community is reported (Green, 2013), along with the range of activities undertaken by library staff at New York University across its multiple international campuses (Pun, Collard, & Parrott, 2016). These include the creation of a post of Global Services Librarian to maximise collaboration with other institutional providers.…”

First-year international graduate students’ transition to using a United States university library

“…While the higher education internationalization literature does not often mention libraries, there is a significant body of library literature that demonstrates the wide range of internationalization activities that academic libraries have engaged in for some time, such as: contributing to general internationalization efforts (Becker, 2006a, 2006b; Bordonaro, 2013; Dewey, 2010), supporting study abroad (Denda, 2013; Kutner, 2009), developing internationally focused and foreign language collections (Hazen and Spohrer, 2007; Lenkart et al, 2015), conducting information literacy activities (Hughes, 2013; Johnston et al, 2014), participating in staff exchanges (Johnson et al, 2010; Somerville et al, 2015), supporting international branch campuses (Green, 2011), and of course, supporting international students.…”

"MOOL" in a MOOC: Opportunities for Librarianship in the Expanding Galaxy of Massive Open Online Course Desgn and Execution

“…But mobile learning and technologies integrated into course delivery are only part of the battle to demonstrate value in education, though they certainly seem like dazzling components for driving student participation. Additional current and recent discussions of value include those about: integrating competencies into the undergraduate curriculum (Scaramozzino, 2010), faculty members and administrators engaging with students in new contexts and environments (Haden, 2013), the concept of quality control in higher education settings (Hazelkorn, 2013), freshman research skills and overconfidence (Gustavson & Nall, 2011), accomplishing library services and education in transnational educational settings (Green, 2013;Mangan, 2011), and the need to reinvent teaching while monitoring costs and/or suffering budget cuts (New, 2013;Rivard, 2013).…”