Reflections on Surveys of Faculty Attitudes Toward Collaboration with Librarians

Hrycaj, Paul; Russo, Michael F

doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2007.09.008

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“…Of course academic staff are the key to influencing students as to the value of librarians, yet entrenched, ill-informed beliefs and perceptions as to librarians' skills may adversely affect acceptance of collaborative partnerships (Christiansen et al 2004;Godwin 2005;McGuinness 2006;Hrycaj and Russo 2007).…”

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Envisioning the Academic Library: A Reflection on Roles, Relevancy and Relationships

Delaney

Bates

2014

New Review of Academic Librarianship

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The focus of this article is to reflect on current and near future issues and trends concerning academic libraries. This includes an overview of the literature on embedded librarianship and a focus on the need for more participatory and collaborative approaches to library services.The core argument is that academic libraries need to continue to adapt their roles and develop stronger relationships across the university in order to maintain and promote their relevancy to all stakeholders. Embedded roles in research and teaching, and an embedded existence through collaboration and outreach will strengthen the academic library's presence within its parent institution.

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“…Overall, similar reasons were also reported by Maynard, Hardesty (1995), Leckie and Fullerton, and Feldman and Sciammarella (2000). 21 The final grouping of responses reflected a "NIMBY" (not in my backyard) philosophy, described by Hrycaj and Russo, and Thomas, 22 encompassing the belief that students have learned the concepts in an earlier class, that it is the students' responsibility to learn research skills on their own, or that students indicated that they already knew how to conduct library research. Regarding this final reason, some faculty admitted in their comments that while their students claimed they knew how to research, this assumption was, as one respondent said, not "well founded."…”

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2012

Reference &Amp; User Services Quarterly

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“…Furthermore, the existing research assessing librarian/faculty relationships reveal the variety of issues that librarians face when establishing partnerships with faculty. Faculty describe being unaware of how librarians can support their students; may not consider librarians as full partners but instead, as professionals; and viewing their relationships with librarians with less importance than librarians do (Phelps and Campbell, 2012;McGuinness, 2006;Hrycaj and Russo, 2007;Ivey, 1994). When considered all together, librarians have many reasons to take an approach with faculty that aims to build awareness that collaborative work is available.…”

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Not at your service: building genuine faculty‐librarian partnerships

Meulemans

Carr

2013

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Purpose-The old relationship of librarians serving the faculty as research assistants is long gone. The purpose of this paper is to ask, how can librarians and faculty become genuine partners in student learning and move towards the common goal of getting students to think critically? The authors discuss the need for librarians to initiate more collaborative conversations with professors in order to establish true partnerships with them and go on to describe how they did this using a strikingly and alarmingly frank approach. Building on this foundation, the authors discuss the need to shift from a service orientation to a partnership in student learning. Design/methodology/approach-The authors describe their work with the New Faculty Institute, a multi-day workshop that serves as an introduction to the university, to build upon their assertions regarding the need for instruction librarians to shift from a service orientation to a partnership with professors. Findings-The paper offers an action plan to develop and implement a value system that can guide collaboration with faculty. The pieces of the plan include articulating a teaching philosophy, craft and clarify personal policies, develop and practice responses and have confidence in your expertise. Originality/value-Developing partnerships with professors may sometimes require librarians to respond differently to requests from professors that are problematic. Doing so requires a move away from a service orientation, but towards collaborative efforts to support student learning.

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Reflections on Surveys of Faculty Attitudes Toward Collaboration with Librarians

Cited by 30 publications

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Envisioning the Academic Library: A Reflection on Roles, Relevancy and Relationships

Envisioning the Academic Library: A Reflection on Roles, Relevancy and Relationships

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Not at your service: building genuine faculty‐librarian partnerships

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