The Academic Library Partnership with Faculty- The Case of James

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The Academic Library Partnership with Faculty: The Case of

James White Library at Andrews University

Silas Olivera

Andrews University, silas@andrews.edu

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The Academic Library Partnership

with Faculty: The Case of James

White Library at Andrews University

Objective

To determine to what extent (level) the services offered by

JWL integrate the library to its community

Rational/Importance

IMAGE

SUPPORT

USE VALUE

Image is affected by…

What affects image?

Level of Integration

 Collaboration

 Embedment

 Partnership

Method

 Survey with 10 librarians

 List of services offered by the library

 Identify the level of integration

Results (1)

SERVICES OFFERED BY JWL (According to the 10 librarians)

Provides materials Provides access Provides different spaces Collection development liaison program Library instruction (Info Literacy) Interlibrary loan and MelCat New faculty orientation New books alert system

Results (1)

SERVICES OFFERED BY JWL (According to the 10 librarians)

Software workshops Renew books online One-on-One consultation Ask-a-Librarian online New student orientation INFS120 Computer Lab International student orientation

Access to technology

Results (1)

SERVICES OFFERED BY JWL (According to the 10 librarians)

Access to software Knowledge curation Ready reference Classrooms

Definitions/Concepts

 To work jointly with others in an

intellectual endeavor

 To cooperate with or assist

 To cooperate with an agency with

which one is immediately

connected

 Passive/Reactive attitude

 Service Orientation

 Assist

Definitions/Concepts

Embedded

 To fix into a surrounding

 To make something integral part of …

 Being part of…

 Onsite (setting)

 Included

 To join

 Interaction

 One that shares in possession of

something with another

 One of two…associated as joint principals in carrying on any

Results (2)

20 Services listed

 Library Instruction Classes

 Collection Development Liaison

 INFS 120 Class

Discussion

Librarians must cease being at the service of faculty

We need to adopt a non-service approach in order to be

recognized as equals in providing learning opportunities (Meulemans & Carr, 2013)

Effective instruction requires the professor and librarian to work together as partners to achieve a

common goal (Meulemans & Carr, 2013)

Discussion

Libraries encourage a culture of sharing, cooperation and collaboration, …by contrast faculty culture is generally more isolated and proprietary (Christiansen,

Stombler and Thaxton, 2004, p 18)

Faculty may not consider librarians as full partners but instead, as professionals; and viewing their relationships with less importance than librarians do

(Phelps and Campbell, 2012)

Discussion

When a librarian’s professional value system is centered on being partners in the teaching/endeavor, her actions fundamentally change (Meulemans & Carr, 2013)

Faculty may not consider librarians as full partners but instead, as professionals; and viewing their relationships with less importance than librarians do

(Phelps and Campbell, 2012)

Discussion

…If librarians continue to treat what we do as a service, then we will continue to be treated as service

providers (Meulemans & Carr, 2013)

Because higher education places librarians in a subordinate role within the institutional hierarchy, even

if they have faculty status equal to teaching faculty, they may not believe they are empowered to take the lead in instituting an information literacy program (Meulemans

& Carr, 2013)

Discussion

Without some sort of guiding principles, a librarian can become an automaton that serves the needs of faculty

(Meulemans & Carr, 2013)

Even though it is disciplinary faculty that initiate the context for library instruction, that does not diminish the necessity of librarians taking equal, and if necessary, primary agency in the construction of the learning environment for students (Meulemans & Carr, 2013)

Conclusion

James White Library needs to include in their mix of services those that are developed through real partnership with faculty in order to increase its value and improve its image which will result in greater support, thus strengthening the library’s role in accomplishing the university’s teaching and learning

mission

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