Participatory Librarianship: Shaping Conversations to Advocate the Impact of Our Academic Libraries

68 Pages·2012·6.74 MB·English

by  Buffy Hamilton

Participatory
Librarianship:
Shaping Conversations to
Advocate the Impact of
Our Academic Libraries
ALAO Annual 2012 Preconference
Roberts Centre, Wilmington, Ohio
October 25, 2012

Buffy Hamilton, Facilitator
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“These are
the times
that
try men’s
souls…”

Thomas Paine, The Crisis
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shifting landscape of higher
education
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budget cuts and
funding crisis
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the “fear factor”
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tension in competing ideas between departments on
how to best support institutional goals and mission
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competing pedagogies and what “counts”
as authentic learning
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meeting the needs of many different kinds of
learners
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how do we
transform

ourselves
and our
libraries to have
impact
meaningful
in our communities?
Original photograph by Buffy Hamilton