Cool Collaborations: Designing a Better Library Experience |
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| Authors: | Robert Fox Cathy Carpenter Ameet Doshi |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Louisville , Louisville, Kentucky, USA;2. Georgia Institute of Technology Libraries , Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
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| Abstract: | Academic libraries routinely partner with other campus units in such areas as information literacy or writing support. However, the Georgia Tech library collaborations described in this article step outside the norm in that librarians are involved throughout the process of designing the collaborative projects; the projects are integrated into the undergraduate curriculum and embrace the science, technology, and design campus focus; the library incurs little or no financial commitment; and projects are ongoing or have long-term effects. The projects continue to change campus perceptions of libraries and librarians, and they have made the library a sought after “cool” collaborator on campus. |
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| Keywords: | Academic libraries collaboration innovation library spaces partnerships |
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