From Cooperation to Collaboration: Toward a Framework for Deepening Library Partnerships |
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| Authors: | Laura Saunders Sean Corning |
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| Institution: | 1. Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University, Boston, MA, USA;2. laura.saunders@simmons.edu;4. Master's Student, School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University, Boston, MA, USA |
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| Abstract: | AbstractLibrarians are encouraged to collaborate in their work, but examples in LIS literature suggests the term “collaboration” is applied to a range of activities that vary widely in terms of interaction, resource-sharing, cooperative planning, and cooperative service delivery. Collaboration has been studied in other fields but remains largely unexplored beyond case studies in LIS. Through a series of focus groups with librarians and a range of potential community partners, this research identified barriers to collaboration and factors that enable successful partnerships, resulting in a general framework that could act as a guide to planning and developing deep collaborations. |
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| Keywords: | Academic libraries collaboration partnerships public libraries |
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