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It's been acknowledged that no librarian can successfully work in a vacuum but what librarian has time for the trial and error required to map the course of effective collaboration on their own? With all of the responsibilities and daily tasks attached to the electronic resource librarian title, the collaborative librarian needs to build effective relationships in less time and librarian-focused online communities allow that to happen. The coordinator of Libraries Thriving, an online community for e-resource innovation and information literacy promotion, will share examples of how your librarian colleagues have done just that and invite you to share your experiences with and suggestions of online communities during this panel discussion.
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Stepping Out of the Vacuum without Leaving Your Desk
ALCTS CRS Electronic Resources Interest Group Panel DiscussionSaturday, June 23, 2012
ALA Annual—Anaheim
So Much Information, So Little Time
Follow (and Click) Along: @LibsThriving or @credoreference
The Given:Collaboration is a Must
“…multiple organizations sometimes work separately to accomplish the same purposes of preserving, archiving, and disseminating print and born digital materials, raising problems with duplication, overlap, and unnecessary expenses” (Cadmus, 2011)
The Problem: We Can’t Leave Our Desks
1. Shrinking Travel Budgets
The Problem: We Can’t Leave Our Desks
1. Shrinking Travel Budgets
2. Increasing Daily
Responsibilities
The Solution:Online Collaborative Spaces
The Solution:Online Collaborative Spaces
Online Seminars
The Solution:Online Collaborative Spaces
Online Seminars
Discussion Forums
The Solution:Online Collaborative Spaces
Online Seminars
Discussion Forums
LearningCommunities
The Key Takeaways
“[Online collaborative spaces are important because they ensure that you] have all of the right people sitting at the table.”-Sandra Hirsh, Director, San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science
“[Online collaborative spaces] are a necessity as it’s very difficult to go everywhere to hear everything that’s being said.”-Sarah Murray, Database Librarian, The American University of Paris
“None of us can know everything; each of us knows something; and we can put the pieces together if we pool our resources and combine our skills.”-Henry Jenkins, Principal Investigator, New Media Literacies Project
Thank You Let’s keep the conversation going!
-What online collaborative spaces would you recommend to your ERL colleagues?
-What specific online collaborative opportunities would you add to this list?
www.librariesthriving.org
References
American Library Association. (2012). The 2012 state of american libraries. Retrieved fromhttp://www.ala.org/news/mediapressc
enter/americaslibraries/soal2012
Bell, S.J. (2005). Creating community online. American Libraries, 36(4), 68-71. Retrieved from http://libaccess.sjlibrary.org/login
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Cadmus, F. (2011). Things in common: Challenges of the 19th and 21st century librarians. Librarian Scholarship Series. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylss/8
References Continued
Cooke, N. A. (2012). Professional development 2.0: Developing an online personal learning network. Library Hi Tech News, 29, 1-9. doi 10.1108/07419051211241840
Information Today, Inc. (2012). The digital squeeze: Libraries at the crossroads. Retrieved from http://libraryresource.onl
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United States Department of Labor. (2012). Librarians. Occupational Outlook Handbook. Retrieved from http://www.
bls.gov/ooh/EducationTrainingandLibrary/Librarians.htm#tab6
