Students lead the library : the importance of student contributions to the academic library / edited by Sara Arnold-Garza and Carissa Tomlinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arnold-Garza, Sara, editor.

Tomlinson, Carissa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic libraries--Administration--Case studies.

Academic libraries.

Academic libraries--United States--Administration--Case studies.

Academic libraries--Administration--Employee participation--United States--Case studies.

Student library assistants--United States.

Student library assistants.

Student participation in administration--United States--Case studies.

Student participation in administration.

Libraries and colleges--United States--Case studies.

Libraries and colleges.

Libraries and students--United States--Case studies.

Libraries and students.

Academic libraries--Public relations--United States--Case studies.

Academic libraries--Administration--Employee participation.

Administration.

Academic libraries--Administration.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 301 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, 2017.

Contents:

Part 1. Students as employees

Leading, learning, and earning : creating a meaningful student employment program / Beth Hoag and Sarah Sagmoen

The library as leadership incubator : a case study of Towson University's A-LIST Program / Carissa Tomlinson and Sara Arnold-Garza

The front face of library services : how student employees lead the library at Grand Valley State University / Kristin Meyer and Jennifer Torreano

Part 2. Students as curators

Community collections : nurturing student curators / Julia Glassman, Simon Lee, Danielle Salomon, and Doug Worsham

Leave your legacy : student-led contributions of university experience to the special collections and archives / Ashley Todd-Diaz, Shari Scribner, and Kylie Lewis

We didn't break Twitter : student control of the library's social media channels / Jamie P. Kohler

Part 3. Students as ambassadors

Student to student marketing & engagement : a case study of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries peer guides / Joan M. Barnes

Getting on the inside : developing a discipline-based student ambassador program / April Hines, Tiffany Baglier, and Ben Walker

Implementing a peer support program for international students : a case study at McGill University Library / Tara Mawhinney and Jennifer Congyan Zhao

Part 4. Library as client

Keep it local : tapping student expertise to build better libraries / Luke Leither

Applied learning and the academic library : creating opportunities for students to lead / Anne Pemberton, Laura Wiegand, and Christopher Rhodes

Part 5. Student groups as library leaders

Mobilizing student leaders to enhance a first-year cohort program / Marybeth McCartin, Nicole E. Brown, and Paula Feid

Two-way street : ambassadors sharing the road / Adriana Gonzalez, Sara K. Kearns, Darchelle Martin, and Jason B. Reed Bianco

Part 6. Students as library designers

Just ask them! : designing services and spaces on the foundation of student feedback / Emily Daly, Joyce Chapman, and Thomas Crichlow

Pizza for your thoughts : building a vibrant dialogue with students through informal focus groups / Kenneth J. Burhanna.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Students lead the library

ISBN:

9780838988671

0838988679

OCLC:

971333311