Library Collaborations and Community Partnerships illustrates the value of libraries and their resources through an array of alliances to improve health and enhance people's lives. It is unique in its illustration of key principles of collaboration, partner engagement, shared leadership, project development and outcomes measurement, as well as the challenges inherent in collaborations among diverse partners.
The book includes collaboration exemplars focused on education, health, information literacy and capacity building for populations that experience access and resource disparities. It highlights the innovative use of existing assets, environments and diverse professions to broaden access to resources and information to those in need. The strategies, challenges, outcomes and lessons learned that are described in the volume have application for a variety of settings and populations.
Highlighting the key role that libraries play in guiding successful interprofessional collaborations with communities, Library Collaborations and Community Partnerships should be of interest to academics, students and professionals engaged in library and information science, education, health care, social services and community organizations.
Table of Contents:
Part I – Theoretical Foundations
1. Introduction
Vicki Hines-Martin
2. Unrecognized Roles of Libraries in Collaborations to Improve Communities
Fannie M. Cox
3. Interprofessional Practice and Collaboration
Vicki Hines-Martin
4. Communities and Community Engagement
Henry R. Cunningham
Part II – Project Exemplars
Section A – Information Literacy
5. Introduction
Fannie M. Cox
6. Building Wellness Partnerships in Graduate Library and Information Science (LIS) Education
Loriene Roy, Yan Zhang, and Nora Rose
7. Information Literacy and the Undergraduate Curriculum: Engaging Faculty and Enhancing Student Learning
Hugh Burkhart
8. Fiscal Fitness Through Financial Literacy
Rosalind K. Lett
9. Expanding Health Information Outreach through Academic Health Science Partners
Elizabeth Kiscaden and Jacqueline Leskovec
Section B – Education
10. Introduction: Libraries Addressing the Educational Needs of the Community
Henry R. Cunningham
11. Information Literacy through Service-Learning
Michael F. Russo
12. Engaged, Educated and Entertained: Employing a Facilitated Discussion Model
Marilyn Harhai
13. The Carver Cubs Summer Book Club: A Reciprocal Collaboration Between a Neighborhood Library and a Graduate Elementary Teacher Preparation Program
Estanislado S. Barrera IV, Kim Skinner, and Brandon Reilly
14. The Monthly Health Talk: How a consumer health library became a hub for a successful health education event through partnerships and community engagement
Rita Kang, Phyllis Mancini, Valeria Raivich, and Miu Lin Wong
Section C – Health and Behavior
15. Introduction
Vicki Hines-Martin
16. Dog in Residence: An Interprofessional Wellness Program at an Academic Health Sciences Library
Gail Y. Hendler and Julia Havey
17. Free Food at the Library: Becoming a Point of Access for Vulnerable Families
Elizabeth Lynch and Kelly MacGregor
18. Healthy Start, Healthy Future for All: Building a Community Coalition to Early Childhood Health
Ophelia T. Morey, Mary K. Comtois, Christy Panagakis
19. Team Vittles: A Made-from-Scratch Approach to Tackling Childhood Hunger in Ohio
Shane Hoffman, Janet Ingraham-Dwyer, JoLynn Wheatley, Sarah Schaff
20. The Ask: Partnering to Connect At-Risk Teens with Sexual Health Resources
Elizabeth Lynch and Rebecca McFarland
21. Physical Activity and Libraries: How Library-Recreation Partnerships Contribute to Active Living
Noah Lenstra
Section D – Capacity Building
22. Introduction: Building Community Capacity through Partnerships and Collaborations
Henry R. Cunningham
23. Hoop City Blooms: Mason Square Community Garden and Public Health Initiative
Caitlin Kelley and Ellen Sulzycki
24. Making Agency Funding Work for Your Community
Talicia Tarver, Montie’ Dobbins, William Olmstadt, David Duggar, and Julia M. Esparza
25. Patient Empowerment: A Partnership between Academia, Community-Based
Organizations, and Public Libraries
Kara Burke, Elizabeth Irish, Enid Geyer, Ingrid Allard, Linda Miller, Maria Buhl,
and Lauren Manning
26. Transformative Global Health Education and Community Empowerment
Moira Rogers, Robin Young, Cecilia Uribe de Chavez, and Wilfrido Torres
Part III – Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Directions
27. Perspectives, Challenges, and Future Directions
Vicki Hines-Martin, Henry R. Cunningham, and Fannie M. Cox
