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Context Growth of interdisciplinary education and research in academia New and developing roles for academic libraries and librarians Changing information technology Outline Nonprofit Management Education Challenges for Academic Libraries Academic Libraries and Interdisciplinary Studies

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  1. Context • Growth of interdisciplinary education and research in academia • New and developing roles for academic libraries and librarians • Changing information technology LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  2. Outline • Nonprofit Management Education • Challenges for Academic Libraries • Academic Libraries and Interdisciplinary Studies • Conclusions and Future Research LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  3. Nonprofit Management Education • Recent field of graduate study (early 1980’s) • Professional and graduate programs • Interdisciplinary (business, law, public policy and administration) • Various academic settings • Interests of the Nonprofit sector • Outreach initiatives and activities LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  4. Academic Libraries • Research and Reference assistance • Collection building and management • Instruction and Training • Subject and collection specialists • Various and distributed locations • Academic departmental unit LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  5. Challenges for Academic Libraries • Professional and graduate nature of NME • Various academic settings • Outreach initiatives and activities LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  6. Professional & graduate nature Academic Libraries • Electronic resources and off-campus access • Research & web guides • Electronic reference and communication • Varied level research training workshops NME Programs • Working students • Returning students • Professional interests and applications LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  7. Various academic settings • Schools of Social Work (MSW) • Schools of Business (MBA) • Public Administration Programs (MPA) • Other degree and certificate programs (e.g. MA, MS) Adapted from Mirabella and Wish LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  8. Various academic settings Academic Libraries • Understand research orientation • Build multidisciplinary collections • Select specialized types of resources NME Programs • Different schools of scholarship • Different approaches to research • Different program and curriculum goals LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  9. Outreach initiatives Academic Libraries • Training workshops of interest to nonprofit professionals • Publicly accessible resources • Availability of reference & research services NME Programs • Continuing and executive education • Consultation services • Research services LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  10. Academic libraries and Interdisciplinary studies • Kutner (Environmental studies students) • Interdisciplinary research training • Information literacy • Wilson and Edelman (Interdisciplinary faculty) • Collection development/Subject selectors • New organizational models • Citation pattern analysis (bibliometrics) LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  11. Academic Libraries and Interdisciplinary Studies • Allen and Sutton (Interdisciplinary research institutes) • Intellectual organization • Flexible services and support • Westbrook (Women's’ studies faculty) • Information seeking behavior • Library-Faculty partnerships LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  12. Conclusions and future research • Interdisciplinary research training • Information literacy • New organizational models • Citation pattern analysis • Intellectual organization • Flexible services and support • Information seeking behavior • Library-Faculty partnerships LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  13. Conclusions and future research • Information Consulting (Frank, Raschke, Wood, Yang) • Faculty/Librarian collaboration • Departmental integration • Information needs assessment • Technology (ICT) training • Institutional repository • Information literacy instruction (ACRL/NACC standards) LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  14. Information literacy competencies MSW -5th level • Precisely defines a client or program problem and the information required to solve it • Selects the best of the relevant studies and data sources, including systematic reviews and meta-analysis • Extracts the research message and applies it to the client or program • Talks and negotiates with researchers whose studies may affect their work • Is aware of documents in the public domain (eg. Thomas, ERIC, PubMed) http://www.lib.umich.edu/socwork/infolitcomp.html LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  15. Information literacy competencies Political Science Research Competency Guidelines (Draft 2/05)-ACRL/LPSS LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

  16. LeRoy LaFleur Arlington Campus Library George Mason University llafleur@gmu.edu 703-993-8268 LeRoy LaFleur, George Mason University Libraries November 18, 2005

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