Continuing change, constant engagement : Caribbean academic libraries at the forefront of transformation

Continuing Change, Constant Engagement considers the current environment, impact, and future directions of academic libraries in the Caribbean. The book explores some of the most pertinent issues affecting academic libraries in the Caribbean, including areas of ensuring impact, governance, innovatio...

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Other Authors Kerr, Paulette A. (Editor), Palmer, Nicola A. (Editor), Marshall, Jessica Lewis (Editor), Drysdale, David A. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
SeriesAdvances in librarianship ; v. 57.
Subjects
Academic libraries > West Indies.
Language Arts & Disciplines > Library & Information Science > General.
Library and information services.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781835491324
DOI10.1108/S0065-2830202557
Physical Description1 online resource (292 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction - continuing change, constant engagement: Caribbean academic libraries at the forefront of transformation / Paulette A. Kerr, Jessica Lewis Marshall, Nicola A. Palmer, and David A. Drysdale
  • Section 1. Impact and engagement of Caribbean academic libraries
  • Chapter 1. Kenneth ingram: A legacy of scholarship and stewardship in academic librarianship / Demar D. Ludford
  • Chapter 2. Creating impact in academic libraries through collaboration / Nicola Prawl, Pauline Nicholas, Kareen Lawrence, Yolanda Tugwell, and Vergie Lee Reid Lawson
  • Chapter 3. Documenting communities through partnership: Building a more comprehensive history of the panama canal with the Caribbean diaspora / Casma Cockburn-Henlon, Betsy Bemis, and John Nemmers
  • Chapter 4. Leveraging shared resources through collaboration: A historical and analytical study of the college libraries information network (colinet) in jamaica / David A. Drysdale
  • Chapter 5. Assessing information skills towards effective learning: Libraries at the forefront / Ivette Maldonado-Rivera
  • Chapter 6. K@fé : A new system in information literacy for undergraduates / Éliane Falco
  • Chapter 7. Empowering through information literacy: A case study of tvet librarians in jamaica / Nicoleen Saunders-Grant, Janice Harrison, Collett Sanderson-Allen, and Monique Forgie-Scott
  • Chapter 8. The role of academic libraries in academic integrity development in Caribbean higher education institutions / Ruth Baker-Gardner
  • Section 2. Staffing in the academic library: Changing roles and classic practices
  • Chapter 9. Navigating Caribbean academic librarianship: Reflections on a storied career / Paulette A. Kerr
  • Chapter 10. Empowering library employees through a mentorship initiative: The case of the university of the west indies mona library / Simone J. Harrison, Barbara D. Waul, and Stacie K. Young
  • Chapter 11. Transforming roles of library staff through up-skilling, retooling, and job restructuring: The case of the uwi mona library / Karen C. Levy, Elaine A. Saunches, and Calarine A. Smith Rance
  • Chapter 12. Preparing Caribbean academic librarians: Is the dlis programme ready? / Audrey M. Saddler and Adele Merritt Bernard
  • Chapter 13. Who the cap fits: Perceptions of leadership capacities among jamaican academic librarians / Nicola A. Palmer
  • Section 3. Academic libraries: Critical challenges, global trends, futures
  • Chapter 14. Go green, embrace sustainability: Empowering Caribbean academic libraries to enhance climate literacy / Jessica Lewis Marshall and Bernadette Worrell-Johnson
  • Chapter 15. A post-pandemic future for library planning: Perceptions of Caribbean academic library leaders / Lorraine M. Nero and Kumaree Ramtahal
  • Chapter 16. An academic medical library in the Caribbean providing services using a business continuity model to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study / Ayaana Alleyne Cumberbatch and Niala Dwarika-Bhagat
  • Chapter 17. The implementation of the future of libraries is open (folio) at the university of trinidad and tobago (utt) libraries / Susan Sandiford
  • Section 4. Communications from the field
  • Chapter 18. Connecting students to resources: The role of university of the bahamas libraries in supporting student learning during the COVID-19 pandemic / Felicia Armbrister, Virginia Ballance, Berthamae Walker, Antoinette Pinder-Darling, Rosemary Munroe-Whylly, Elsie Bain, and Shananda Hinsey
  • Chapter 19. Uniquely common: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on staffing roles at the forde library, university of the southern Caribbean (usc) / Stacyann Quintero and Anastasia Mulraine-Campbell.

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