Working together: a narrative inquiry study exploring ongoing collaborations between college librarians and faculty pairs.

Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20324125
Title:
Working together : a narrative inquiry study exploring ongoing collaborations between college librarians and faculty pairs
Creator:
Thorne-Ortiz, Fantasia A. (Author)
Contributor:
Mosley, Rashid (Advisor)
Gorman, Margaret (Committee member)
Rumrill-Teece, Katharine (Committee member)
Language:
English
Publisher:
Boston, Massachusetts : Northeastern University, 2019
Date Accepted:
August 2019
Date Awarded:
August 2019
Type of resource:
Text
Genre:
Doctoral theses
Format:
electronic
Digital origin:
born digital
Abstract/Description:
The purpose of this study was to understand how collaborations are developed and maintained between college librarian and faculty pairs. This study focused on the collaborations between five college librarian and faculty pairs who had worked together within 2 years prior to the study, in 2 community colleges, a 4-year state university, a 4-year STEM institution, and a private research university in the central New York region. The study explored the participants' collaborations on various activities including teaching information literacy classes and planning and managing events for the campus community. The main purpose of this study was to examine the specific elements that contributed to developing ongoing cross-departmental collaborations through narrative stories shared by the participants as they recounted meaningful collaborations with their collaborative partners. The study revealed the factors that influence ongoing collaborations between librarians and faculty include: (a) the culture of higher education, (b) perceptions of librarians and faculty, (c) learning by sharing knowledge and expertise, (d) perceived success. Keywords: librarians, faculty, collaborations, culture, learning, perceptions, narrative inquiry, cross-departmental
Subjects and keywords:
collaborations
college
culture
faculty
learning
librarians
Education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17760/D20324125
Permanent URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20324125
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