Inclusive Infrastructure: Digital Scholarship Centers and the Academic Library Liaison

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Hauptverfasser: Hannah, Matthew, Heyns, Erla P., Mulligan, Rikk
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Veröffentlicht: 2020
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author Hannah, Matthew
Heyns, Erla P.
Mulligan, Rikk
author_facet Hannah, Matthew
Heyns, Erla P.
Mulligan, Rikk
Hannah, Matthew
Heyns, Erla P.
Mulligan, Rikk
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contents Inclusive Infrastructure: Digital Scholarship Centers and the Academic Library Liaison Hannah, Matthew Heyns, Erla P. Mulligan, Rikk Academic Libraries Library Services Scholarship Information Technology Library Administration Librarians Administrators Expertise Interprofessional Relationship A paradox exists in the building and managing of digital scholarship centers in academic libraries. While imagined as collaborative library spaces, such centers often remain "siloed" or isolated from the subject specialists who work with departments to build collections, assess critical needs, and collaborate with faculty and students. In this article, the authors argue that such a silo effect contributes to a sense of separation, skepticism, and even resentment toward digital scholarship initiatives. Silos also fail to utilize the full expertise of the academic research library. Interviewing the directors of 15 digital scholarship centers in libraries, the authors assess the current ecosystem of digital scholarship and make recommendations about how to renegotiate the relationship between such centers and liaison librarians to nurture a more inclusive infrastructure.
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spellingShingle Inclusive Infrastructure: Digital Scholarship Centers and the Academic Library Liaison
Hannah, Matthew
Heyns, Erla P.
Mulligan, Rikk
Academic Libraries
Library Services
Scholarship
Information Technology
Library Administration
Librarians
Administrators
Expertise
Interprofessional Relationship
Inclusive Infrastructure: Digital Scholarship Centers and the Academic Library Liaison Hannah, Matthew Heyns, Erla P. Mulligan, Rikk Academic Libraries Library Services Scholarship Information Technology Library Administration Librarians Administrators Expertise Interprofessional Relationship A paradox exists in the building and managing of digital scholarship centers in academic libraries. While imagined as collaborative library spaces, such centers often remain "siloed" or isolated from the subject specialists who work with departments to build collections, assess critical needs, and collaborate with faculty and students. In this article, the authors argue that such a silo effect contributes to a sense of separation, skepticism, and even resentment toward digital scholarship initiatives. Silos also fail to utilize the full expertise of the academic research library. Interviewing the directors of 15 digital scholarship centers in libraries, the authors assess the current ecosystem of digital scholarship and make recommendations about how to renegotiate the relationship between such centers and liaison librarians to nurture a more inclusive infrastructure.
title Inclusive Infrastructure: Digital Scholarship Centers and the Academic Library Liaison
topic Academic Libraries
Library Services
Scholarship
Information Technology
Library Administration
Librarians
Administrators
Expertise
Interprofessional Relationship
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1271923