Collaboration is not only a lifeline for small and mid-size academic libraries, it is also their lifeblood.
—From the Foreword by Peter Felten and Joan D. Ruelle

Small to mid-size academic libraries often operate with reduced staffing, smaller budgets, and competing priorities. These limitations reduce the resources that can be allocated to programming and outreach efforts.
 
The Small to Midsize Academic Library: Collaborations and Outreach captures how academic library workers at these institutions are providing engagement and outreach opportunities for students by partnering with other entities across their campuses. In three parts, chapters provide easy-to-implement ideas and strategies for course, campus, and community outreach.

• Part 1: Collaborations
  • Cross-Campus Initiatives
  • External Collaborations
• Part 2: Academic Success Initiatives
  • Writing and Composition
  • Orientation and Programming
• Part 3: Evolving Roles of Libraries in Student Success
  • Student Wellness
  • Emerging Roles for Librarians 

Increased student engagement with cocurricular library and cross-departmental activities can lead to higher student retention and persistence rates. Academic libraries have an important role to play in providing these opportunities, and Collaborations and Outreach provides effective practices for supporting student success.

Camille Abdeljawad is the assistant professor of Library Instruction & Outreach at Park University, where she teaches information literacy and research skills to a diverse student population, including distance and non-traditional students. She earned her master of library science degree at Emporia State University, and her research interests include source authority and misinformation. Camille is an advocate for teaching information literacy skills in every facet of students’ lives.
 
Danielle Theiss is assistant professor and Park University Director of Library, Academic, and Career Success Services and holds an EdD from the University of Kansas, an MBA from Rockhurst University, an MA in Information Science and Learning Technologies as well as a MA in Religious Studies from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Current research interests include library anxiety, assessing library services and resources, services for distance and online learners, and professional development and continuing education for librarians.

Foreword
Peter Felten and Joan D. Ruelle
 
Introduction
Camille Abdeljawad and Danielle Theiss
 
Part 1: Collaborations
Cross-Campus Initiatives
CH1. Leveraging the University Library through University-Wide Collaboration
Lisa Kallman Hopkins
 
CH2. Stand Up and Speak Out: Social Justice Outreach
Sharell Walker
 
CH3. Spanish Professors and Librarians Juntos
Johanna Méndez Alberich and Lisa Vardaman
 
External Collaborations
CH4. “Having Fun Isn’t Hard When You Have A Library Card:” Community Partnerships Between Public And Academic Libraries
Charlotte Kiger Price
 
CH5. Free Camps for Kids: Summer Enrichment and Community Engagement for Small Academic Libraries
Michelle Shea
 
CH6. Spellbound in the Stacks: A Magical STEAM Camp in an Academic Library
Jessica Hawkes, Kaci Wilson, and Abigail McCoy
 
Part 2: Academic Success Initiatives
Writing and Composition
CH7. Better Together: Establishing a Collaborative Culture with the Writing Center at Stan State
Kevin Augustine
 
CH8. A Lasallian Writing Ecology: Deepening Collaboration by Incorporating Library Instruction into the First-Year Composition Curriculum
Mark W. Duncan, Jacob Goessling, Clayann Gilliam Panetta, and Tawny LeBouef Tullia
 
CH9. Collaboration is for the Week: Leveraging Campus Partnerships to Develop a Graduate Student Professional Development Week
Samantha Kannegiser and Zara T. Wilkinson
Orientation and Programming
 
CH10. Reaching for Student Agency: Developing a Library Orientation Program to Support and Transform Campus Community
Hale Polebaum-Freeman
 
CH11. Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together: Creatively Connecting Student Support Offices to Students and Each Other
Kate Wimer, Tate Jackson, and Jenny Bruxvoort
 
CH12. Common Reading Collaboration for First-Year Student Success
Joyce DeStasio
CH13. Fostering Student Connection to the Library: Personal Librarians and First-Year Experience
Loren Mixon and Tracy Conner
 
CH14. The Role of Students in Student Success: A Library Student Advisory Board and Affordable Textbooks
Samantha Kannegiser
 
Part 3: Evolving Roles of Libraries in Student Success
Student Wellness
CH15. Well-Being and Student Success in the Heart of Campus: A Library and CAPS Collaboration
Natalie Browning and Maureen Walls-McKay
 
CH16. Responding to a Resolution: Implementing Self-Care Initiatives in an Academic Library to Support Student Mental Health
Laura Spradlin
 
CH17. After-Hours Study Bash: A Library Building Success Through Interinstitutional Collaborations
Kala Dunn, Kristin Brooks, and Ayanna Wigfall
 
Emerging Roles for Librarians
CH18. The Library as Holistic Campus Partner: Student Well-Being, Title IX, and Interpersonal Violence Prevention
Elaine Gass Hirsch
 
CH19. Academic Revival: Librarian Advisors for Students on Academic Probation
Jennifer S. Beach and Rebecca Sturgill
 
CH20. Strengthening Campus Partnerships to Support a Library’s First-Generation Retention Program
Amy Bryant and Karla Fribley
 
CH21. Seeking Seniors for Scholarships: A Cross-Collaboration between Campus Departments and Local Community High Schools
Ruth Monnier and Lora Winters
 
About the Authors