Collaborating with Nonlibrarians: Enriching Your Teaching, Research, and Engagement

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

3:15 PM – 4:30 PM CT

Primary Presenter/Session Organizer(s)

Jane Kinkus Yatcilla

Associate Professor of Information Studies
Purdue University Libraries & School of Information Studies
West Lafayette, Indiana

Slides Handouts

Presenter(s)

Katherine Goold Akers

Biomedical Research & Data Specialist
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan
Lindsay E. Blake, AHIP

Clinical Services Librarian
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas
Jonathan Eldredge, AHIP

Associate Professor
HSLIC, University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hannah Schilperoort

Information Services Librarian
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Natalie Tagge

Head, Podiatry Library
Temple University Health Sciences Libraries
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dede Rios, AHIP

Director of Optometric & Clinical Library Services
Rosenberg School of Optometry
San Antonio, Texas
Ayaba Logan

Research and Education Informationist
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

The live session took place on Tuesday, August 11. You can access the recording of the session by selecting the "Access recording" button and using password: 8Kw2S&u^

Session Format: This session will begin with a panel discussion and short presentations highlighting different kinds of collaborations and different collaboration skills, followed by a small-group activity.

Objective: It is widely held that solving complex problems is done best by diverse teams that include experts from different social and disciplinary backgrounds. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team can expose the collaborators to new ideas, perspectives, or approaches they may not have considered before. Librarians can bring to the table a range of skills and expertise (e. g., access to information, sophisticated search strategies, organization of information, information literacy, the user experience, bibliometrics, research data management, instructional design). Therefore, the interdisciplinary playing field is a space where librarians can collaborate with non-librarians in many ways, including but not limited to: co-teaching a course, sharing a research project, grant writing; presenting at a conference, or providing community outreach. Some of the benefits of extra-library collaborations include the librarian's deeper sense of connection to the institution, and the non-librarian's greater appreciation of the librarian as a colleague and collaborator.
Instructional

Methods: Participants will learn through a series of short presentations made by the panelists, followed by Q&A. Then participants will join in small-group activities to brainstorm ideas for collaboration, including the output of the collaboration and potential extra-library collaborators.
Participant Engagement: Participants will be encouraged to engage in the Q&A, and they will work in small groups that will be facilitated by one of the panelists, to brainstorm one or more collaboration plans to take home.
Sponsors: Veterinary Medical & Health Sciences Librarians Caucus
Research Caucus
Pediatric Librarians Caucus
Nursing and Allied Health Resources and Services Caucus

Learning Objectives:

Participants will be able to describe a variety of contexts in which health librarians can collaborate with non-librarians.
Participants will be able to discuss why collaborating with non-librarians can be beneficial to their institution.
Participants will be able to identify at least two relevant opportunities for collaboration with non-librarians in their home institution.
Participants will be able to discuss at least one competency they have, and one competency they would like to develop, that will support their partnering with non-librarians at their institution.