What do relationships between collection development and library instructors as well as intergenerational partnerships look like, given the current emphasis on demand driven acquisitions and a movement away from collection focus into patron focused approach? At the University of Utah an Instruction Librarian and New Collection Development Librarian are exploring that concept, collaborating as liaisons to the school of communications.
Objective 1 Attendees will examine a post economic crisis collection management & library instruction partnership solution based on teaching the patron (student/staff/faculty) their post-modern role as partner in libraries development.
Objective 2 Attendees will learn a way to assess the expectations of different practices & paradigms of librarianship -and use the results to move forward.
Objective 3 Attendees will critically examine historic, but successful, collection management practices of outreach & partnerships from a 2019 lens.
