Bridging The Gap Between Library Services In Academic Libraries: A Visiting Librarian Model

Keywords

Comparative study; knowledge base; librarianship; outreach services; Tongji University Library (TJUL); University of Central Florida Library (UCFL); visiting librarian; visiting librarian model

Abstract

This article discusses an experience of the University of Central Florida (UCF) Library when hosting a visiting librarian from Tongji University Library in Shanghai, China, in 2015. Unlike most other visiting programs in the U.S., UCF's hosting experience offers a year-long, broad-based training in several functional areas facilitated by library administration and two bilingual librarians. The initial goals were to promote dialogue and understanding between the academic systems of the two countries, and ultimately to enhance the international users' library experience in their quest to study at foreign institutions. Through describing this visiting program and discussing its findings and assessments, the authors concluded longer term visiting programs like this can benefit both the visiting and hosting libraries and bridge the gap of academic libraries across the world.

Publication Date

10-1-2016

Publication Title

International Information and Library Review

Volume

48

Issue

4

Number of Pages

258-268

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2016.1243961

Socpus ID

85003587722 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85003587722

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