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Academic Library Services for Graduate Students

Supporting Future Academics and Professionals

by Carrie Forbes
Peggy Keeran
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Providing practical and theoretical chapters on academic library services for graduate students, this volume helps information professionals support this often-overlooked campus population to address their multiple roles and identities as students and as future faculty members or professionals.
As more and more students attend graduate programs, many higher education institutions have established professional development programs to help graduate students learn the wide range of skills needed to be successful as both students and as future professionals or academics. To presuppose that graduate students are proficient library users is a mistake. Graduate students need and want help, and many libraries are now offering specialized services for this diverse population.
Contributors to this edited volume provide case studies and practical advice on academic library services for graduate students that support their multiple roles on campus and address the complex social and emotional issues related to their other roles as parents, working adults, caretakers, and more. As academic libraries shift from functioning primarily as collections repositories to collaborating as key players in discovery and knowledge creation, value-added services for graduate students are even more central to libraries' changing missions. This book makes an important contribution to the ongoing professional conversation and is a useful tool for librarians who want to better support graduate students at their institutions.

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    June 5, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9798216041740

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      • ISBN: 9798216041740
      • File size: 2935 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      September 1, 2020

      Possessing complex and specific research needs, graduate students benefit from customized library programs. Coeditors Forbes (associate dean for students and scholar svcs., Univ. of Denver Libs.) and Keeran (arts and humanities librarian, Univ. of Denver Libs.) follow their previously coedited Successful Campus Outreach for Graduate Programs with another book on services to enhance the academic experience of graduate students. Fifteen case studies are organized into four sections that focus on library resources and services, professional development for students, skills that students will need after graduation, and the reconfiguration of the library space. The book provides details on research skill workshops in various disciplines offered at Eastern Illinois University and one-credit research skills courses offered at Virginia Tech. The chapter "Empowering Graduate Students as Distance Learners" is timely as more campuses embrace distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Forbes and Keeran recommend that libraries collaborate with graduate student organizations, teaching faculty, and student services. VERDICT Librarians looking to develop services targeted to graduate students will find solid ideas and models for consideration.--Judy Solberg, Sacramento, CA

      Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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