Forging innovative partnerships with communities
http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/december2009/partner_pub.cfm
ALA Editions, the publishing imprint of the American Library Association, announces the release of “Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook.” http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2774 As editor Carol Smallwood states in the Preface, this volume is “a mosaic of 66 articles by 34 innovative librarians from across the United States who share their successful outreach activities with the reader. These unpublished articles (1,900–2,100 words each) by school, public, academic and special librarians and LIS faculty convey the effectiveness of outreach and the dedication, inventiveness and enthusiasm of librarians. This book was compiled for library and information studies students as well as professionals already in the field.” [ALA News for December 1, 2009]

Collaborative Librarianship
The Collaborative Librarianship Journal http://collaborativelibrarianship.org/index.html is sponsored by Colorado Academic Library Consortium, Colorado Library Consortium, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, Regis University, University of Denver. it is an open access digital-only journal.  “Collaborative Librarianship publishes scholarly and professional writing on the nature, methodology, promotion, practice and concerns of why and how libraries, librarians and library consortia work together and work with partners beyond the library community to advance the creation, collection and dissemination of information.”

See the Collaborative Librarianship News Blog as well
http://collaborativelibrarianship.wordpress.com/

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