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Breaking the Bubble: Academic Libraries in Community Engagement

Explore the philosophical theories behind community-based programming in academic libraries and the opportunity for libraries to enhance their value and impact on the surrounding community. Discover ways to share campus resources, benefitting faculty, students, alumni, board of trustees, campus partners, and the wider community.

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Breaking the Bubble: Academic Libraries in Community Engagement

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  1. Breaking the Bubble Academic Libraries and Community-Based Programming

  2. Why • Philosophical theories: Golden Rule, agape (Greek, Judeo-Christian, or contemporary) • Opportunity to libraries to consider their value, their roles in changing environment • Opportunity to share our resources • Opportunity to have a greater impact on the surrounding community

  3. Our story • Good neighbor • Define ways to share campus

  4. How

  5. Who benefits • Faculty • Students • Alumni • Board of Trustees • Campus partners • The community • YOU

  6. Why library? • It’s familiar, people know what it is • We connect people to resources they need • We can be a more neutral party on campuses to facilitate this (no judgment) • We should already be working with variety of campus partners

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