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Below is the information about the above mentioned panel presentation:
The results of a comprehensive survey by the National Endowment for the Arts (2004) of American literary reading indicate that for the first time in this country’s history, less than half of the adult population reads literature. This finding could foretell a bleak future for America’s libraries unless we face this dilemma by seeking opportunities to expand our patron base. In addition, members of the Millennial generation who were born between the years 1980 and 1994, are more likely to google for information than search a library-sanctioned database. Strategic alliances could be one way to increase the library’s base within a community. Several advantages of these alliances, also called partnerships, are access to difficult-to-reach parts of the community, development of a positive community image, and access to specialized knowledge of potential partners.
The questions to be discussed are “Should library schools prepare students to partner? If so, what would this curriculum look like?”
As fewer people read for pleasure and the Millennials turn to Google and bookstores to meet their information needs, how can libraries be strengthened through partnering?
Assistant Professor East Carolina University 1105 Joyner Library Greenville, NC 27858
Presenters: Barry Trott Adult Services Director Williamsburg Regional Library 7770 Croaker Road Williamsburg, VA 23188
Gina Macaluso Coordinator of Youth Services Pima County Public Library 101 N. Stone Avenue Tucson, AZ 85701
Gail Bush, Ph.D. Professor and Director, Center for Teaching through Children’s Books National-Louis University 5202 Old Orchard Road Suite 300 Skokie, IL 600066
James Elmborg, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Library and Information Science University of Iowa 3087 Main Library Iowa City, IA 52242
Participants have given permission for their names to be placed on the ALISE Web site.
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