Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
2013
Subjects
Library orientation, Information services -- User education, Outcome Assessment (Education)
Abstract
Library-related and resource access issues confronting students enrolled in an inter-institutional joint master’s degree program in public health are addressed in this chapter. It details a cross-institutional collaborative effort to identify and provide research resources to inter-institutional joint degree students and faculty and analyzes the program through the lens of literature on collaboration in higher education and in library instruction. Reports on findings from qualitative feedback and quantitative card sort analysis data were gathered to inform development of content for, and organization of, a library research guide. Bureaucratic structures and policies often affect library services to students and faculty in inter-institutional joint degree programs. Therefore, more salient information about library policies, services, and resources was needed in order for the affected libraries to coordinate instruction, collections, and services to best support such programs. One of the limitations of the case study was that limited qualitative and quantitative feedback was received. Also there was no prior formal needs assessment. Nevertheless, the chapter provides insight to challenges facing libraries and librarians supporting inter-institutional joint degree programs. It also points to administrative opportunities to create rich library collaborations. Existing literature does not adequately address obstacles of in-person inter-institutional joint degree programs. The contribution of this chapter is that it identifies the complications of access, library policies, and administrative procedure that will need to be address by two or more libraries that want to support joint degree programs at the college or university level.
Rights
© 2013 Emerald Group Publishing
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DOI
10.1108/S0065-2830(2013)0000037007
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10185
Citation Details
Ford, Emily and Zeigen, Laura, "Interinstitutional Library Collaboration: Support for a Joint Master of Public Health Program" (2013). Library Faculty and Staff Publications and Presentations. 133.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10185
Description
This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Advances in Librarianship. Emerald does not grant permission for this article to be further copied/distributed or hosted elsewhere without the express permission from Emerald Group Publishing Limited. A definitive version was subsequently published in Advances in Librarianship, Vol 37 (2013), pp.59-79.