Abstract
As health sciences librarians embrace and invent new roles, library buildings can also adapt to support new services and programs, frequently serving as a campus cultural space. On a health professions campus, faculty, staff, and students are frequently focused on their schools or programs rather than on the greater campus community. It is not always clear who is ultimately responsible for introducing and championing new technologies, supporting relevant or topical campus or community cultural activities, or even providing education in, and support for, scholarly communication activities that appeal to the entire community. This kind of outreach can fall within the philosophical, educational, and leadership mission of librarians.
Highlights
Librarians have long been pioneers in innovation related to the organization and dissemination of knowledge
Librarians are important partners in the world of scholarly communication and research: research begins at the library, and the product of research often ends up there
Melissa Goldsmith and Anthony Fonseca speak movingly of the participation of libraries in campus culture: The library has a history of offering space for artistic expression and for protecting intellectual freedom
Summary
As health sciences librarians embrace and invent new roles, library buildings can adapt to support new services and programs, frequently serving as a campus cultural space. On a health professions campus, faculty, staff, and students are frequently focused on their schools or programs rather than on the greater campus community It is not always clear who is responsible for introducing and championing new technologies, supporting relevant or topical campus or community cultural activities, or even providing education in, and support for, scholarly communication activities that appeal to the entire community. Melissa Goldsmith and Anthony Fonseca speak movingly of the participation of libraries in campus culture: The library has a history of offering space for artistic expression and for protecting intellectual freedom It goes far beyond cafes, museums, freespeech alleys, student unions, and other public places, since it simultaneously offers opportunities for further reading (additional information) and new avenues for creativity, research, and other applications.
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