Continuing Change, Constant Engagement considers the current environment, impact, and future directions of academic libraries in the Caribbean.
Continuing Change, Constant Engagement considers the current environment, impact, and future directions of academic libraries in the Caribbean. The book explores some of the most pertinent issues affecting academic libraries in the Caribbean, including areas of ensuring impact, governance, innovation, technology and digital transformation, Library futures and the multifaceted, and evolving roles of the academic librarian, and library staff.
Chapters highlight stories on how libraries have responded to changes in culture, purpose, and practice to offer excellence in programs and service to their communities. A key feature of this publication is to provide a fresh approach, with a future mindset to the academic library environment. This collection is useful to practising librarians, library and higher education administrators, LIS faculty, and students. It is particularly valuable as a compilation of timely resources and critical chapters that highlight the diversity of areas to be addressed and practised in the Caribbean region.
Introduction - Continuing Change, Constant Engagement: Caribbean
Academic Libraries at the Forefront of Transformation; Paulette A. Kerr,
Jessica Lewis Marshall, Nicola A. Palmer, and David A. Drysdale
Section
1. Impact and Engagement of Caribbean Academic Libraries
Chapter
1. Kenneth Ingram: A Legacy of Scholarship and Stewardship in
Academic Librarianship; Demar D. Ludford
Chapter
2. Creating Impact in Academic Libraries through Collaboration;
Nicola Prawl, Pauline Nicholas, Kareen Lawrence, Yolanda Tugwell, and Vergie
Lee Reid Lawson
Chapter
3. Documenting Communities through Partnership: Building a More
Comprehensive History of the Panama Canal with the Caribbean Diaspora; Casma
Cockburn-Henlon, Betsy Bemis, and John Nemmers
Chapter
4. Leveraging Shared Resources through Collaboration: A Historical
and Analytical Study of the College Libraries Information Network (COLINET)
in Jamaica; David A. Drysdale
Chapter
5. Assessing Information Skills towards Effective Learning: Libraries
at the Forefront; Ivette Maldonado-Rivera
Chapter
6. K@Fé : A New System in Information Literacy for Undergraduates;
Éliane Falco
Chapter
7. Empowering through Information Literacy: A Case Study of TVET
Librarians in Jamaica; Nicoleen Saunders-Grant, Janice Harrison, Collett
Sanderson-Allen, and Monique Forgie-Scott
Chapter
8. The Role of Academic Libraries in Academic Integrity Development
in Caribbean Higher Education Institutions; Ruth Baker-Gardner
Section
2. Staffing in The Academic Library: Changing Roles and Classic
Practices
Chapter
9. Navigating Caribbean Academic Librarianship: Reflections on a
Storied Career; Paulette A. Kerr
Chapter
10. Empowering Library Employees through a Mentorship Initiative: The
Case of The University of the West Indies Mona Library; Simone J. Harrison,
Barbara D. Waul, and Stacie K. Young
Chapter
11. Transforming Roles of Library Staff through Up-skilling,
Retooling, and Job Restructuring: The Case of the UWI Mona Library; Karen C.
Levy, Elaine A. Saunches, and Calarine A. Smith Rance
Chapter
12. Preparing Caribbean Academic Librarians: Is the DLIS Programme
Ready?; Audrey M. Saddler and Adele Merritt Bernard
Chapter
13. Who the Cap fits: Perceptions of Leadership Capacities among
Jamaican Academic Librarians; Nicola A. Palmer
Section
3. Academic Libraries: Critical Challenges, Global Trends, Futures
Chapter
14. Go Green, Embrace Sustainability: Empowering Caribbean Academic
Libraries to Enhance Climate Literacy; Jessica Lewis Marshall and Bernadette
Worrell-Johnson
Chapter
15. A Post-pandemic Future for Library Planning: Perceptions of
Caribbean Academic Library Leaders; Lorraine M. Nero and Kumaree Ramtahal
Chapter
16. An Academic Medical Library in the Caribbean Providing Services
Using a Business Continuity Model to Respond to the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case
Study; Ayaana Alleyne Cumberbatch and Niala Dwarika-Bhagat
Chapter
17. The Implementation of the Future of Libraries is Open (folio) at
The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) Libraries; Susan Sandiford
Section
4. Communications from the Field
Chapter
18. Connecting Students to Resources: The Role of University of the
Bahamas Libraries in Supporting Student Learning During the COVID-19
Pandemic; Felicia Armbrister, Virginia Ballance, Berthamae Walker, Antoinette
Pinder-Darling, Rosemary Munroe-Whylly, Elsie Bain, and Shananda Hinsey
Chapter
19. Uniquely Common: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Staffing
Roles at the Forde Library, University of the Southern Caribbean (USC);
Stacyann Quintero and Anastasia Mulraine-Campbell
Paulette A. Kerr is a Campus Librarian at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona. Her areas of expertise and research include Special Collections, Information Literacy, Reference Services, Outreach and Library Management.
Nicola A. Palmer is a Public Services librarian at Oakwood University in Huntsville Alabama. She holds a BA (Literatures in English) and a MLIS from The University of the West Indies, Mona. Her interests are in liaison librarianship, the role of media and information literacy in student success and quality standards within academic libraries.
Jessica Lewis Marshall is a Senior Librarian at The UWI Mona Library. Her areas of expertise and research include Special Collections, Information Literacy, Reference Services, Outreach and Library Management.
David A. Drysdale is a University Librarian at the University of Technology, Jamaica. His experience in Library and Information spans over 40 years, having served in the Jamaica Library Service.
