TY - BOOK AU - Hill,Jacob AU - Swords Steffen,Susan ED - ScienceDirect eBooks. TI - Excellence in the stacks: strategies, practices and reflections of award-winning libraries T2 - Chandos information professional series, SN - 9781780633268 AV - Z731 .E95 2013eb PY - 2013/// KW - Libraries KW - Academic libraries KW - Relations with faculty and curriculum KW - Library outreach programs KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Library & Information Science KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Library Services KW - trends KW - Library Management KW - Library policy and strategy KW - Library leadership and general management KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Measuring the excellence of librarianship at Earlham College / Neal Baker and Nancy Taylor -- Graduate services at the Newman Library / Linda Rath and Christopher Tuthill -- The evolving liaison model at Mount Holyoke College / Alex Wirth-Cauchon -- Fast-forward: the transformation of excellence / Carla B. Tracy -- In unison with our communities and with each other: striving for excellence in college librarianship / Sam Demas -- Looking outward: partnerships and outreach at Hollins University / Luke Vilelle and Maryke Barber -- The A.C. Buehler Library at Elmhurst College: handcrafted academic library services / Peg Cook, Donna Goodwyn, Jacob Hill, Elaine Fetyko Page, Jennifer Paliatka, Susan Swords Steffen -- Success through community: engagement at Grinnell College Libraries / Julia Bauder and Beth Bohstedt -- Excellence at Champlain: spending Groundhog Day in the Kuhlthau model / Janet R. Cottrell -- Afterword: academic library value and the college library / Susan Swords Steffen; Owing to Legal Deposit regulations this resource may only be accessed from within National Library of Scotland. For more information contact enquiries@nls.uk N2 - Excellence in the Stacks details the philosophies, practices and innovations of award-winning libraries over the last ten years. It will inform the profession and highlight the themes and strategies these liberal-arts colleges share, and where they differ. Using the Association of Research and College Libraries Excellence in Academic Libraries Award standards as guidelines for exploring librarianship, this book gathers the perspectives of all types of librarians at all levels of employment. By highlighting winners' holistic approaches it helps define and focus the energies of college libraries in their pursuit of outstanding service and increased valuation by their parent institution UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843346654 UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9781843346654?tocview=true ER -