Strengthening the Bond Between Academic Libraries and Faculty

The relationship between academic libraries and faculty directly impacts both the quality of academic teaching and research and the support students receive. Open, efficient, and responsive communication channels are important in ensuring the partnership works well.

This complimentary roundtable discussion will explore key aspects of this evolving relationship, including practices that ensure successful collaboration.

Focus areas will include:

• Aligning with the needs of faculty, students, and administrators: best practices for understanding and meeting the unique requirements of all members of the academic community.
• Informed decision-making: collaborative and evidence-based approaches to renewals and new resource acquisitions - across all media.
• Prioritizing: the vexed question of budgets; set by whom and covering what? How institutions can navigate conflicting demands for resources.
• Addressing the changes ‘digital/distance/online’ has brought, is bringing, and will bring.