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Lecturer/librarian partnerships for effective learning in art and design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Julia Gaimster  and
Richard Downing
Julia Gaimster*
Affiliation:
HND Fashion Design and Technology, London College of Fashion, 20 John Prince Street, Lyndon W1G 0BJ, UK
Richard Downing*
Affiliation:
5, Pleasant Place, Old Uxbridge Road, West Hyde, Rickmansworth WD3 9XZ, UK
*
Email: j.gaimster@lcf.linst.ac.uk
Email: richard.downing@lineone.net
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Abstract

Lecturers and librarians are often working separately to achieve the same goal: facilitating student learning. This paper describes a workshop that addresses these issues, examines tradition and practice that reinforce the separation and identifies strategies for closer collaboration.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , 2002 , pp. 10 - 12
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2002

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1. Higher education in the learning society. National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education. (Chair: Sir Ron Rearing) [London]: [HMSO], 1997.Google Scholar
2. Downing, Richard. ‘Mind the gap: developing teacher/librarian partnerships for learning’. Relay (journal of the University, College and Research Group of the Library Association) no. 48 October 1999, p.9–10.Google Scholar
3. Downing, Richard. ‘The next convergence: librarians and lecturers’. Natfhe Library Section newsletter Spring 1997, p.8–10.Google Scholar
4. The Institute for Learning and Teaching (ILI) was established in 1999 as the professional body for higher education staff involved in teaching and the support of learning. The ILT recognises the role of librarians in higher education and is keen to have them as members, together with the majority group of members: the lecturers.Google Scholar

Other relevant references include

Court, Stephen. ‘When is a librarian a teacher?’ Library Association record April 2001, p.234–235.Google Scholar
Downey, Bill, Race, Phil and Brown, Sally. 500 tips for academic librarians. London: Library Association, 1997. ISBN 1856042286Google Scholar
Downing, Richard. ‘Capturing the curriculum’. Library Association record June 1998, p. 310–311.Google Scholar
Streatfield, David and Markless, Sharon. The effective college library. Bristol: Further Education Development Agency, 1997. (British Library Research and Innovation Report no. 21)Google Scholar