Becoming Hogwarts: Collaborating with external partners for a large-scale event series. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sclippa, Eva
• Is Part Of: College & undergraduate libraries. Volume 24:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 127
• Page End: 133
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Collaboration -- events -- exhibit -- outreach -- programming -- publicity; Academic libraries -- United States -- Periodicals; Undergraduate libraries -- United States -- Periodicals; 027.7097305
• DOI: 10.1080/10691316.2017.1289809
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1069-1316

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Academic libraries regularly collaborate with faculty at their institutions for information literacy and reference support, but large-scale event series often require different kinds of partnerships. At the Scholes and Herrick Libraries of Alfred University in the fall of 2015, we hosted a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine called "Harry Potter's World" and built an extensive outreach program around it. By collaborating more widely—with student groups, other campus departments, and institutions within the surrounding community—we were able to dramatically increase the reach of our program. This article explores lessons learned in that process and some best practices for external collaboration.