"A Lot of Flexibility within the Structure": Academic Library Collection Development & E-Resources Management from an Athletics Perspective. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lowe, Randall A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of electronic resources librarianship. Volume 31:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 258
• Page End: 267
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: Academic libraries -- electronic resources librarianship -- electronic resources management -- ERM -- collection development -- athletics -- coaching (athletics) -- leadership; Acquisition of electronic information resources -- Periodicals; Electronic information resources -- Management -- Periodicals; Libraries and electronic publishing -- Periodicals; Collection management (Libraries) -- Periodicals; 025.284
• DOI: 10.1080/1941126X.2019.1669971
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1941-126X

Abstract

Abstract: There is an established history of academic libraries collaborating with their institutions' athletics departments to provide learning and research support to student-athletes in order to achieve positive educational outcomes. It is rarer to find documented the effect that athletics has had on the professional life of an academic librarian. The author details how the skills acquired and lessoned learned being an athlete and collegiate coach directly influenced his approach to providing leadership in various collection development and electronic resources management initiatives at a medium-sized academic library.