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From: Diane Goldenberg-Hart <diane@cni.org>
Subject: =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?The_Library=92s_Evolving__Role_in_Graduate_Educ?=
 =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?ation=97ARL_Releases_Article_Preprint?=

For more information, contact:
Crit Stuart
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
crit@arl.org

The Library=92s Evolving Role in Graduate Education=97ARL Releases =
Article =20
Preprint

Washington DC=97Over 100 librarians, administrators, faculty, and others =
=20
concerned about graduate education participated in the October 2007 =20
forum =93Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at Library =20
Engagement.=94  Sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) =
=20
and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the event promoted =20=

engagement in conceptualizing the library=92s evolving role in graduate =20=

education, and it encouraged academic libraries to consider new ways of =20=

partnering with the broader graduate-studies community.  To extend the =20=

reach of this important discussion, ARL has published a report on the =20=

forum by Diane Goldenberg-Hart, CNI Communications Coordinator.

Goldenberg-Hart captures the overall theme of the forum when she notes, =20=

=93The library=92s capacity to meet the challenge of continuously =
changing =20
research priorities and needs will=85support and shape the nature of =20
scholarship through the 21st century.=94  The report goes on to cover =20=

each of the four distinct elements of the forum:

=95	In a joint keynote, Suzanne Ortega, Vice Provost and Dean of the =
=20
Graduate School at University of Washington, and Carol Lynch, Senior =20
Scholar in Residence and Director of the Professional Science Master=92s =
=20
Initiative at the Council of Graduate Schools, provided an overview of =20=

the current state of graduate education and highlighted recommendations =20=

from the Council of Graduate Schools 2007 report, Graduate Education:  =20=

The Backbone of American Competitiveness and Innovation.

=95	Library staff from University of Minnesota, New York University, =
and =20
University of Washington discussed field studies they have conducted to =20=

examine the academic and research behaviors of graduate students.  =20
Goldenberg-Hart notes that the three different studies shared some =20
strikingly similar findings.

=95	Over lunch, three graduate students spoke about their library =
use.  =20
They all expressed heavy reliance on library or archival resources =20
(including those outside of their home institutions), and on the =20
expertise provided by librarians or archivists.  Their experiences of =20=

the library as place, and the role that place played in their work, =20
varied widely.

=95	The afternoon consisted of three concurrent breakout sessions on =
=20
Spaces & Communities of Scholars, Discovery & Access, and =20
Interdisciplinarity. These sessions allowed participants to more deeply =20=

explore the findings of the field studies and to imagine implications =20=

for enhancing library space, services, and resources for graduate =20
students.

The report concludes by summarizing the forum wrap-up provided by CNI =20=

Associate Executive Director Joan Lippincott, who emphasized that the =20=

library=92s role is more than =93discovery and access; we need to add =20=

production to the suite of services, and to our conceptual model of =20
what the library is about,=94 to help support the new, iterative process =
=20
in which users work.  Students need the tools, software, equipment, and =20=

space to create new scholarship, and they need expert staff to help =20
them use information resources and services effectively.

See the ARL Web site for a preprint version of the report, Diane =20
Goldenberg-Hart, =93Enhancing Graduate Education: A Fresh Look at =
Library =20
Engagement,=94 ARL: A Bimonthly Report, no. 256 (February 2008): 1=968, =20=

http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-br-256-grad.pdf.  The final version will =20=

be in print and on the Web in late January.

The forum proceedings are also available on the ARL Web site at =20
http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/fallforumproceedings/=20
forum07proceedings.shtml.

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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization =20=

of 123 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence =20=

the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public =20
policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities =20
they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its =20
member research libraries, providing leadership in public and =20
information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, =20=

fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, and shaping a future =20
environment that leverages its interests with those of allied =20
organizations. ARL is located on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.

The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization to =20
promote the transformative promise of networked information technology =20=

for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of =20
intellectual productivity. Some 200 institutions representing higher =20
education, publishing, network and telecommunications, information =20
technology, government agencies, foundations, and libraries and library =20=

organizations make up CNI=92s members. The Coalition is sponsored by ARL =
=20
and EDUCAUSE. CNI is located on the Web at http://www.cni.org/.


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Diane Goldenberg-Hart
Communications Coordinator
Coalition for Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
202-296-5098
202-872-0884 (Fax)
diane@cni.org