Charleston-Hub

“You need to always be mindful of what you bring to the table — because it is vast, and it is powerful.”

Academic librarians play a critical role in scholarly communication—and the ability to clearly articulate and defend this role is crucial. In Day 1's morning preconference, Lucy Santos Green led a workshop on how to strategically articulating the value of scholarly communication, academic libraries, and the library profession.

A few takeaways:

👉 Lack of visibility = lack of existence. If people don't know where something is, the assumption isn't that it is lost... it's that it *isn't there
👉 Awareness is about developing a meaningful, detailed and thorough understanding of the library's role in student, faculty and staff growth and development; the achievement of an institution's priorities; and the achievement of a state's priorities
👉 To develop that visibility, really think about who you are, what you are, and where you are... and have visible celebrations on a consistent basis

Great food for thought to kick off the conference.