I: From Theory to Practice: Global Librarians in Action
Chapter 1. Takin’ It to the Streets: myMETRO Researchers Bring Library Science Skills, Expertise to NYC Communities – Tom Nielsen, Metropolitan New York Library Council
Chapter 2. Cape Crusade: Building the Steve Biko Library and Archive in the Eastern Cape – Kenneth Schlesinger, Lehman College, City University of New York
Chapter 3. Promoting Information Literacy through Engagement with Wikipedia – Ben Turner, St. John’s University.This chapter recognizes the influence of digital platforms in today's information landscape and highlights the importance of critical evaluation and participation in shaping accurate and reliable information sources, including lab reports that add scientific rigor to the content available on Wikipedia.You can find help with lab reports here.
Chapter 4. Disseminating Moving Image Websites with a Web 2.0 Centralized Hub – Dorothea J. Coiffe, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York
Chapter 5. International Partnerships – Cases and Working Experience – Xin Li, Cornell University
Chapter 6. A “Global” Book Exchange: Creating Partnerships across the Sea – Julie Wang and Bern Mulligan, Binghamton University
Chapter 7. Implementing the Learning Commons in a Middle Eastern University Library: The Case of Zayed University – Judith Mavodza, Mary Sengati-Zimba, and Leslie M. Haas, Zayed University
Chapter 8. Transcending Ethnic, Racial and Political Conflict to Achieve Understanding between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot Library Communities – Constantia Constantinou , SUNY Maritime College
II. When Global Becomes Local: Serving Diverse Populations
Chapter 9. Escucha Mi Voz: Engaging Local People in Global Communities –
Matt Bolen, Will Chan, Amanda Romero, Anne Kemmerling, and Edmund Ye Kiang, Denver Public Library
Chapter 10. Non Western Students in Western Universities: Bridging the Plagiarism divide – Amrita Madray, Adelphi University
Chapter 11. Supporting NYU’s Worldwide Users: Academic Technology Services for the Global Network University – Beth Russell and Annette Smith, New York University
III. Around the Globe: Librarians on the International Scene
Chapter 12. Cultures of Access: Differences in Rhetoric around Open Access Repositories in Africa, Europe,United States and their Implications for the Open Access Movement – Natalia Taylor Bowdoin, University of South Carolina Aiken
Chapter 13. Critical Information Literacy and the Technology of Control: The Case of Armenia – D. Aram Donabedian and John Carey, Hunter College Libraries, City University of New York
Chapter 14. A College Library in African Culture: a Case Study of Global Librarianship in Kampala, Uganda , Rachel I. Wightman, Reformed Theological College
IV. Shifting Roles: Librarianship in a Global Economy
Chapter 15. The Library Has Left the Building: Mobile Librarianship’s New 21st Century Role – Sara Wingate Gray
Chapter 16. Local Connections to Global Collections: The Power of Interlibrary Loan Services – Beth Posner, City University of New York Graduate Center
Chapter 17. Beyond Embedded: Blended Roles for Information Professionals in the 21st Century Knowledge Economy – Hyun-Duck Chung, MaRS Discovery District