TY - BOOK AU - Reale,Michelle TI - The indispensable academic librarian: teaching and collaborating for change SN - 9780838916384 AV - Z682.4.C63 R4275 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Chicago PB - ALA Editions KW - Academic librarians KW - Academic libraries KW - Relations with faculty and curriculum N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Librarians in academia : a place at the table -- Teaching at the reference desk -- Teaching and learning as conversation -- Promoting the spirit of inquiry in the classroom -- Collaboration with faculty -- Critical librarians and critical pedagogy in the classroom -- Creating a welcoming sense of place in the academic library -- The librarian and reflection -- Librarians as leaders -- On being indispensable N2 - "Academic librarians must be educators in their own right, and the key lies in becoming a proactive teacher and collaborator. Reale discusses the changing perception of academic librarians; shows how they can and should assert their rightful place in the learning cycle; looks at how to match teaching goals with academic librarians' missions; advocates for the indispensable roles they should play, including co-collaborator, one-on-one research consultant, and expert-at-large in non-structured spaces; and offers talking points for self-advocacy"-- ER -