Atonische Nachblutung

Reaching Out to the Underserved: More Than Thirty Years of Outreach Job Ads

“…The articles published in a special issue of Reference Librarian, "Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries," are mostly case studies at particular institutions with the exception of Tina Schneider's article. (6) Schneider provides a variety of institution specific examples of how academic libraries respond to the need for outreach in the context of "whether a need is expressed from outside the academy, whether they see their mission as an invitation to pursue an action on their own accord, or whether they construct a form of outreach in response to a specific problem or crisis." 7A special issue of Reference Librarian, "Library Outreach, Partnerships, and Distance Education: Reference Librarian at the Gateway," contained articles related to specific aspects of outreach services such as providing access to persons with disabilities or reference services to remote users.…”