Through its activities, the Collection Development Working Group will establish a framework for developing strategies and initiate projects to foster the growth of and increase access to German language print and electronic collections and lead to more effective collaboration among libraries. As part of these efforts, the Working Group can create virtual or in-person programmatic events.
The Engagement and Outreach Working Group was initiated in 2020. It promotes the involvement of existing members and builds partnerships with librarians in German-speaking countries through professional development virtual or in-person information exchanges. It administers awarding of professional development stipends to librarians or library staff from member institutions or personal GNARP members for conference travel, research projects, virtual conference attendance, or other professional development training.
Librarian Exchanges [3] (no longer active)
The Librarian Exchanges Working Group was active from 2007 to 2020 and aimed to promote and intensify the professional exchange between librarians from Germany and North America. The Librarian Exchanges Working Group encouraged GNARP members to present at conferences and take part in professional visits and exchange programs. All members of the professional community: professionals, faculty staff, and students were encouraged to participate in these exchanges.
The GNARP Workspace [4] is a wiki tool that members can access to review and edit or add content. It is open to GNARP members only. Contact [5] the CRL representative for information on access to the Workspace.
Through its activities, the Collection Development Working Group will establish a framework for developing strategies and initiate projects to foster the growth of and increase access to German language print and electronic collections and lead to more effective collaboration among libraries. As part of these efforts, the Working Group can create virtual or in-person programmatic events.
The Working Group’s charge includes but is not limited to the following:
GNARP’s Collection Development Working Group encourages its members to add their German language newspaper holdings to the ESS Libguide German-Language Newspaper Access in North America [7].
This Working Group also facilitates consortial licenses to many of the products listed on the Electronic Resources page [8].
Collecting German-language materials poses unique challenges for North American research libraries. Since not even the largest institutions have ever been able to approach a comprehensive acquisitions program for German-language resources, libraries have been unable to satisfy the working needs of scholars with their own collections.
Even those libraries traditionally relying on cooperative collection development programs and interlibrary loan have fallen short of their own goals. For these reasons the Collection Development Working Group, in meeting the challenges of German-language bibliography, will focus its efforts on promoting a higher level of interinstitutional and transatlantic cooperation, supported by new and emerging technologies.
The Collection Development Working Group’s Meeting Minutes and other information related to the ongoing work of the Working Group may be found in the Collection Development Working Group Workspace [9].
The Collection Development Working Group Workspace is a wiki tool that members can access to review and edit or add content. It is open only to GNARP Members. Contact [5] the CRL representative for information on access to the Workspace.
To join the Collection Development Working Group, contact [5] the CRL representative and provide your full name, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation.
The Engagement and Outreach Working Group promotes the involvement of existing members and builds partnerships with librarians in German-speaking countries through professional development information exchanges either virtually or in-person. This working group administers the awarding of professional development stipends to librarians or library staff from member institutions or personal GNARP members for conference travel, research projects, virtual conference attendance, or other professional development training.
The Working Group’s charge includes but is not limited to the following:
The Engagement and Outreach Working Group’s documentation related to the ongoing work of the Working Group may be found in the Engagement and Outreach Working Group Workspace [11].
The Engagement and Outreach Working Group Workspace is a wiki tool that members can access to review and edit or add content. It is open only to GNARP Members. Contact [5] the CRL representative for information on access to the Workspace.
To join the Engagement and Outreach Working Group, contact [5] the CRL representative and provide your full name, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation.
The Librarian Exchanges Working Group was active from 2007 to 2020 and aimed to promote and intensify the professional exchange between librarians from Germany and North America. The Librarian Exchanges Working Group encouraged GNARP members to present at conferences and take part in professional visits and exchange programs. All members of the professional community: professionals, faculty staff, and students were encouraged to participate in these exchanges. The Working Group sought collaboration with other committees in Germany and North America that are pursuing similar goals.
The Librarian Exchanges Working Group sponsored a survey in 2009 to collect information from North American institutions willing to host library school student interns from German-speaking countries.
The Librarian Exchanges Working Group solicited reports in 2011 from North American librarians who have done library-related travel in German-speaking countries and librarians from German-speaking countries who have done a library exchange in North America. The reports can be viewed by GNARP members on the Library Exchanges Working Group Workspace.
The Librarian Exchanges Working Group was formed in 2007 because the German Members of GNARP stressed an interest in having more exchange possibilities with libraries in North America. Furthermore, the Librarian Exchanges Working Group sought to promote professional exchange for American colleagues travelling to Germany. The Librarian Exchanges Working Group was dissolved in 2020 due to the lack of recent exchange activity.
The Working Group aimed to:
Librarians working in areas where they can foster strong ties between Germany and North America are a crucial resource for GNARP.
Meeting Minutes and other information related to the work of the Librarian Exchanges Working Group can be found in the Librarian Exchanges Working Group Workspace [12].
The Librarian Exchanges Working Group Workspace is a wiki tool that members can access to review and edit or add content. It is open only to GNARP Members. Contact [5] the CRL representative for information on access to the Workspace.
Links
[1] https://www.crl.edu/grn/gnarp/working-groups/collection-development
[2] https://www.crl.edu/grn/gnarp/working-groups/engagement-and-outreach
[3] https://www.crl.edu/grn/gnarp/working-groups/librarian-exchanges
[4] http://workspace.crl.edu/display/GNARP/Home
[5] https://www.crl.edu/grn/gnarp/contact-gnarp
[6] https://www.crl.edu/de/grn/gnarp/gnarp-arbeitsgruppen
[7] https://acrl.libguides.com/germannewspapers
[8] https://www.crl.edu/grn/gnarp/current-projects/electronic-resources
[9] http://workspace.crl.edu/display/gnarpcd/Home
[10] https://www.crl.edu/de/grn/gnarp/gnarp-arbeitsgruppen/gnarp-arbeitsgruppe-bestandsaufbau
[11] https://workspace.crl.edu/display/GEOWG
[12] http://workspace.crl.edu/display/gnarple/Home
[13] https://www.crl.edu/de/grn/gnarp/austauschprogramme-f%C3%BCr-bibliothekare