Campus Talks by Times Higher Education Campus: How the university library is an agent of change
On this episode we’re talking about every campus' connector, collector and collaborator – the university library. Often overlooked, university libraries are critical to the teaching and research missions of institutions. They also play a key role in digital innovation and community outreach. Two librarians tell us more about how they see their work as agents of change.
Masud Khokhar is a third-generation librarian and computer scientist and is currently the Librarian & Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds where he is also the director of learning spaces. Masud is also the current chair of Research Libraries UK. In this episode he does some myth busting around academic libraries, explains how they can be agents of change and tells us what he sees are the steps to shaping a more diverse generation of upcoming librarians.
Toni Carter is the director of the Kares Library at Athens State University and an advocate for improving students' information literacy. She gives advice on how faculty can collaborate with librarians to help students think critically about which sources of information they trust.