Drawing on Walls and other Alliances

Authors

Barbara Merolli, College of the Holy CrossFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2016

Keywords

College of the Holy Cross, O'Callahan Science Library, art, interdisciplinary studies, engagement, embedded librarian

Abstract

How can the divide between science and the humanities be bridged? This article describes a series of collaborative art projects initiated by the science librarian at the College of the Holy Cross, who worked with faculty from Visual Arts and Creative Writing. Participating faculty were eager to help design opportunities that would highlight student work as well as form alliances with the libraries. These collaborations were innovative in that they brought together two academic worlds which don’t always have opportunities to mix with each other, generated other projects that drew non-traditional users into the science library, and, most significantly, enabled the librarian to be embedded in academic courses.

Comments

This is the publisher‘s version of the work. This publication appears in The College of the Holy Cross’ institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.

Originally published in Catholic Library World, v. 87, no. 1 (September 2016), pp.14-21.

Repository Citation

Merolli, Barbara. "Drawing on Walls and other Alliances." Catholic Library World. 87.1 (2016) : 14-21.