Sarah Lemire, Kristen J. Mulvihill

Serving Those Who Served (eBook, PDF)

Librarian's Guide to Working with Veteran and Military Communities

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Practical advice on how best to serve veterans, service members, and their families in your community, including effective ways to develop new outreach partnerships and collaborations.

Whether you work in a public library, an academic library, a school library, or any other type of library, you are likely to encounter members of the veteran and military communities. This book is a starting point to help librarians, library administrators, and all library employees understand how veterans, service members, and their families can be different from other patrons, recognize important elements of military and veteran culture, and identify strategies for effectively serving the veteran and military communities.

In this book, you find tips to help you determine the size and the needs of the veteran and military communities in your local area. You'll learn about some common information requests and information-seeking behavior of veterans and service members. You'll discover how to take the needs and also the unique strengths of the veteran and military communities into account when developing library outreach efforts, programs, services, and collections. And you'll gain insights to help you harness the knowledge, strengths, and experiences of the veteran and military communities in order to help them fulfill their potential as an asset to the library and to the community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781440834332
• Artikelnr.: 68184206

Autorenporträt

Sarah LeMire is the first year experience and outreach librarian at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, where she provides outreach and support to student veterans and other military communities on her campus.

Kristen J. Mulvihill, MLIS, is a librarian at the San Diego Public Library.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Who Are Veterans and Military Service
Members? Veterans and Service Members by the Numbers: Methodology Veterans
and Service Members by the Numbers: Current Picture Veterans and Service
Members of Different Eras Special Populations Women Veterans and Service
Members LGBT Veterans and Service Members Veterans with Disabilities
Veterans from Traditionally Underrepresented Groups Other Marginalized
Populations Intersectionality and the Veteran and Military Communities
Understanding Veterans and Service Members Challenges for Transitioning
Service Members and Veterans Veterans' and Service Members' Needs on the
Rise References 2 What All Librarians Should Know about the Veteran and
Military Communities Veteran and Military Culture Frequently Asked
Questions about Working with Veteran and Military Patrons Myths and
Misconceptions about Veterans and Service Members Common Resources for
Referrals Crisis Hotlines Veterans' Organizations Military Organizations
Other Government and Nonprofit Resources Building Relationships with
Veterans' and Military Organizations Common Information Needs of Veterans
and Service Members Collection Essentials References 3 Public Libraries and
the Veteran and Military Communities Building Connections with Outreach
Getting Started: Four Key Resources Tips for Approaching Veteran and
Military Organizations Types of Organizations Serving Veterans and Military
Personnel Library Outreach and Programming for Veteran and Military
Communities Low-Cost Solutions Library Programs and Services for the
Veteran and Military Communities Dos and Don'ts for Working with Veterans
and Military Populations Collection Development and Readers' Advisory
Conclusion References 4 Veteran and Military Communities on College and
University Campuses Who Are Veteran and Military-Affiliated College
Students? The Number of Veterans and Service Members on College Campuses
Scope of the Issue Where to Find Numbers Educational Benefits for Veterans
and Service Members GI Bill Tuition Assistance Reserve Officers' Training
Corps Green to Gold, Seaman to Admiral-21, and Marine Corps Enlisted
Commissioning Educational Program Advanced Civil Schooling,
Performance-Based Graduate School Incentive Program, and CSAF Captains
Prestigious PhD Program State Veterans' Education Benefits Private
Scholarships Characteristics of the Veteran and Military Communities in
Higher Education Veteran and Service Member Students Veteran and Military
Spouse Students Military Dependent Students Cadets and Midshipmen
Information-Seeking Behavior of Veterans and Service Members Dos and Don'ts
of Working with the Veteran and Military Communities College and University
Support for Veterans and Service Members Policies Resources and Programs
Staff Training Library Services for Student Veterans and Service Members
Liaison to Veteran and Military-Affiliated Students Office Hours LibGuides
Spaces Information Literacy Instruction Distance Education Support
Collections Library Outreach to Student Veterans and Service Members
Outreach Events Displays and Exhibits Veteran and Military-Affiliated
Students in the Library Collection Promotional Materials Collaborations and
Partnerships Campus Collaborators Student Organizations Local Partners
Conclusion References 5 School and Special Libraries and the Veteran and
Military Communities School Libraries School Libraries and Military
Children Characteristics of Military Children and the Children of Veterans
Collaborations and Partnerships Programs, Services, and Collections Health
Sciences Libraries Veteran and Service Member Health Disparities
Military-Related Ailments Veterans, Service Members, and Veterinary
Medicine Health Care Resources Military Libraries Access to Military
Libraries Awareness Collaborations and Partnerships Law Libraries Common
Legal Issues Faced by Veterans and Service Members Legal Resources
Available for Veterans and Service Members Online Resources for Veteran and
Military-Affiliated Patrons Prison Libraries Incarcerated Veterans
Information and Resources for Incarcerated Veterans Empowering Incarcerated
Veterans Collaborations and Partnerships References Conclusion Glossary
Index