ABSTRACT
As the Outreach & Engagement Librarian for a small, liberal arts college, one of the author's primary tasks is to build partnerships with campus departments and organizations in order to promote library resources and services. The author is a member of the campus-wide student success team, mentoring several students formally and informally, and partnering with the Office of Student Affairs and multiple student organizations. Through this role, they realized the importance of not only sharing library resources and services, but listening to faculty, staff, and students in order to better align the library with the needs of the community.
This chapter explains how the author sought to improve social justice through outreach and programming on campus. It primarily focuses on the relationship with a student organization under the Office of Diversity & Inclusion. This organization is dedicated to bringing together women on campus, particularly women of color, to support each other in their academic, professional, and personal endeavors. As a woman of color, the author sought out this collaboration and the relationship has been transformative for the library.
