加拿大萨省各类图书馆之间的合作-英文版.doc

Intersectorial Collaboration among Libraries: Expanding the Lifespace of All Citizens Abstract In this dynamic presentation, Dr. Barbara McNeil will present a model of successful and sustainable collaborative partnerships between four autonomous library sectors: post-secondary, public, school and special libraries in Saskatchewan, a Canadian province. This is a model of a cooperative multitype library system in which different types of libraries collaborate to deliver services and in which the provincial library is a key, and significant partner. Based on her experience as an educator, librarian, library consultant, a former member of the Multitype Library Board, and university instructor, Dr. McNeil will explore the importance of a common vision among partners in a multitype system. Also, she will explain how Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) facilitated collaboration between library sectors that shared a fundamental commitment to the provision of consistent and high quality of information service for all citizens of the province. Occupying a large, sparsely populated space where winters are bitterly cold, Saskatchewan is a province that has a long history of collaboration through relationships that are respectful, mutually beneficial, and supportive of the common good. Grounded in such ethical and socially conscious traditions, the library communities of Saskatchewan are in the process of actualizing the long held belief that they can accomplish more together than on their own. As a result, Saskatchewan’s libraries have made tremendous gains in expanding the lifespace of all citizens. Lifespace expansion refers to all aspects of a citizen’s social, cultural, economic, political, and spiritual life that can be expanded, broadened, deepened, influenced, and ameliorated by the products and services made accessible through collaboration via a multitype approach to library services. No matter where they live, citizens have needs and desires that can be me