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Item From Individual to Community: Building a Community of Practice Around Teaching(Routledge, 2023-04-06) Gammons, Rachel W.; Luckert, Yelena; Inge-Carpenter, Lindsay; Armendariz, AnastasiaUniversity of Maryland (UMD) Libraries has a large teaching program that serves between 16,000 and 20,000 students per academic year. This chapter documents the transformation of UMD Libraries’ teaching program from an individualistic approach to a strong community of practice based on the mutual affirmation, support, and respect of library teachers, and includes the following sections: (1) history of the UMD Libraries’ teaching program, with special attention to how the program has been shaped by the Libraries’ partnership with the UMD Academic Writing Program (ENGL101); (2) overview of the theoretical framework of Communities of Practice (COP); (3) exploration of COP at UMD Libraries, including analysis of two teacher training programs, the Research and Teaching Fellowship, and Fearless Teaching Institute; and (4) recommendations for practice.Item Academic Libraries in the Time of Pandemic and Thereafter: What changed and what is here to stay?(2022-05-24) Luckert, YelenaThis presentation discusses the University of Maryland Libraries' response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the immediately following period of resuming operation. Did the pandemic teach us anything? Are there things that have changed us forever? Libraries all over the world have had to deal with these issues. We are one example of many. But coming this far, we are happy to share our experiences and learn from others in hopes that we can help each other cope and serve our users to the best of our abilities.Item Russian War in Ukraine, 2022(2022-03-16) Luckert, YelenaPrepared for the Interdisciplinary Dialogues Presents: War in Ukraine, March 16, 2022. The program featured campus scholars talking about different aspects of the Russian war in Ukraine.Item AJL Presents Member Authors : Yelena Luckert presents "The Globalized Library"(2021-03-14) Luckert, YelenaA conversation about a recent book: Luckert and Carpenter, eds. The globalized library: American academic libraries and international students, collections, and practices. ACRL, 2019Item Creating and Managing a New Liaison Organizational Model: Strategies for Success(Association of College and Research Libraries A division of the American Library Association Chicago, Illinois 2021, 2021-01) Luckert, Yelena; White, Gary WOver the past decade, there has been an increased focus on liaison librarianship in response to changes in the higher education landscape. Within higher education, there have been significant shifts in student learning, assessment methods, technologies, scholarly communications, the management of research data, and the impact of “big data.” In ongoing efforts to broadly support initiatives and changes in higher education, academic libraries began examining the roles of liaison librarians and to develop strategies to support emerging changes. This article discusses the University of Maryland Libraries' experience in developing, assessing, and continuing a successful liaison model.Item Developing a New Model and Organizational Framework for Liaison Librarians(ACRL, 2020) Luckert, Yelena; White, Gary WThis chapter covers the developments arising from two major task forces at the University of Maryland Libraries, a Liaison Librarian task force and the Research Commons task force. Using Kotter’s Eight Stage Process, the authors discuss the planning and initial phases of these ideas, the work of the task forces, and communication to the library organization about the need and urgency for this work, as well as the subsequent steps taken since the final reports were submitted.