Central Library Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Cordially invites you to the 24th Library Lecture Series and Outreach Programme Topic :Research Support Services at Academic Libraries in USA… Thinking Out of the Box Speaker Anjana H Bhatt University Librarian (Electronic Resources) Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA Email: abhatt@fgcu.edu Chairperson Dr. Ramesh C Gaur, University Librarian, JNU Date Wednesday, 18th May 2016 at 3.30 pm Venue Committee Room, Central Library, JNU Abstract of talk: Research Support Services have moved away from a traditional model of providing reference service confined to the library building alone. An academic library is heart of any thriving university and in the current scenario of exponential growth of information on Internet, it is absolutely critical to think about library marketing, patron outreach, student oriented library building, and collaborating with other student services departments while designing and developing effective Research Support Services. This presentation includes examples of Research Support Service activities at FGCU library and includes several examples of collaboration between liaison librarians, extended faculty and university administration. And, as a bonus, presenter also discusses successful strategies for conducting successful e-trials for new resources. About of the speaker: Anjana is working in the field of librarianship since 1978. Trained in each and every library department, Anjana holds a unique experience of working in special, research and educational libraries in national and international settings. Currently Anjana works as E-resources Librarian at Florida Gulf Coast University library and her chief responsibility is to manage all aspects of electronic resources through their life cycle of ‘trials-license negotiations-acquisition-maintenance-usage data-renewal-cancellation’, in support of teaching, learning and scholarship activities of the FGCU library Community. She has conducted several workshops and trained over 300 librarians at ALA, ACRL and Charleston conferences. Her research interest includes Electronic Resources Management and Open Access Publishing Sent from iPad ************************************ Dr. Ramesh C Gaur PGDCA, MLISc,Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar (Virginia Tech, USA) University Librarian Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU) New Meharuli Road, New Delhi - 110067 Tele +91-11-26742605, 26704551 Fax : +91-11-26741603 Email: rcgaur@mail.jnu.ac.in ;rcgaur66@gmail.com URL: www.jnu.ac.in Brief Profile: http://www.jnu.ac.in/Library/RameshCGaur.htm -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.