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.
By:
Sarah LeMire,
Kristen J. Mulvihill
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781440834325
ISBN 10: 1440834326
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 06 February 2017
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
,
Undergraduate
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
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.
Reviews for Serving Those Who Served: Librarian's Guide to Working with Veteran and Military Communities
"""Highly recommended for all librarians, especially those serving large populations of service members and veterans."" - Library Journal, Starred Review"
