Academic Libraries and Collaborative Research Services. Carrie Forbes, ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022. 312 pp. Hardcover, $150 (978-1-5381-5368-0).

Abstract

Collaboration has increased in importance in academic libraries over the past several years, both as a value and a model of work. While certainly not a new concept, cooperative work with campus partners, external partners, and within the library itself has become increasingly common. In Academic Libraries and Collaborative Research Services, editor Carrie Forbes (University of Denver) brings together a wide variety of perspectives on internal and external library collaborations. Fourteen chapters are divided into four sections, with topics including liaison work, cross-institutional and cross-continental partnerships, evidence synthesis, data literacy, and open scholarship. Academic librarians of all experience levels and in a wide variety of roles will be able to find something relevant to their work.