Engines For Change: Libraries as drivers of engagement
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2014-11-11
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This paper explores the concept of social entrepreneurship and applies it to libraries. It includes examples from an academic library related environmental sustainability and undocumented students. A case is made that outreach endeavors are a form of entrepreneurship that enable librarians and staff to contribute to the social, civic, creative, scholarly, and cultural aspirations of the communities they serve.
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This paper was adapted from a keynote at EntreLib: Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians, May 16, 2013 in Greensboro, North Carolina. http://entrelib.org
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libraries, outreach, engagement, social entrepreneurship,