Mathews, Brian2014-11-112014-11-112014-11-11http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50827This paper was adapted from a keynote at EntreLib: Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians, May 16, 2013 in Greensboro, North Carolina. http://entrelib.orgThis 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.en-USCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United Stateslibrariesoutreachengagementsocial entrepreneurship,Working paper