CONFERENCIA Advocacy for libraries Auditorio da Biblioteca Nacional 16 e 17 de setembro de 2014 Universidade do Minho Servicos de documentacao Looking forward and outside: the value of academic libraries Eloy rodrigues -eloy@sdum minho pt Universidade do Minho Servicos de documentacao
Looking forward and outside: the value of Academic Libraries Eloy Rodrigues – eloy@sdum.uminho.pt
Agenda Universidade do Minho Servicos de Documentacao Introduction Defining advocacy Problems, challenges and opportunities for Portuguese academic libraries Advocacy in practice What can/should we do? a What are we doing in portugal? a Concluding remarks Universidade do Minho Servicos de Documentacao
Agenda ▪ Introduction ▪ Defining advocacy ▪ Problems, challenges and opportunities for Portuguese academic libraries ▪ Advocacy in practice ▪ What can/should we do? ▪ What are we doing in Portugal? ▪ Concluding Remarks
Acknowledgments/Thank you Universidade do Minho Servicos de Documentacao Ana Bela Martins(UA) Antonia Correia(UNL holanda Silva( UMa) Maria Eduarda rodrigues(IPCB Maria Joao Mocho (UAc) Universidade do Minho Servicos de Documentacao
Acknowledgments/Thank you ▪ Ana Bela Martins (UA) ▪ Antónia Correia (UNL) ▪ Iolanda Silva (UMa) ▪ Maria Eduarda Rodrigues (IPCB) ▪ Maria João Mocho (UAc)
Introduction Universidade do Minho Servicos de Documentacao Defining advocacy… not a simple task There is no similar/equivalent word in Portuguese Universidade do Minho Servicos de Documentacao
Introduction ▪ Defining advocacy… ▪ … not a simple task ▪ There is no similar/equivalent word in Portuguese
Introduction Universidade do Minho Servicos de Documentacao Defining advocacy… provide value to your users Find evidence of that value Communicate! Universidade do Minho Servicos de Documentacao
Introduction ▪ Defining advocacy… ▪ … provide value to your users ▪ … Find evidence of that value ▪ ... Communicate!