“Librarians and Teaching Faculty in Collaboration: New Incentives, New Opportunities”

New campus-wide initiatives and developing a technology now provide librarians with fresh tools for supporting and assisting faculty as fellow educators. Librarians can participate in instruction activities as collaborators and by acting as teachers to the teaching faculty Librarians can foster this interaction by cooperating in assessment and accreditation processes, and by joining in learning communities and writing programs. This article will explore ways that the librarian can partner in professional development with faculty by participating in curriculum planning and educational assessment.