Environments for Student Growth and Development: Libraries and Student Affairs in Collaboration

Librarians and student affairs professionals share a commitment to student success and holistic development, collaborative strategies, and reflective practice. Environments for Student Success and Development explores how librarians and student affairs professionals partner through programming and other activities in order to create stronger campus environments for student learning, growth, and development. Edited by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Melissa Autumn Wong, the book includes an introduction to student affairs and student development, followed by case studies of successful collaborations co-authored by student affairs and library professionals. Also included is a selected bibliography of publications on student affairs, strategies for collaboration, and library and student affairs collaborations.

Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe is the Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction and an associate professor for library administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She has master s degrees in educational psychology and library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign as well as a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota.

Melissa Autumn Wong is an adjunct faculty member in the library and information science schools at San Jose State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Melissa formerly served as Library Director at Marymount College, California, and as a librarian at the University of Southern California. Melissa received her master s degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and her bachelor of arts degree from Augustana College in Illinois.