Discussion of how library advocacy works on the HCC-Utica Campus

1. ADVOCACY:
BUILDING
CAMPUS/ COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS
Jean Greene
Director of Library Services & Archives
Hinds Community College – Utica Campus

2. Learning Outcomes
• Define partnership
• Recognize a ‘collaborative relationship’
• Understand how to make the relationship work
• Understand why building rapport matters
• Understand common vision or common purpose
• Understand the critical components of partnership development
• Realize what all of this has to do with advocacy

3. What is a partnership?
• A “collaborative relationship between
entities to work toward shared objectives
through a mutually agreed division of labor.”*
• Let’s change the conversation from ‘what can
I get from you’ to ‘what can we accomplish
together.’
*Partnership for Development: Proposed Action for The World Bank May 20, 1998

4. ‘Collaborative Relationship’
Puzzle Pieces
• Trust
• Honesty
• Common goal/common mission
• Respect
• Modeling healthy collaborative
partnership

5. Making the relationship work
• Honest, open dialog about expectations
• Commitment to supporting the partnership
• Shared Responsibility
• Putting words into actions

6. HOLTZCLAW LIBRARY
PARTNERSHIPS
(a partial list)

7. Utica Campus/Academics
• Dr. Marquise Loving, Academic Dean
• Daniel Fuller, Chair English Department
• Dr. Gloria Daniels, Chair Social Sciences Division
Dr. Loving
Dr. Daniels
Mr. Fuller

8. Utica Campus/ Natural Sciences & STEM
• Dr. Noel Gardner, Chair Natural Science
Division
• Jonathan Townes, Director STEM-UP SSAIL
program
Dr. Gardner Mr. Townes

9. Utica Campus/Student Services
• Dr. Tim Rush, Dean of Students
• Josh Knox, Director of Student
Center & Events Planner
Mr. KnoxDr. Rush

10. The Holtzclaw Library/Elected Officials
• Mayor Kenneth Broome, Town of Utica
• Town of Utica Board of Aldermen
• Calvin B. Williams, Alderman Ward 4
• Copiah County Board of Supervisors
Mayor Broome
Alderman Williams

11. The Holtzclaw Library/Community
• Friends of Utica
• Friends of the Utica Institute Museum
• ‘Sipp Culture (The Mississippi Center for Cultural Production)

12. Questions

13. Thank you
for your attention & comments.
Contact Information:
Jean Greene
Director of Library Services & Archives
William H. Holtzclaw Library
Hinds Community College – Utica
Email: jbgreene@hindscc.edu
Phone: 601-885-7034
Holtzclaw Institute https://holtzclawinstitute.org/
Holtzclaw Traveling Exhibit
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