Transcending Boundaries: Reflections on transdisciplinary librarianship

Abstract

This presentation, delivered on February 10, 2018, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting (Denver, CO), provides a synoptic overview of the emerging field of transdisciplinarity, explains the difference between transdisciplinarity and other types of cross-disciplinary research, describes the key library functions that are likely to be impacted by transdisciplinarity, and reflects on the ways librarians’ expertise can contribute to transdisciplinary scholarship.