Approaches to Liaison Librarianship

Approaches to Liaison Librarianship

Author: Robin Canuel

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780838948514

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"Liaison librarianship is a well-established system for framing the work and organizational structures of an academic library to effectively meet the needs of faculty and students. But despite its rich history, the precise meaning of liaison librarianship remains somewhat fluid--the size and nature of an academic institution, the library's financial and human resources, and the diversity and size of local programs are only some of the variables that librarians must take into consideration when evaluating a specific liaison model for their library, how to implement it, and how its success will be assessed. Approaches to Liaison Librarianship showcases a number of different implementations of the liaison model, across a range of institutions, and describes in detail many of the tailored programs and services that liaison librarians are so well-positioned to provide" -- Publisher's description.


Liaison Engagement Success

Liaison Engagement Success

Author: Ellen Hampton Filgo

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-06-15

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1538144646

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As liaison librarianship has evolved from a collections-centric to an engagement-centric model, liaisons have had to grapple with new and evolving competencies and skills that are focused on how to engage with diverse constituencies and stakeholders. But what does that mean practically? Liaison Engagement Success: A Practical Guide for Librarians will answer that question for academic liaison librarians, whether they are new to the profession or new to the liaison role. It offer specific proven strategies for engaging with user communities. Every community is different, and a liaison who takes up the tasks of engagement will need to be committed to building relationships, being flexible, and listening well, in order to understand the community’s needs and meet them. This book offers specific strategies for : Getting to know a user community Finding effective strategies for proactive outreach Collaborating with others for effective engagement Evaluating and assessing the engagement that is happening The book features practical tips and case studies for engagement with different disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, STEM, arts, professional disciplines, and with non-academic units.


Fundamental for the Academic Liaison

Fundamental for the Academic Liaison

Author: Richard Moniz

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2014-03-21

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1555709672

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The changing higher education environment requires a new kind of relationship among faculty, academic liaisons, and students. A core resource for any LIS student or academic librarian serving as a liaison, this handbook lays out the comprehensive fundamentals of the discipline, helping librarians build the confidence and cooperation of the university faculty in relation to the library. Readers will learn about connecting and assisting faculty and students through skillful communication and resource utilization with coverage of key topics such as Orientation meetings Acquiring Subject specialization Advice on faculty communication and assistance Online tutorial creation Collection development Information literacy instruction Embedded librarianship Library guides New courses and accreditation Evaluation methods Written in a straightforward way that lends itself to easy application, Fundamentals for the Academic Liaisonprovides ready guidance for current and future academic library liaisons.


Assessing Liaison Librarians

Assessing Liaison Librarians

Author: Daniel C. Mack

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780838987087

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Assessment is increasingly important to higher education. Tight budgets and scarce resources demand accountability from the entire academy, including the library. Librarians must be prepared to document the impact of the programs they create, the collections they develop, and the services they offer. Liaison librarians in academic libraries focus on engagement with academic units and outreach to students, faculty, and the community of scholars. In a series of scholarly essays, Assessing Liaison Librarians: Documenting Impact for Positive Change examines how academic libraries assess liaison activities and offers recommendations for documenting the impact of programs and services. Individual chapters address liaison activities relating to collection development; library instruction; research services; engagement and outreach; online, blended and other learning environments, including MOOCs; scholarly communications and information technology; the importance of assessment in the 21st century research library; and professional development of liaisons librarians.


Liaisons of Life

Liaisons of Life

Author: Tom Wakeford

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-02-28

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0471151017

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A fascinating exploration of symbiosis at the microscopic level and its radical extension of Darwinism Microbes have long been considered dangerous and disgusting-in short, "scum." But by forming mutually beneficial relationships with nearly every creature, be it alga with animals or zooplankton with zebrafish, microbes have in fact been innovative players in the evolutionary process. Now biologist and award-winning science writer Tom Wakeford shows us this extraordinary process at work. He takes us to such far-flung locales as underwater volcanoes, African termite mounds, the belly of a cow and even the gaps between our teeth, and there introduces us to a microscopic world at turns bizarre, seductive, and frightening, but ever responsible for advancing life in our macroscopic world. In doing so he also justifies the courage and vision of a series of scientists-from a young Beatrix Potter to Lynn Margulis-who were persecuted for believing evolution is as much a matter of interdependence and cooperation as it is great too-little-told tales of evolutionary science.


The Engaged Health Sciences Library Liaison

The Engaged Health Sciences Library Liaison

Author: Lindsay Alcock

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1538126761

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Liaison roles are generally commonplace in medical and health sciences libraries as librarians strive to develop and enhance relationships and collaborations with clinicians and faculty. While the liaison of the past acted primarily as the main contact between respective departments and the library providing a facilitative function (e.g. arranging for instruction sessions, inviting feedback on the collection, providing updates on new programs and services, etc.), today’s liaison activities are more proactive and robust. The Engaged Health Sciences Library Liaison features ten program descriptions that illustrate how the reach and scope of librarians in the medical/healthcare arena has changed dramatically since the inception of liaison services. The program outcomes described: illustrate a direct impact on curriculum development, address new information types with new access and preservation technologies, expand stakeholder groups, create research and teaching collaborations, and enhance functional roles. This authoritative book copublished by the Medical Library Association demonstrates thatcollaboration and communication, the basic tenets of a liaison program, breed innovative programs and services that are relevant, current, and valuable.


The Library Liaison's Training Guide to Collection Management

The Library Liaison's Training Guide to Collection Management

Author: Alison M. Armstrong

Publisher: ALA Editions

Published: 2020-09-02

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780838948026

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Utilizing several dozen real-world examples which show liaison decisions and actions in practice, this guide will be a useful tool for collection development librarians to streamline training processes for library liaisons.


The New Instruction Librarian

The New Instruction Librarian

Author: Candice Benjes-Small

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2016-11-16

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0838915124

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A starter kit for librarians new to instruction, this resource will be useful for training coordinators as well as for self-training.