Liaison Roles and Responsibilities
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- Teaching and Learning
- Provide information literacy and research instruction to distance
and residential classes via guest instruction, teaching or
co-teaching credit-classes, creating online learning objects, etc.
- Work with instructors to integrate information literacy and
research skills into the curriculum
- Create and maintain effective library guides, subject portals,
tutorials, videos, and other learning objects
- Design graded and ungraded research assignments that incorporate
information
literacy goals in collaboration with instructors
- Assess student learning of information literacy concepts using the
University Libraries’ “Student
Learning Outcomes” and via multiple assessment methods in GE
courses as assigned
- Identify core classes and curricula that would benefit from
research instruction and/or learning objects, and contact the
teachers involved
- Research Services
- Provide customized reference and research services through email,
phone, chat, and individual and group consultations
- Help staff the Information Desk and Mosio online service
- Make referrals to other librarians, campus units, etc. as
appropriate
- Seek opportunities to extend services through embedded work
- Understand database interfaces, citation management tools, and
other research tools used on campus
- Understand the research process of students and faculty
- Collections and Resources
- Communicate with users regarding collection and research needs
- Develop and maintain print and electronic collections for assigned
subject areas
- Manage collection funds effectively and efficiently
- Monitor research and publishing trends in assigned subject areas
- Contribute to accreditation reports and “new program” applications
- Remain knowledgeable about Special collections and collaborate with
Special Collections/Archives as needed
- Support donor connections as relevant to liaison subject areas
- Scholarly Communications
- Keep current with general trends in scholarly communications, and
monitor subject-specific trends
- Educate and inform faculty, graduate students, and campus
administrators about scholarly communication issues, copyright,
author rights, etc.
- Investigate and promote new avenues of scholarly communication such
as open access publishing, institutional repositories, journal
hosting, etc.
- Attending workshops, webinars and forums sponsored by UALC, ACRL,
etc.
- Encouraging faculty to attend such workshops, webinars, and forums
