About the Library

Librarian Liaisons
Roles and Responsibilities

 To Support Curricula & Faculty Research, Librarian Liaisons …

•       Coordinate & communicate library services with their division;
•       Develop collections that support curricular needs;
•       Provide instructional services that support division courses;
•       Consult with faculty to meet their curricular development and research
          needs.

 
In addition, each liaison librarian …

•       Coordinates library functions related to a division, such as
         collection development, learning center initiatives, instruction
          programs, research consultations, reserves, student employees,
         online learning tools, etc.
•       Provides services for a target audience, such as upper level electives, 
           the MBA Blended Learning program, and BEE.
•       Participates on liaison, functional, and target audience teams, listed above;
•       Provides general research consultations hours
•       Provides general library instruction
•       Expertise in resources related to discipline, in addition to core business
          resources
•       Mentors other library staff  

 
Liaison Roles Revolve Around

        Curricular Support - Librarians assist and instruct students to identify, use, and evaluate information sources using:

• INFOSessions open workshops;
• research guides;
• individual and group research consultations (sign up at Information Desk 1);
•  class or project-specific research guides and in-class instruction sessions.

 Librarians manage customer service relations for their division(s); they also help faculty members develop reading lists, comply with copyright regulations, and identify the inappropriate use of references and instances of plagiarism. (Faculty Survival Guide/Faculty Handbook)

 ¨        Faculty Research Consultations - Liaison librarians:

• provide data and literature searches;
• identify and investigate data sources (publishers, agencies, organizations);
• coordinate article and book retrievals from the Horn Library collection and from other libraries;
• facilitate ordering books and research and multimedia materials for individual research and curricular needs;
• consult on the use and citing of electronic resources;
• train faculty members to use all Library electronic sources;
• instruct and assist faculty’s research assistants;
• instruct your students at the information desk or in class on research projects;
• consult on copyright and student plagiarism issues. (Faculty Survival Guide/Faculty Handbook)

In addition to their role as liaisons, librarians provide diverse services as reflected in their respective job descriptions.  A support network consisting of fellow liaisons is available to insure that each academic division receives uniform service levels.  If a liaison cannot fulfill appropriate requests from faculty, staff or students, s/he needs to tap into the liaison network to find someone who can.

 Provide instructional support:

• Design and deliver instruction on the use of information resources to 
  support upper level instruction for respective academic divisions
• Educate and encourage observance of compliance guidelines in the research process

 Provide research services:

• Provide consultations and research assistance for faculty, students, staff and related programs to support research and curricular needs in their areas of subject expertise
• Provide guidance on the use of overarching educational research tools

 Provide collection management services & support:

• De/select books, journals, and media
• Provide feedback on trials that reflect subject specialty
• Provide vendor relations for niche products

 Provide outreach services:

• Build relationship with faculty
• Email informative communications to faculty
• Promote library services and resources through marketing and outreach