Fundamentals for the Academic Liaison

by Richard Moniz, Jo Henry, Joe Eshleman

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 Liaison provides ready guidance for current and future academic library liaisons.

Genres: Librarianship, Nonfiction, Library Science

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[ACRL]

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[Jo Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book covering all aspects of the academic liaison's duties. A must-read for all new liaisons and library students. Also an excellent book of reference for existing liaisons.

[Jenny]

As promised, an incredibly basic overview of liaison librarianship. I gleaned a few things, but a lot of what is in here I have picked up or observed on the job. While it did give me a few ideas of ways to get started as a liaison, there was also a ton of really commercial, strange, and sometimes sexist stuff in here. Would not recommend to someone else in my position.