Academic Liaison Saves World
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An academic liaison librarian describes their role at a university library that was facing budget cuts and staff losses. The arrival of a new principal and library director led to the creation of two new liaison librarian positions to develop information literacy programs, act as contacts between schools and the library, and help reprofessionalize the library. As liaison librarians, their responsibilities included collaborating with colleagues, delivering instruction, developing outreach strategies, and providing subject support across many disciplines, despite being only two people. They worked to raise the library's profile through teaching, communication, and new technologies. However, issues remained regarding their role within the changing library structure and landscape.
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Academic Liaison Saves World
- 1. Academic Liaison Saves the World? Dr Alice Crawford Academic Liaison Librarian (Arts & Divinity) University of St Andrews
- 2. Once upon a time…. Our Library?
- 3. The Background • Starved of cash • Losing staff • Lacking focus in key appointments • Deteriorating building Photo courtesy University of St Andrews
- 4. All Change! • Arrival of new Principal • New Director of Library Services • Proposal for new or refurbished building Photo courtesy University of St Andrews
- 5. 2 New Academic Liaison Posts! • Develop new information literacy programmes • Act as a point of contact between the Library and the Schools • Represent the Library on University committees • Help re-professionalise the Library
- 6. The small print… • Liaison with academic schools • Development of information resources and services • Working with colleagues in Collection Management to ensure that Library resources are exploited to maximum effect • Delivering information literacy and research skills programmes • Providing specialized information assistance/interventions • Developing liaison, communication and user training strategies through participation in University Committees • Supporting the general enquiry service • Providing specialized subject support for designated subject areas • Engaging in a full range of staff development activities, including presenting at conferences, writing articles and engaging in scholarly activities • Developing strategy & providing services relevant to research and teaching needs of the University • Finding new ways to communicate with customers and promoting Library resources • Assume cross Library responsibility for Official Publications and Reference Services • Any other duties appropriate to the role
- 7. Our Key Skills… • Teaching • Communication • Negotiation, marketing, persuasion • Experience of academic libraries
- 8. What we have done • Developed Information Literacy teaching • Written WebCT modules • Talked to people! • Raised the Library’s profile • Introduced Web 2.0 applications Photo courtesy University of St Andrews
- 9. The problems Photo courtesy University of St Andrews
- 10. There are only two of us
- 11. We need to know everything! Arts & Divinity:- • Anthropology • Art History • Classics • Divinity • Economics • English • Film Studies • French • German • History • International Relations • Italian • Management • Music • Philosophy • Russian • Spanish
- 12. Science and Medicine:- • Astronomy • Biology • Chemistry • Computer Science • Geography • Mathematics & Statistics • Medicine • Physics • Psychology
- 14. Other people doing parts of our jobs • Collections team • Acquisitions & Periodicals • Electronic Resources
- 15. Library Staff Structure Lots ofpeople! Head ofCataloguing Academ ic Liaison Librarians Lots ofpeople! Head ofAcquisitions Electronic Resources Librarian Some people! Collections Team Lots ofpeople! Head ofCirculation Deputy Director/Collections Manager Head ofSpecialCollections DirectorofLibrary Services
- 16. Is the rug being pulled out from under us? • “Library Managers” • Where do these leave us?
- 17. Other tasks… • RAE • UKRR • Enquiry service • Reference Collection • Official Publications • Friends of the Library
- 18. The Library Climate • We’re all librarians now! • What’s our role in a Google-dominated landscape?
- 19. Where to now? • Grasp the nettle of the staffing structure problem
- 20. Find somewhere to stand… “Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the world.” (Archimedes)