130 · Representative Documents: Responsibilities, Competencies, Goals
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Liaison Librarian Professional Assignment Expectations, Professional Development Expectations, and
Scholarship Expectations
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BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERISTY
HAROLD B. LEE LIBRARY
LIAISON LIBRARIAN PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENT EXPECTATIONS, PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT EXPECTATIONS, AND SCHOLARSHIP EXPECTATIONS
1. Librarianship: Professional Assignment
a. Demonstrates effectiveness in serving as a liaison to faculty in assigned departments
through:
1) Reaching out to faculty
a) Meeting and communicating regularly with the chair and teaching faculty in
assigned academic departments
b) Meeting all new faculty each year
c) Coordinating with other librarians and curators regarding related/joint liaison
assignments
2) Developing collections and managing content in the assigned areas
a) Developing and revising collection policy statements in assigned subjects
b) Developing and managing print, electronic, and media collections in accordance
with established policies and procedures in assigned subjects
c) Evaluating collections regularly by conducting specific assessments with the
purpose of identifying areas to improve or develop in support of faculty
teaching and research
d) Working with teaching faculty in assessing collections to support university
curriculum
e) Establishing, maintaining, and updating standing order and approval profiles
with vendors
f) Monitoring physical conditions of general collections, and making conservation
and preservation decisions as needed
g) Keeping students, teaching faculty, and library colleagues informed about new
acquisitions
h) Managing gift acquisitions for general collections in assigned subject areas
i) Coordinating purchase of appropriate reference sources for the collection
3) Promoting and providing Instruction in information literacy
a) Analyzing curriculum of assigned departments, identifying and targeting critical
courses (e.g. capstone courses, and other courses with a research component)
for library instruction
b) Developing and promoting instructional programs for undergraduates,
graduates, and teaching faculty
c) Teaching library instruction classes
d) Providing individual library instruction in office
e) Using assessment methods to evaluate student learning and improve instruction
f) Promoting faculty and student understanding of contemporary scholarly
communication issues and practices
g) Marketing library resources and services in assigned areas
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