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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
UIC Library Liaison Program: Activities, Competencies, and Indicators
2 |UIC Library Liaison Activities, Competencies, and Indicators, July 2015
o Develop and manage relevant print and online collections
o Review database and journal subscriptions each year, and consider
cancellation of those with little use in order to free up funds for new needed
resources.
o Determine which resources are being used in the curriculum or by students,
as that may impact retention decisions.
o Respond to faculty and student resource requests
o Determine the needs and priorities of users
o Monitor new resources in your areas for collection consideration and assess
potential new resources when available for trial
o Seek feedback when making decisions in updating the library’s collections
o Gather information about department’s/ college’s research needs and how
the library’s collections can support them
o Monitor budget and participate in cost reduction/cancellation projects as
needed
o Withdraw duplicates and material that is no longer current or out of scope as
appropriate for the college or department and Library collections policies of
the particular UIC Library
o Make decisions about donations in consultation with Collections Coordinator
and RAM at Daley, Health Sciences Bibliographer at LHS. Regions would
consult with Health Sciences Bibliographer when needed.
Additional activities
o Schedule office hours in college/ department/ labs
o Write a feature or column for departmental newsletters
o Attend morning report or department rounds (as appropriate)
o Provide mediated searches on clinical queries (as appropriate)
o Assist with college re-accreditation
Competencies of Library Liaisons
Be able to articulate curricular and research developments in college/ department
Design and present instruction in person or through online tutorials or other
learning objects
Information Resources
o Be able to describe and demonstrate proficiency in searching the key
databases/ clinical tools in your liaison role and the other disciplines
supported by your UIC library
o Be able to demonstrate proficiently how to search key databases/ clinical
tools in liaison role and in key databases used by other disciplines
supported by your UIC library
o Direct patrons to appropriate databases for information needs
o Search using strategies to retrieve relevant articles
Provide basic support of citation management tools such as RefWorks and be
able to refer advanced questions to appropriate library faculty
Critically appraise and assess the evidence/ literature retrieved
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
UIC Library Liaison Program: Activities, Competencies, and Indicators
2 |UIC Library Liaison Activities, Competencies, and Indicators, July 2015
o Develop and manage relevant print and online collections
o Review database and journal subscriptions each year, and consider
cancellation of those with little use in order to free up funds for new needed
resources.
o Determine which resources are being used in the curriculum or by students,
as that may impact retention decisions.
o Respond to faculty and student resource requests
o Determine the needs and priorities of users
o Monitor new resources in your areas for collection consideration and assess
potential new resources when available for trial
o Seek feedback when making decisions in updating the library’s collections
o Gather information about department’s/ college’s research needs and how
the library’s collections can support them
o Monitor budget and participate in cost reduction/cancellation projects as
needed
o Withdraw duplicates and material that is no longer current or out of scope as
appropriate for the college or department and Library collections policies of
the particular UIC Library
o Make decisions about donations in consultation with Collections Coordinator
and RAM at Daley, Health Sciences Bibliographer at LHS. Regions would
consult with Health Sciences Bibliographer when needed.
Additional activities
o Schedule office hours in college/ department/ labs
o Write a feature or column for departmental newsletters
o Attend morning report or department rounds (as appropriate)
o Provide mediated searches on clinical queries (as appropriate)
o Assist with college re-accreditation
Competencies of Library Liaisons
Be able to articulate curricular and research developments in college/ department
Design and present instruction in person or through online tutorials or other
learning objects
Information Resources
o Be able to describe and demonstrate proficiency in searching the key
databases/ clinical tools in your liaison role and the other disciplines
supported by your UIC library
o Be able to demonstrate proficiently how to search key databases/ clinical
tools in liaison role and in key databases used by other disciplines
supported by your UIC library
o Direct patrons to appropriate databases for information needs
o Search using strategies to retrieve relevant articles
Provide basic support of citation management tools such as RefWorks and be
able to refer advanced questions to appropriate library faculty
Critically appraise and assess the evidence/ literature retrieved
