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CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Strategic Objective III.1 Formalize the Network of Library Liaisons… Appendix 2
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• Focus on scholarly communication and online publication patterns (Math)
III. Liaison Activities in the Areas of Research and Instruction
In the area of research and instruction support, the liaisons, who are also reference and instruction
librarians, engage in activities such as:
• Research Consultations (all)
• Teaching support (all)
• Faculty paper processing (RMC, Engineering)
• Digital repositories support (e.g. Digital Commons at ILR)
• Compiling profiles with research interests help with research, including emergency cite checks
(Law)
• Liaison for journals (e.g. Law)
IV. Liaison Activities in the Area of Scholarly Communication
This is the area of greatest variety in the extent to which liaisons engage in it. Some of the reasons might
be that it is comparatively newer to the portfolio of library liaisons that the concerns in scholarly
communication manifested at a very different speed in the sciences, the social sciences, and the
humanities as well as the fact that the expertise required in some areas of scholarly communication
(e.g. copyright) is very specialized.
V. Methods of Communication and Engaging with the Academic Community
These vary again depending on the local environment, the needs of the discipline and program, and the
library staffing. The following are generally employed:
• Attendance at department events (department meetings, colloquia and seminars: Music, PSL,
Engineering, Olin/Uris job talks: Music, Olin/Uris forums: Music formal and informal
department gatherings: Physical Sciences)
• Participation in various CU committees and task forces (RMC), school committees (Hotel),
department committees (Olin/Uris)
• Participation in faculty hiring process and prospective graduate student recruitment (Olin/Uris,
RMC)
• New faculty and graduate student orientation (all)
• Alerts to departments, administrative managers, etc. about services and facilities
• Participation in faculty library boards
• House calls (Vet)
• Participation in graduate students’ organized or sponsored events (e.g. graduate reading group:
Music pro-‐seminars (Olin/Uris) and serving on dissertation committees (Olin/Uris) and as
faculty advisors (Law)
• Production of various PR materials: brochures, web sites, blogs by unit (Engineering, Math, PSL
Olin/Uris, Law) and by subject areas (e.g. History, English), digital signs, social media, etc.
VI. Comments
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Strategic Objective III.1 Formalize the Network of Library Liaisons… Appendix 2
10
• Focus on scholarly communication and online publication patterns (Math)
III. Liaison Activities in the Areas of Research and Instruction
In the area of research and instruction support, the liaisons, who are also reference and instruction
librarians, engage in activities such as:
• Research Consultations (all)
• Teaching support (all)
• Faculty paper processing (RMC, Engineering)
• Digital repositories support (e.g. Digital Commons at ILR)
• Compiling profiles with research interests help with research, including emergency cite checks
(Law)
• Liaison for journals (e.g. Law)
IV. Liaison Activities in the Area of Scholarly Communication
This is the area of greatest variety in the extent to which liaisons engage in it. Some of the reasons might
be that it is comparatively newer to the portfolio of library liaisons that the concerns in scholarly
communication manifested at a very different speed in the sciences, the social sciences, and the
humanities as well as the fact that the expertise required in some areas of scholarly communication
(e.g. copyright) is very specialized.
V. Methods of Communication and Engaging with the Academic Community
These vary again depending on the local environment, the needs of the discipline and program, and the
library staffing. The following are generally employed:
• Attendance at department events (department meetings, colloquia and seminars: Music, PSL,
Engineering, Olin/Uris job talks: Music, Olin/Uris forums: Music formal and informal
department gatherings: Physical Sciences)
• Participation in various CU committees and task forces (RMC), school committees (Hotel),
department committees (Olin/Uris)
• Participation in faculty hiring process and prospective graduate student recruitment (Olin/Uris,
RMC)
• New faculty and graduate student orientation (all)
• Alerts to departments, administrative managers, etc. about services and facilities
• Participation in faculty library boards
• House calls (Vet)
• Participation in graduate students’ organized or sponsored events (e.g. graduate reading group:
Music pro-‐seminars (Olin/Uris) and serving on dissertation committees (Olin/Uris) and as
faculty advisors (Law)
• Production of various PR materials: brochures, web sites, blogs by unit (Engineering, Math, PSL
Olin/Uris, Law) and by subject areas (e.g. History, English), digital signs, social media, etc.
VI. Comments