Evolution of Library Liaisons, SPEC Kit 349

Miller, Rebecca K.; Pressley, Lauren

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198 · Representative Documents: Program Evolution
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
UMass Amherst Libraries Librarian Engagement Framework: moving forward
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Best practice examples:
o Selecting, describing and making accessible material in all formats (print, manuscripts,
digital, data sets, fixed and streaming multimedia), to serve the current and future
research, teaching, and learning needs of UMass Amherst clientele.
o Analyzing ILL borrowing to inform changes to approval plans, demand driven acquisitions
profiles and collection practices, and note trends in user resource needs.
o Educatingfaculty and graduate students about their rights as authors (e.g., that they can
alter contracts to include retaining rights to distribute their own work in classes and on
personal websites).
o Advocating with authors and editors for sustainable models of scholarly communication.
o Keeping current with research in disciplines and areas of study and communicating
emerging trends in modes of scholarship with library colleagues.
o Making faculty and graduate students aware of alternative publication models in their
discipline.
o Serving as a liaison between the IR and campus constituents in colleges, departments and
institutes to foster adoption of the IR as a scholarly communication tool.
o Working actively to recruit and make discoverable the scholarly output of the UMass
Amherst and/or local community
o Working actively to recruit and make discoverable unique and rare resources, regardless
of format.
o Understanding basic copyright principles and recognizing basic areas of application (e.g.,
fair use scenarios and face-to-face teaching exemptions).
o Educating faculty, graduate students, and campus administrators about scholarly
communication issues.
o Working closely with faculty and students to understand their changing workflows and
scholarly communications patterns assist in the development and creation of tools and
services to facilitate scholarly communication.
Endorsed by the Senior Management Group, May 7, 2015

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