SPEC Kit 349: Evolution of Library Liaisons · 79
The liaisons meet regularly in their broad subject groups (Social Sciences, Humanities, Life Sciences, etc.) All liaisons also
attend a monthly meeting for information and training.
The Liaison Services Department has a standing weekly meeting, an annual full-day retreat, and many opportunities for
informal interaction because all our offices are in a shared suite.
The Libraries holds regularly scheduled subject librarian meetings, as well as smaller meetings for discipline groups.
The recent ARL sponsored liaison institute at Cornell has provided us a platform to have discussion about liaison work.
Previous to that gathering, we had committees and task forces dedicated to various aspects of liaison work, such as a
research data management committee that discussed training and service provision.
There are many opportunities for liaisons to meet. Again, brown bags, spring and fall training opportunities, as well as
meetings within their units, and specific project meetings/events are all venues for discussion.
Various department meetings, informal networking, interest group sessions, brown bag meetings
Various work groups and task forces including research, instruction, and outreach standing committee on professional
advancement, etc.
We have a liaison planning committee that organizes training and programming.
We have bimonthly meetings of all subject librarians to share knowledge, strategies, etc. We have an email discussion
list. We have an online toolbox of templates, contact information, news, and content for knowledge areas such
as scholarly communications and open access. In the near future, we plan to assign coordinators to facilitate
communications within subject-related groups (share best practices, identify training needs, etc.)
We have monthly “all selectors” meetings, monthly meetings of the Research and Information Services division, ad hoc
meetings to discuss specific projects. Our offices are concentrated in one area, which leads to much informal discussion.
Also much email discussion.
We have recently piloted cross-departmental and cross-functional teams that either include liaison librarians or tackle
aspects of liaison. We are using these pilots to encourage greater collaboration among staff. Liaison librarians, along
with others, are free to set up and collaborate in working groups for short-duration projects, either organically or
through existing system-wide committees (e.g., Reference, Instruction). One of our suburban campuses has regular
weekly meetings of all its liaison librarians.
We hold weekly meetings in addition to training meetings, which occur 1x month.
Weekly meeting of all reference and clinical services personnel
ADMINISTRATION OF LIAISON SERVICES
34. Please select the one choice below that best describes how liaison services are coordinated and
facilitated in your library. N=66
Self-administered by each liaison 27 41%
Centrally administered by a liaison coordinator or manager 9 14%
Centrally administered by a liaison committee 6 9%
Centrally administered by library administration 4 6%
Other administrative structure 20 30%
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