80 · Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Please briefly describe the other administrative structure. N=20
A small team of research librarian coordinators coordinates much of the liaison program.
Academic liaisons work across administrative lines. For example, the Director of Collections works directly with
academic liaisons but most do not report directly to that position. They also work directly with the Coordinator of
Information Literacy.
Administered by departmental manager, but collaboratively.
Broadly focused department heads such as Area Studies, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts &Humanities
Combination of a liaison manager and the Associate Dean
Combination of the above
Coordinated at department or library level
Coordinated at the level of the unit libraries
Coordinated through the Associate Dean of User Services and the Associate Dean and Director for the Medical Sciences
Library, and to some extent the Libraries’ other associate deans.
Coordinator +team approach +self-directed, a little of each above
Coordinator leads steering group for subject librarians.
Generally self administered, but each liaison reports up through a department chair who stays abreast of their activities.
Highly collaborative single department jointly managed by two department heads with defined functional
responsibilities (instruction/outreach and collections/research support).
Liaison assignments (who liaises to what group) is administered by department head, but the individual activities are
self-administered by each liaison, as each department, college, or academic program has unique information needs.
Liaison work is coordinated via the Libraries’ Unit Heads Committee, comprised of branch heads, public services AULs,
and UL.
Right now it’s centrally administered by library administration but we’re moving towards the liaison and their direct
supervisor having more control over the process.
Services are coordinated by library directors for each of our four universities, as described earlier, and by the User
Services Council and the Library Resources Council.
The liaison coordinator manages communications among the large group of liaisons, suggests training opportunities,
and trains new liaisons. Because liaisons report to many different departments within the library and serve departments
with vastly different needs, liaisons do a lot of self-administration as well. At HSL, because most of the liaisons are
organizationally located in the User Services Department, the department managers group, who meet weekly, typically
is the place where decisions regarding liaison services are discussed, decided, or recommended to the liaison group
or to library administration, as needed. If liaisons in other departments will be affected, they and their supervisors are
brought into the discussion.
We have functioned fairly independently but are introducing more coordination.
While each liaison does self-administer, we have a leadership team for liaison services. This team leads strategic
planning for the Academic Liaison Program and develops, provides, or facilitates training for liaisons.
Please briefly describe the other administrative structure. N=20
A small team of research librarian coordinators coordinates much of the liaison program.
Academic liaisons work across administrative lines. For example, the Director of Collections works directly with
academic liaisons but most do not report directly to that position. They also work directly with the Coordinator of
Information Literacy.
Administered by departmental manager, but collaboratively.
Broadly focused department heads such as Area Studies, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Arts &Humanities
Combination of a liaison manager and the Associate Dean
Combination of the above
Coordinated at department or library level
Coordinated at the level of the unit libraries
Coordinated through the Associate Dean of User Services and the Associate Dean and Director for the Medical Sciences
Library, and to some extent the Libraries’ other associate deans.
Coordinator +team approach +self-directed, a little of each above
Coordinator leads steering group for subject librarians.
Generally self administered, but each liaison reports up through a department chair who stays abreast of their activities.
Highly collaborative single department jointly managed by two department heads with defined functional
responsibilities (instruction/outreach and collections/research support).
Liaison assignments (who liaises to what group) is administered by department head, but the individual activities are
self-administered by each liaison, as each department, college, or academic program has unique information needs.
Liaison work is coordinated via the Libraries’ Unit Heads Committee, comprised of branch heads, public services AULs,
and UL.
Right now it’s centrally administered by library administration but we’re moving towards the liaison and their direct
supervisor having more control over the process.
Services are coordinated by library directors for each of our four universities, as described earlier, and by the User
Services Council and the Library Resources Council.
The liaison coordinator manages communications among the large group of liaisons, suggests training opportunities,
and trains new liaisons. Because liaisons report to many different departments within the library and serve departments
with vastly different needs, liaisons do a lot of self-administration as well. At HSL, because most of the liaisons are
organizationally located in the User Services Department, the department managers group, who meet weekly, typically
is the place where decisions regarding liaison services are discussed, decided, or recommended to the liaison group
or to library administration, as needed. If liaisons in other departments will be affected, they and their supervisors are
brought into the discussion.
We have functioned fairly independently but are introducing more coordination.
While each liaison does self-administer, we have a leadership team for liaison services. This team leads strategic
planning for the Academic Liaison Program and develops, provides, or facilitates training for liaisons.
