47 SPEC Kit 361: Outreach and Engagement Communications manager Communications team Libraries communications/social media staff Most purchases are approved and then purchased by business office. Library grantees and contractors Our internal public relations and marketing department Procurement personnel, ad hoc committees/teams The sponsor of the event and the program director of outreach and engagement will work with our communications staff to identify and purchase any promotional materials. This duty may be assigned to various staff at any given facility but ultimate responsibility rests with the facility director. Wide variety across locations, and the options in this question don’t reflect our staffing categories. 18. How often do the following individuals or groups staff library outreach events? Select one choice per row. Select DNE if the individual or group does not exist at your institution. N=56 Individuals or Groups Never Occasionally Frequently Always DNE N Public services librarians (non-administrative) 0 7 32 13 4 56 Institutional strategic partners (e.g., writing center) 11 36 8 0 1 56 External (non-library) student organizations 21 26 6 0 3 56 Other non-administrative librarians 2 23 27 1 2 55 Communications and marketing staff 2 15 24 11 3 55 Library event planner 7 3 15 7 23 55 Library administrators 4 36 14 1 0 55 Volunteers (e.g., library friends groups, etc.) 30 17 3 1 4 55 Non-librarian staff 3 12 30 8 1 54 Student workers 9 29 14 2 0 54 Event planning committee 3 12 15 6 17 53 Other category 3 4 2 2 4 15 Total responses 37 55 51 28 31 56 If you indicated above that an “Other category” staffs library outreach events, please specify that category. N=8 Occasionally N=4 Campus partners such as alumni association Central university development staff External partners such as Cinema St. Louis Library Ambassadors