Moving from Collecting to Connecting: Articulating, Assessing, and Communicating the Work of Liaison Librarians

Kranich, Nancy; Lotts, Megan; Nielsen, Jordan; Ward, Judit H.

doi:10.1353/pla.2020.0015

Cited by 7 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Library liaison services for academic institutions are well documented in the scholarly literature and have been for decades. Librarian liaisons "representing the needs of the faculty and students to the library," as well as the usage of the library to its users, have been discussed as far back as the 1970s (Kranich et al 2020). The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in particular has published three surveys on the topic of liaison librarianship since the 1990s as part of its SPEC Kits series (Latta 1992;Logue et al 2007;Miller and Pressley 2015).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, a number of libraries and librarians have developed innovative ways to capture measurements of this aspect of the job. For example, the Rutgers University Libraries have developed a set of "impact indicators that document how liaisons can self-assess" their liaison work (Kranich et al 2020). Sample indicators include whether a librarian was invited to participate in a project or other undertaking, and to what degree a librarian feels they are engaged with the academic life of students and faculty in their liaison areas.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Library Liaison Services in US Community Colleges

Wahl

2021

JLOE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Library liaison services have been shown to be a valuable component of higher education in the US. Despite this established value, however, liaison services specific to community colleges are rarely discussed in the scholarly literature, while such services from universities and research institutions are well researched. Though it is understandable that liaison services at universities and community colleges would have similarities such as collaboration and outreach with students and faculty, it is only logical that they would also have differences due to the differences in user groups they serve. However, performing any reasonable comparison is difficult due to the absence of scholarly discourse regarding liaison services at community colleges. This article fills this gap by presenting survey data on the state of liaison services in community college libraries in the US. The data shows that a range of liaison work is being performed by community college librarians; A number of opportunities for further inquiry are also identified.

show abstract

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Library Liaison Services in US Community Colleges

Wahl

2021

JLOE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Embedding IL and research skills in disciplines has been a strategic aim of libraries for many years (Kranich et al, 2020). Clarifying what IL and research skills encompass and how to embed them in curriculum using models underpinned by educational theory has been transformative for our libraries.…”

Section: Embedding Skills Explicitly In the Curriculummentioning

confidence: 99%

Transforming Practice for Educational Impact

Torres

Salisbury

Yazbeck

et al. 2021

Connecting the Library to the Curriculum

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…There is a breadth of literature from the last decade that examines and reflects on the importance of academic libraries to look outwardly to support the wider campus community (Kranich et al, 2020;Kranich et al, 2014;Thacker et al, 2018). The needs and preferences of graduate students are of particular interest to librarians and administrators around the world, and a significant number of publications examine efforts to engage this user group both as a whole and within specific areas of an institution (Catalano, 2013;Spezi, 2016;Ince, 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Meeting graduate student needs: an exploration of disciplinary differences

Bussell

Schnabel

Rinehart

2020

Public Services Quarterly

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

To better engage our graduate students, we asked them to describe their research strategy and challenges, helpful research support services, and their preferred venue for learning research skills. We conducted a thematic analysis and found that participants' top reported research strategies included "Research Topic Development" and "Literature Review," while their challenges cited "Finding and Evaluating Information" and "Access Issues." The students mentioned "Library Databases" most frequently as helpful and websites were their most preferred learning venue. We found evidence that discipline-specific library instruction may be more relevant than large, in-person orientations and discovered a concerning trend of situational challenges.

show abstract

Moving from Collecting to Connecting: Articulating, Assessing, and Communicating the Work of Liaison Librarians

Cited by 7 publications

References 0 publications

Library Liaison Services in US Community Colleges

Library Liaison Services in US Community Colleges

Transforming Practice for Educational Impact

Meeting graduate student needs: an exploration of disciplinary differences

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About