Librarian Liaisons may be involved in:

Reference Activities

• Reference assistance to faculty and departments
• Individual reference consultations
• In depth literature searches
• Tracking faculty research interests
• Attending conferences of department's discipline
• Joint research projects
• Informing faculty on services and resources
• Design and implementation of special programs and exhibits
• Co-sponsoring events with departments
• Communication to faculty about discipline specific resources
• Getting feedback on databases
• Orienting prospective faculty on library resources
• Meeting department's new faculty
• Contribution to department publications
• Attending department meetings
• Getting on department mailing lists
• Helping prepare accreditation reports
• Writing grants with departments
• Generally speaking, staying involved with faculty outside library

Instruction Activities

• Teach course specific sessions (see Information Literacy Instruction for more details)
• Virtual tours or physical tours
• Individual instruction
• Library Assignments
• Integrate Information literacy concepts
• Marketing
  

Collection Development

• Have or attain some education, experience, interest or expertise in their assigned subject areas.
• Find education opportunities to develop their knowledge in all of their assigned subject areas.
• Read material reviews, articles and publishers catalogues related to their subject areas.
• This includes articles and books about trends and issues in the discipline itself.
• Maintain communications with the Department Representatives in their assigned areas.
• Write their assigned subject area criteria and/or review annually and update when necessary. Do both in consultation with their department faculty representative.
• Communication with the department Chair/s when necessary.
• Produce all, or supplement, their assigned department's library material requests in a timely and complete manner. This means they supply as much information as possible for their orders including web pages, brochures or catalogs.
• Field questions and supply information regarding the library ordering information when requested from department faculty in their assigned areas.
• Act as the information specialist in their assigned subject areas when information is requested via patron (student, faculty or staff) that may be in or beyond our current resources.
• Act as the source to disseminate to the department via the library faculty representative and/or individual department faculty, new resources and services that would be of use to them regarding the library generally and/or their research. Ask for and give feedback regarding resources.
• Help participate in new faculty orientation, specific to their assigned subject areas. Volunteer to do this for the department or to participate in at least one department meeting.
• Perform assigned subject area program reviews, new program assessments and accreditations.
• Keep informed throughout the year about what their department faculty is requesting. Includes looking at the department requests submitted (691 subject search).
• Review departments' serial and monograph requests not ordered at the end of the fiscal year and contact the departments regarding their disposition.
• Be available to assist the Serials and Monographic Acquisitions staff as requested regarding any questions or problems that may emerge concerning their department's orders (theirs and their department faculty).
• Recommend material for gaps they find in any or all subject areas of the collection.
• Weed material for their assigned subject areas.
• Participate in CD meetings including the annually scheduled meeting of the faculty library representatives.
• Design and implement programs and exhibits related to their assigned areas.