Implementing a library liaison program: Personnel, budget, and training
Davis M.A.; Cook M.K.
1996
Collection Management
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10.1300/J105v20n03_14
A pilot library liaison program was initiated with the College of Liberal Arts at Southern Illinois University at Carbon-dale. The goals were to facilitate communication with academic faculties, enhance collection development, and improve services. A uniform training program was implemented. Budgets were allocated, and negotiations for new moneys were held in a group setting. Following training, meetings were held with academic department chairs, library liaisons, and the library’s Director of Reference Services and Collection Management to activate the program. The pilot program was assessed and then expanded to all sixty teaching departments on campus, using guidelines that had evolved during the pilot program. The centrality of the library as a service unit is affirmed in increased understanding and cooperation between librarians and teaching faculty. The program is continually monitored in an effort to keep the program flexible and responsive to changing needs. © 1996 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
Liaison Services in ARL Libraries, (1992); Collection and Development Evaluation Section. Reference and Adult Services Division. American Library Association. “Guidelines for Liaison Work, RQ, 32, pp. 198-204, (1992)
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