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Checklist of Potential Liaison Activities
The following checklist is meant to identify potential activities for individual liaisons to consider when preparing a course of action for their assigned programs. The list is not intended to be exhaustive or prescriptive; rather it is meant to outline a variety of actions one might consider when preparing a liaison action plan for a particular academic year. Recognizing that no one plan will serve for all – that each assignment, and each liaison’s skills, time, and energy call for a different strategy during any particular year – the checklist is presented as a source of possible actions not as a specific or definitive program.
Communication
- Have name added to departmental mail and e-mail distribution lists
- Create or update electronic distribution list of liaison clientele
- Update subject web page or other "resources by subject page"
- Have resources by subject page linked from department, program or Regional Campus web site
- Produce information guides on new services, collections, and research tools
- Prepare or update subject research guides and electronic guides
- Have subject research guides and electronic guides scanned and linked to the subject web page
- Schedule regular on site visits, e.g. office or computer lab hours
- Write a feature or column for departmental newsletter
- Prepare and distribute library information news updates (electronic or paper) targeted to the liaison department
Information Sharing
- Send information packets to new faculty including adjuncts
- Schedule individual orientation meetings with new faculty and adjuncts
- Schedule library orientation session for new graduate students
- Review and, if appropriate, revise undergraduate (First Year) orientation or instruction programs
- Schedule demonstrations of relevant electronic products
- Introduce or update new and continuing faculty and students to the ILL/Document Delivery services
- Establish or update current awareness accounts for faculty or graduate students
- Prepare library exhibit(s) relating to liaison area
- Establish or update new books distribution list (GOBI)
- Establish "new materials" list for other formats such as videos or CDs
Information Gathering
- Meet with Department Head, Dean, or Campus Director to learn about the current plans for the department, program, or campus; seek feedback on the library liaison program and the action plan being established for the year.
- Continue meeting regularly with departmental liaison to learn about current plans for the Department; seek feedback on the library liaison program and the action plan being established for the year.
- Attend departmental meetings or other faculty inclusive gatherings
- Attend departmental or campus seminars/events/workshops
- Attend departmental or campus retreat
- Survey and document faculty research interests
- Serve on a departmental, program, or campus committee (e.g., facility re-dedication)
- Assist with department, program, or campus self-study / re-accreditation / grant
- Learn about the curriculum
Collection Development
- Perform reference collection review and weed
- Perform a scan of electronic resources in the subject or program area and prepare a recommendation for the Network Services Team after reviewing NST priority objectives
- Create or update collection development profile
- Create or update collection development policy and when appropriate communicate to appropriate individuals or team
- Monitor use of serial titles: add and drop titles according to cost and need
- Review serial titles for potential shift from paper to electronic format
Program Development
- Monitor the profession with regard to potential liaison activities for this area
- Investigate whether a collaboration or a partnership with another library staff member would enhance a Liaison program objective
- Audit or attend a class in the liaison subject area
- Write and submit an article for publication that is related to one’s liaison work or liaison subject area
- Participate in a conference or workshop related to one’s subject area
- Assist with planning of conference related to one's subject area
New Directions
- Introduce the DigitalCommons site to Liaison constituency
- Serve as DigitalCommons community administrator
- Work with department, program, or campus administrators to insure information literacy is fully incorporated into the program curriculum
- Establish a teaching partnership with a member of the liaison departments or programs
- Teach a course or a course component in the liaison departments or programs
- Establish a research partnership with a member of the liaison departments or programs
- Develop or help develop an interactive learning module in the liaison area
- Develop or help develop a program that promotes active student centered learning
- Build new library modules that can be used by First Year Experience or any other undergraduate program
- Work with the Center for Teaching and Learning, the University Center for Media and Technology, the Office of Residential Life, the Honors Program, the Instructional Resource Center, or the University Computing Center to establish new Information Literacy learning components
- In cooperation with the User Team, develop surveys to measure needs of remote and non-residential students and faculty
- Work with the Digital Collections Team to digitize materials
updated 5/26/06 Scott
Kennedy