Adjunct Faculty and the Library: A Challenge for Change

What faculty have to say about library outreach: A rural community college survey

“…Margaret Avery argued that the necessity of building relationships with part-time faculty "falls on librarians" and points to a variety of characteristics of successful part-time faculty outreach programs, including off-hours librarian availability and adjunct-focused guides and toolkits. 8 Finding the flexibility to provide off-hours availability is a particular challenge for the solo librarian, though one step I took to this effect was to maintain a 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. work schedule. Ultimately, my library outreach efforts were heavily focused on emails, flyers, and building relationships with new faculty during the on-boarding process.…”