ARL Library Liaison Institute: What we learned about needs and opportunities for reskilling

Bakkalbasi, Nisa; Rockenbach, Barbara; Tancheva, Kornelia; Vine, Rita

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“…Disconnect over priorities was also an issue at the ARL Library Liaison In-stitute. Bakkalbasi, Rockenbach, Tancheva, and Vine (2016) remarked that, "[w]hile scholarly communication issues surfaced at the [ARL Library Liaison] Institute, they did not rise to the top of the list for most liaison librarians. We have identified this as a possible area of disconnect between institutional goals and individual liaison goals" (p. 121).…”

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“…One of the primary methods for introducing liaison librarians to scholarly communications is holding workshops or training sessions, and training is continually advocated for in the literature (Bakkalbasi et al, 2016;Vine, 2018;). The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Scholarly Communications Roadshow is one example, but the literature outlines initiatives developed internally at libraries as well.…”

Section: Workhops and Trainingmentioning

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“You Need to Make it as Easy as Possible for Me”: Creating Scholarly Communication Reports for Liaison Librarians

Lange

Hanson

2020

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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Section: Workhops and Trainingmentioning

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“You Need to Make it as Easy as Possible for Me”: Creating Scholarly Communication Reports for Liaison Librarians

Lange

Hanson

2020

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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“…The journal publishing team at UF Libraries is comprised of a blend of subject and domain specialist librarians. Library employment of professionals as "domain specialists" or "functional experts" is an area of active discussion across library administration (e.g., Rockenbach, Ruttenberg, Tancheva, & Vine, 2015).…”

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A Team Approach: Library Publishing Partnerships with Scholarly Societies

Stapleton

2019

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication

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INTRODUCTION The journal publishing service at the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries is structured to use a team-based approach that integrates subject specialists across the library. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM Since 2012, the UF Libraries have worked in partnership with a number of scholarly societies to publish their research. The focus, to date, of academic library publishing on institutional publications belies potential partnerships with scholarly societies and organizations external to the library’s institution. Services provided, challenges faced, and examples of successful publishing partnerships with UF Libraries are described. The team approach enables the library to be innovative and nimble in response to publishing opportunities. Scholarly societies most interested in entering publishing contracts with the Libraries publishing program are those that share aspects of the library mission such as accessibility and innovation. NEXT STEPS Academic library publishing offers unique partnership opportunities for scholarly societies and external organizations that are mutually beneficial and that complement library publishing of institutional material.

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“…7 Nisa Bakkalbasi and her coauthors report on the results of an institute centered on opportunities for re-skilling liaison librarians, which uncovered "the necessity to take a broader view of liaisons' work and the context in which they do it." 8 Perhaps more impactful, their report concludes that liaison and library success "occurs when the library is a part of collective problem solving at the university level." 9 In short, the profession is attentive to the need for retooling its professionals and for seeking a larger, more visible impact in the research and academic enterprise.…”

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Relationship Building One Step at a Time: Case Studies of Successful Faculty-Librarian Partnerships

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Mandernach²

2017

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Building strong relationships between academic librarians and teaching faculty is paramount for promoting services and resources. While librarians face challenges ranging from new technologies to heightened expectations and fiscal difficulties, the key work remains in solid relationship building. Drawing on the experience of a group of subject librarians and teaching faculty at The Ohio State University, this study examines the qualities that help liaison librarians develop relationships with faculty and support ongoing library services. It explores how liaison librarians build opportunities for ongoing relationships and how they assess the successes or failures of those interactions. It chronicles interview findings that detail the importance of such skills as patience, expertise, follow-through, responsiveness, and individuality if librarians are to build solid relationships and fruitful collaborations. Finally, it offers some preliminary observations on the teaching faculty's understanding of the librarians' relationship-building efforts. Relationship Building One Step at a Time 274 academic libraries. 1 They recommended that, to prepare for the future, libraries should hire "for competencies (skills in technology, deep data, deep subject, culture/language, etc.) rather than credentials; for potential (attitudes, aptitudes) rather than years of experience" and should create "career opportunities with new titles and new responsibilities to attract non-MLS professionals." In "Reinventing Our Work: New and Emerging Roles for Academic Librarians," Lori Goetsch re-envisioned librarians' duties into four core responsibilities: (1) basic consulting services, (2) management of the information life cycle, (3) collaborative print and electronic collection building, and (4) information mediation and interpretation. 2 James L. Mullins's article "Are MLS Graduates Being Prepared for the Changing and Emerging Roles That Librarians Must Now Assume Within Research Libraries?" acknowledges the seismic changes the profession has experienced and calls on library schools to better train librarians for this changing environment. 3 With these recommendations in mind, this article explores how these new skills, aptitudes, and responsibilities-coupled with core proficiencies such as expertise, understanding and listening, creativity, and follow-through-can assist liaison librarians in building relationships that flourish with teaching faculty. For the purposes of this article, faculty can be assumed to mean teaching faculty as opposed to librarians, though at Ohio State University librarians have faculty status and many also teach. This article also offers a perspective on how faculty approach relationship building and describes liaison librarians' efforts at intentionally developing these skills. The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus is a world-class public research university and the leading comprehensive teaching and research institution in Ohio. With more than 63,000 students, the Wexner Medical Center, 14 colleges, 80 cent...

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ARL Library Liaison Institute: What we learned about needs and opportunities for reskilling

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“You Need to Make it as Easy as Possible for Me”: Creating Scholarly Communication Reports for Liaison Librarians

“You Need to Make it as Easy as Possible for Me”: Creating Scholarly Communication Reports for Liaison Librarians

A Team Approach: Library Publishing Partnerships with Scholarly Societies

Relationship Building One Step at a Time: Case Studies of Successful Faculty-Librarian Partnerships

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