Re-visioning a Library Liaison Program in Light of External Forces and Internal Pressures

Banfield, Laura; Petropoulos, Jo‐Anne

doi:10.1080/01930826.2017.1367250

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“…Subject selection has now become the additional tasks tied to various librarian positions as liaison duties. As a liaison to specific departments, the responsibilities of providing instruction, consultations, creation of libguides, outreach, support for scholarly communication, collection assessment and collection development may or may not be tied to educational background (Banfield and Petropoulos, 2017). For many librarians this is not an exhaustive list of duties but just a glimpse at their heavy workloads.…”

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Barriers to an inclusive academic library collection

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Purpose Libraries still endeavor to achieve diversity in many areas, including collections. Although many barriers to realizing this goal still exist, there are changes that can be made to improve the current situation. This paper aims to examine those barriers and discusses some ways librarians, administrators and publishers can help build inclusive academic library collections. Design/methodology/approach This paper will discuss the issues that the University of North Florida’s Thomas G. Carpenter Library discovered while trying to find ways to build a racially and ethnically diverse academic collection. Findings The lack of diversity in academic library collections has many causes, including inadequate institutional collection priorities, librarian bias, heavy workloads and the dearth of diverse voices in the publishing industry. Originality/value Diversity, equity and inclusion are key concepts to improving how libraries operate. However, libraries have struggled to realize this vision in many areas. This paper endeavors to identify ways academic librarians and publishers can make collections more diverse.

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“…In light of the above developments facing liaisons (Bakkalbasi, Rockenbach, Tancheva, & Vine, 2016;Banfield & Petropoulos, 2017;Crawford, 2012;Hayman, 2017;Henry, 2012;Kenney, 2015Kenney, , 2014Logue, 2007;Miller, 2014;Sievers-Hill, 2014;Vine, 2018), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has undertaken several research studies and liaison institutes to develop helpful guideposts for revamping liaison programs. The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) held an ARL ASERL Liaison Institute in April 2018 to engage attendees from ARL and ASERL members in interactive exercises to discuss current issues and identify potential solutions.…”

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Dangerous Liaisons: Brainstorming the 21st-Century Academic Liaison

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2019

O, Wind, if Winter Comes, Can Spring Be Far Behind?

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“…In early 2017 librarians at McMaster University's Health Sciences Library (HSL) investigated alternative models for the provision of liaison services in academic health sciences libraries (Banfield & Petropoulos, 2017). This investigation led to a transition away from the traditional programme-based liaison service model and towards a functional team model that included a team of librarians dedicated to the support of educational programmes and lifelong learning within McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences.…”

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“…It is not limited to the academic realm, nor is it something learned once and for all… ML focuses on adaptability [emphasis mine] as information environments change and the critical reflection [emphasis mine] necessary to recognize new and evolving needs in order to remain adept (Jacobson & Mackey, 2016, p. xv-xvi) As HSL transitions to a functional team liaison model for the delivery of its services, the library is presented with a significant opportunity to shift HSL's traditional approach to the IL instruction it currently provides to support educational programmes. Before the transition to functional teams, six librarians at HSL provided liaison services that included, but were not limited to, content tailored to a course or programme or general library instruction (Banfield & Petropoulos, 2017). The new liaison model creates space for HSL to pursue the development of educational programme support that extends beyond skills-based learning and builds the metacognitive skills of the learners in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS).…”

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Re-visioning library support for undergraduate educational programmes in an academic health sciences library

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2019

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McMaster University’s Health Sciences Library (HSL) began to transition to a new liaison service model in early 2018. One of its librarians sought to understand how an academic health sciences library can optimise its support for academic undergraduate programmes. This scoping review of the literature was pursued with the aim to submit an informed recommendation to HSL’s new Education and Lifelong Learning team, so the library could shift its approach to information literacy instruction in a manner that would optimise its outcomes for students and improve relationships with faculty staff. The author searched seven databases: Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA), ProQuest ERIC, OVID Embase, EBSCO CINAHL, OVID Medline, Web of Science and PapersFirst. She developed a robust and comprehensive search strategy that used a combination of subject headings and keywords to describe information literacy, metaliteracy, libraries and health sciences education. The author also hand-searched bibliographies of seminal publications to broaden her search for relevant literature. The findings in this review indicate that metaliteracy as a concept has not been intentionally implemented into information literacy training at academic health sciences libraries. The review finds that it is preferable to integrate information literacy skills directly into course or programme curricula and align those skills with the evidence-based practice skills undergraduates are already learning. Further, establishing a programme that builds on these skills gradually throughout the duration of the academic programme, rather than one-shot library instruction, is also preferred. To achieve success, libraries must build strong collaborative relationships with faculty staff. The author provides recommendations for practice that reflect the findings of this review. Other academic health libraries may benefit from this review by taking into consideration its findings and subsequent recommendations.

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Re-visioning a Library Liaison Program in Light of External Forces and Internal Pressures

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Barriers to an inclusive academic library collection

Barriers to an inclusive academic library collection

Dangerous Liaisons: Brainstorming the 21st-Century Academic Liaison

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