TY - JOUR
T1 - Moving from collecting to connecting
T2 - Articulating, assessing, and communicating the work of liaison librarians
AU - Kranich, Nancy
AU - Lotts, Megan
AU - Nielsen, Jordan
AU - Ward, Judit H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In the twenty-first century, academic libraries and librarians have recast the narrative by turning outward, engaging more deeply across the university. No longer solely focused on collecting, libraries now embrace connecting with their campus communities to foster consumption, production, curation, preservation, collaboration, and inquiry around cultural resources. This paper will discuss the ongoing efforts of the Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick to investigate the changing roles and responsibilities of library liaisons-roles and responsibilities that are changing from transactional to relational in many academic libraries. The article will provide a historic overview of the work of library liaisons that has led to the recent appointment of a Liaison Assessment Committee at Rutgers. The committee is charged to describe the work liaison librarians currently undertake, to map liaison responsibilities to the libraries’ mission and service priorities, to share that work with stakeholders, and to assess the relevance and impact of the librarians’ efforts.
AB - In the twenty-first century, academic libraries and librarians have recast the narrative by turning outward, engaging more deeply across the university. No longer solely focused on collecting, libraries now embrace connecting with their campus communities to foster consumption, production, curation, preservation, collaboration, and inquiry around cultural resources. This paper will discuss the ongoing efforts of the Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick to investigate the changing roles and responsibilities of library liaisons-roles and responsibilities that are changing from transactional to relational in many academic libraries. The article will provide a historic overview of the work of library liaisons that has led to the recent appointment of a Liaison Assessment Committee at Rutgers. The committee is charged to describe the work liaison librarians currently undertake, to map liaison responsibilities to the libraries’ mission and service priorities, to share that work with stakeholders, and to assess the relevance and impact of the librarians’ efforts.
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U2 - 10.1353/pla.2020.0015
DO - 10.1353/pla.2020.0015
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85083465809
VL - 20
SP - 285
EP - 304
JO - Portal
JF - Portal
SN - 1531-2542
IS - 2
ER -