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Fundamentals for the Academic Liaison

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Fundamentals for the Academic Liaison is a practical handbook designed to equip academic liaison librarians with essential skills to foster collaboration and trust with university faculty. The book covers vital topics such as orientation meetings, subject specialisation, faculty communication, online tutorial creation, collection development, information literacy instruction, embedded librarianship, library guides, course accreditation, and evaluation methods.
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This book is indispensable for current and aspiring academic library liaisons, as well as students of library and information science, offering straightforward guidance that is easy to apply.

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A core resource for any LIS student or academic librarian serving as a liaison, this handbook lays out the comprehensive fundamentals of the discipline, helping librarians build the confidence and cooperation of the university faculty in relation to the library

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This handbook lays out the comprehensive fundamentals of the discipline to help academic liaison librarians build the confidence and cooperation of the university faculty in relation to the library. Readers will learn about connecting and assisting faculty and students through skillful communication and resource utilization with coverage of key topics including:

  • Orientation meetings
  • Acquiring subject specialisation
  • Advice on faculty communication and assistance
  • Online tutorial creation
  • Collection development
  • Information literacy instruction
  • Embedded librarianship
  • Library guides
  • New courses and accreditation
  • Evaluation methods

Readership: Written in a straightforward way that lends itself to easy application, Fundamentals for the Academic Liaison will be essential reading for current and future academic library liaisons and students of library and information science.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783300051

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 March 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Facet Publishing

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 142g

Pages: 210

About the Author

Richard Moniz has been a director of library services for Johnson & Wales University since 1997. He has also, in the past, simultaneously served as head of information technology services and taught classes on various subjects, and has taught for the MLIS program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro since 2006.
Jo Henry is currently the information services librarian at South Piedmont Community College.
Joe Eshleman has been the instruction librarian at Johnson & Wales University Library–Charlotte since 2008. During this time, he has taught numerous library instruction sessions.

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