Ellen Hampton Filgo, Sha Towers

Liaison Engagement Success (eBook, ePUB)

A Practical Guide for Librarians

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As liaison librarianship has evolved from a collections-centric to an engagement-centric model, liaisons have had to grapple with new and evolving competencies and skills that are focused on how to engage with diverse constituencies and stakeholders. But what does that mean practically? Liaison Engagement Success: A Practical Guide for Librarians will answer that question for academic liaison librarians, whether they are new to the profession or new to the liaison role. It offer specific proven strategies for engaging with user communities. Every community is different, and a liaison who takes up the tasks of engagement will need to be committed to building relationships, being flexible, and listening well, in order to understand the community's needs and meet them. This book offers specific strategies for : Getting to know a user communityFinding effective strategies for proactive outreachCollaborating with others for effective engagementEvaluating and assessing the engagement that is happeningThe book features practical tips and case studies for engagement with different disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, STEM, arts, professional disciplines, and with non-academic units.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538144640
• Artikelnr.: 61802862

Autorenporträt

Ellen Hampton Filgo is the director of the liaison program in the research and engagement division of Baylor University Libraries. She received her MSLS from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She is also a 2017 cohort member of the Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians. As the director of the liaison program, she manages a team of liaisons who reach out to and engage with their assigned schools, departments, and major programs on campus to provide high quality and effective research, information literacy, collections and scholarly communication services. She is also the liaison to four social science and humanities departments.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
History and Evolution of Liaison LibrarianshipGetting to Know Your User
CommunityMindsets for Liaison WorkStrategies for OutreachEngagement with
the HumanitiesEngagement with the Social SciencesEngagement with the STEM
FieldsEngagement with the ArtsEngagement with the Professional
DisciplinesEngagement with Non-Academic UnitsCollaboration and Partnership
Inside and Outside the LibraryLeadership of Engaged LiaisonsAssessment and
Evaluation of Engaged LibrariansBibliography
About the Authors