Purpose
The liaison program has been initiated in order to
Structure
Each academic department has been assigned a liaison from the professional library staff. The designated liaison librarian should be the department’s first point of contact in making comments or asking questions about library services, resources, etc. The liaison does not take the place of direct contact with a known service provider, such as the AV Librarian who makes tapes or the Circulation Desk staff who place items on reserve. In return, the academic department is expected to designate a departmental liaison to the library to work closely with the library liaison in order to identify the department’s needs and communicate the library response.
Each department has a librarian assigned as a library liaison to assist the teaching faculty in providing resources for the curriculum and in using all of the library services. Your liaison should be consulted if you are unsure who to contact or if you need assistance in any matter. Having a liaison does not stop you from contacting other library personnel directly if you know whom to call. The current library liaison assignments are:
Department | Librarian | Department | Librarian | |
Accounting | Sandy Stump | Fashion/Visual Merchandising | Sid Dreese | |
Art | Sidney Dreese | History | Charlie Colombo | |
Biology | Sandy Stump | Mathematics | Sandy Stump | |
Chemistry/Biochemistry | Sandy Stump | Modern Languages | Sandy Stump | |
Classics | Sidney Dreese | Music | Sidney Dreese | |
Communications | Sidney Dreese | Philosophy | Sidney Dreese | |
Computer Science | Sandy Stump | Physics | Sandy Stump | |
Digital Media | Sandy Stump | Political Science | Sandy Stump | |
Economics/Business | Sandy Stump | Psychology | Sandy Stump | |
Education | Charlie Colombo | Religion | Sidney Dreese | |
English | Charlie Colombo | Sociology | Sandy Stump | |
ESL | Charlie Colombo | Theater | Sidney Dreese | |
Administrative Coordinator* | Librarian | Administrative Coordinator* | Librarian | |
Administration (general) | Sandy Stump | Freshman Seminars | Sandy Stump | |
Curriculum Library Support | Sandy Stump | Graduate Studies | Sandy Stump | |
Degree Completion | Sandy Stump | Holocaust Studies | Sandy Stump | |
Degree Start | Sandy Stump | Technology | Sandy Stump | |
*Administrative Coordinators support program level needs.
Faculty needing course/departmental level support should confer with their departmental liaisons first.
Responsibilities of the Liaison Librarian
As the primary contact person between the library and the designated department, the liaison librarian is responsible for:
Responsibilities of the Faculty Liaison
As the department liaison to the library, the faculty liaison is responsible for:
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