A Team-Based Liaison Approach to Science Coverage

Abstract

Abstract Liaison librarianship is an evolving specialty area in academic librarianship in which success is heavily dependent upon long-term relationship building between departments and librarians. In times of turnover and change the success of the liaison model is threatened due to the lack of continued staffing in liaison roles. This paper presents a case study of a team-based liaison coverage model for STEM fields during an extended period of turnover and change. Without this shared approach to liaison and functional duties, it would not be possible for only three people to provide service to over 14,000 patrons across multiple colleges. This paper presents a case study of a team-based liaison coverage model for STEM fields during an extended of and The paper identifies areas of and expert level competencies among the team-based liaison approach as an alternative to subject-specific contrast to It identifies the and areas in this model and discusses the ways that the liaison approach STEM field