Assessing Liaison Librarians: Documenting Impact for Positive Change (ACRL Publications in Librarianship) - Tapa blanda

Assessment is increasingly important to higher education. Tight budgets and scarce resources demand accountability from the entire academy, including the library. Librarians must be prepared to document the impact of the programs they create, the collections they develop, and the services they offer. Liaison librarians in academic libraries focus on engagement with academic units and outreach to students, faculty, and the community of scholars.In a series of scholarly essays, Assessing Liaison Librarians: Documenting Impact for Positive Change examines how academic libraries assess liaison activities and offers recommendations for documenting the impact of programs and services. Individual chapters address liaison activities relating to collection development; library instruction; research services; engagement and outreach; online, blended and other learning environments, including MOOCs; scholarly communications and information technology; the importance of assessment in the 21st century research library; and professional development of liaisons librarians.

Daniel C. Mack is Associate Dean for Collection Strategies and Services at the University of Maryland Libraries in College Park, USA, where he provides leadership in policy creation and implementation, strategic planning, program development, and assessment for library collections. An active member of the American Library Association, Mack was recently appointed to ALA s Committee on Library Advocacy. Recent publications include work as co-editor of the Association of College and Research Libraries monograph Interdisciplinarity and Academic Libraries and as consulting editor for Brill s New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Mack s current research interests include interdisciplinarity in the twenty-first-century academy, assessment of library collections and services, and Roman civilization in the age of Caesar Augustus.Gary W. White is Associate Dean for Public Services in the University Libraries at the University of Maryland, USA. White has responsibility for library research and teaching services to the university as well as oversight of all subject libraries. He has a PhD in higher education, a master of business administration, and a master of library science and is also a member of the university's blended and online learning commission. White has over twenty years of professional experience as an academic librarian and administrator, with numerous books, refereed journal articles, and scholarly presentations.