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Aimed at practitioners and students of librarianship, this book is about interesting and unusual practical projects currently being run by academic liaison librarians. It shows how… Read more
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List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
About the author
Chapter 1: Introduction
Abstract
Key words
What does academic liaison mean?
From subject librarian to academic liaison?
Subject librarians ‘plus’
Overview of the book
Chapter 2: Liaison in the wider world: a medical librarian in Malawi
Abstract:
Background to the project
Initial impressions
Working with the library
Networking and liaison
Post-project activities
Lessons learned for similar projects
Chapter 3: Liaison and bibliometric support: the UK Research Assessment Exercise
Abstract:
Background to the project: what is the RAE?
Library contribution to the RAE: the Glasgow University experience
Process details
Opportunities for the library
The institutional repository: Enlighten
The role of liaison
Lessons learned for similar projects
Chapter 4: Liaison and virtual worlds
Abstract:
Virtual worlds
Teaching a course in Second Life: the librarian’s role
Teaching the teachers in Second Life
Virtual worlds teaching: pros and cons
The Karuna Island Project
Other virtual worlds roles for librarians?
Lessons learned for similar projects
Chapter 5: Liaison and digital scholarship
Abstract:
The Australian Poetry Library, University of Sydney
Glasgow Emblem Digitisation Project, University of Glasgow
Mark Twain Papers and Project, California Digital Library
Lessons learned for similar projects
Chapter 6: Liaison and open access journals
Abstract:
Background to the project: the Institutional Repository
The journals project
Set-up and production stages
The liaison role
Future plans
Lessons learned for similar projects
Chapter 7: Liaison and community outreach: a Friends of the Library group
Abstract:
Setting up the group
Programme of events
Finance and administration
King James Library Lectures
Lessons learned for similar projects
Chapter 8: Liaison and library buildings
Abstract:
Background to the project
Project development
The liaison role
Fundraising
Library involvement in the design
Lessons learned for similar projects
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Abstract:
The changing role of the liaison librarian
Embedded librarianship
The future for academic liaison?
Academic liaison in the Arts: a personal view
Case study round-up
References and further reading
Index
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