CDL: Workload of faculty liaisons to the library?

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_appstate.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:41:51 -0500
To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu
Workload of faculty liaisons to the library
From:  Darren Hall <DHall_at_marymountpv.edu>

Hello all,

I recently told our faculty senate that we are interested in developing a program of 
faculty liaisons to the library, primarily to assist with CD.  A faculty member asked me 
about the expected time commitment that such an appointment involved, and I did not have 
an answer for him.  Has anyone on the list ever provided faculty with a formal or informal 
estimate of the workload involved in serving as a liaison to the library?  Are there any 
institutions that provide release time for their library liaisons?  If you have such a 
program at your institution, I would also be interested in hearing about how it is 
determined who becomes a liaison (e.g. appointed by dept. chair, elected by dept., asked 
by library to serve).  Thanks in advance for your help.

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Darren Hall
Collection Services & Reference Librarian
Marymount College Library
dhall_at_marymountpv.edu
310.303.7304
Received on Fri Feb 19 2010 - 03:09:05 EST