Liaison program
The University Libraries encourages all faculty and staff to take advantage
of services offered through our liaison program. Each department in the
University has a librarian assigned to it as its liaison. Library
liaisons offer two major kinds of services: Collection Development
and Library Instruction & Consultation.
Collection Development
We encourage faculty to consult their library subject liaisons
to make suggestions about materials which need to be added to our collections
in order to enhance teaching and research.
We encourage faculty to review their
departmental collection development statements and to help us to acquire the
most relevant books, journals, and electronic resources for their needs.
Book
order slips are available in each department and from the subject liaisons. Expensive
book purchases and all serial/periodical subscription requests are reviewed by
our collection development committee which meets every two weeks.
Library instruction and consultation
Each library subject liaison offers a variety of consultation and instruction
services to faculty. These include:
- Answering reference questions. Call the Central Reference Desk at (269) 387-5178
for answers to short reference questions or email your departmental liaison.
- Phone or email your liaison for more extended research assistance. You may
want to arrange an appointment with your liaison to learn more about electronic
and paper resources to expedite your research. This service is also offered to
students through the WRAP program (Western's Research Assistance Program), which
offers individualized research advice by appointment with a librarian who has
the appropriate subject expertise.
- Subject Liaisons also offer Library Instructional Sessions specially designed
to meet the needs of specific classes you are teaching. Usually these instructional
sessions are held in Waldo Library, the Music Library, or the Education Library
during the time one of your classes normally meets. Call your liaison to arrange
an appointment for one of these sessions.
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