Subject Librarians

University Outreach

• Promote library services and programs.
• Participate in meetings and campus events as appropriate.

Program, Department & College Outreach

• Inform the College of all new and currently available library resources and services pertaining to the subject area, program, or department.
• Introduce possible database purchases and request trials if there is interest from the faculty.
• Develop partnerships between the library and programs, departments, and colleges in such areas as teaching and learning, research, digital projects, and scholarly communication.
• Attend departmental meetings as appropriate.

Classroom & Student Collaborations

• Meet with instructors to discuss their information needs and help them find the right resources for their class.
• Build Library Guides and other learning objects with instructors, specifically for their subject or course.
• Help find e-textbooks for the class from the current library resources, e-books the library can purchase, or OER (Open Educational Resources) already available
• Provide class Library instruction sessions on the best library resources (and how to use them) for student assignments and subject areas covered
• Meet with students to discuss their information needs and help them find the right resources for their assignment and answer any library-related questions they may have.