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The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools urges university libraries to involve both their librarians and university teaching faculty in developing balanced and high-quality collections. To that end, each department at Western appoints a faculty member as library representative to be paired with a liaison librarian who then work together to select materials which sustain the department's full array of curricular and research interests. Liaison librarians have the ultimate responsibility to expend annual allocations for books and other library resources but rely heavily upon recommendations from departmental faculty. Thus, a faculty representative may be expected to:
- Assess
the collecting profile for programs within the department as expressed
in the University Libraries' Collection Development
Statement and in current profiles with book vendors, helping to
revise either one as needed. [Each liaison librarian has a copy of this
Statement and also can access our profile with our primary vendor electronically.]
- Share
with departmental colleagues information on the materials budget and
other Library Public Services updates coming from the University Libraries.
- Encourage
colleagues to request books, new serials and other media through him/her
to be funnelled to the liaison librarian. [The liaison librarian routinely
routes notices of new books to the representative to disseminate to
faculty for consideration.] Then, relay these requests to the liaison
librarian at a steady pace for ordering.
- Be aware
of new course proposals originating in department, although the representative
does not "sign off" on the "Adequacy of Library
Resources" form. [The liaison librarian will inform the representative
of the results of each review, if the latter wishes.]
- Furnish
counsel and act as liaison between department and the Libraries during
collection review projects overseen by University Libraries, including
book weeding and serial review projects, as necessary.
- Review
requests for new print or electronic subscriptions proposed by faculty
in department. See Procedures for Initiating
Print Subscriptions and Procedures for Selection and Purchase of
Electronic Information Resources.
- Represent
interests of department on its college library advisory committee (which
meets once per semester).
- Communicate to liaison librarian concerns expressed within the department regarding operations of the Libraries for discussion and possible resolution.
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