Subject Liaisons in Academic Libraries: An Open Access Data Set from 2015

The work of subject liaison librarians in academic libraries has morphed to include a variety of roles that reach beyond the traditional. This study captures responses of 1,808 participants from land-grant, Oberlin Group, and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions to a questionnaire ab...

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Published inPortal (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 5 - 15
Main Authors Nero, Neil, Langley, Anne
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Johns Hopkins University Press 2017
Subjects
Academic Libraries
Intellectual Disciplines
Land Grant Universities
Librarians
Questionnaires
Research Libraries
Surveys
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ISSN1531-2542
1530-7131
1530-7131
DOI10.1353/pla.2017.0001

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Summary:The work of subject liaison librarians in academic libraries has morphed to include a variety of roles that reach beyond the traditional. This study captures responses of 1,808 participants from land-grant, Oberlin Group, and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions to a questionnaire about subject liaison librarians. The questionnaire contains eight demographic questions, five questions about liaison responsibilities, seven outreach and instruction questions, three traditional reference questions, two scholarly communications questions, three collection development questions, and an open-ended question. This is the largest data set compiled to date on academic subject liaison librarians. The data set has been made available on an open access basis in hopes that use of the data will facilitate cross-study comparisons.
ISSN:1531-2542
1530-7131
1530-7131
DOI:10.1353/pla.2017.0001