Maggie Albro, MLIS - A Team-Based Liaison Approach to Science Coverage

Journal article

Jenessa McElfresh, Maggie Albro, Jennifer Groff
South Carolina Libraries, vol. 5(1), 2021

DOI: 10.51221/suc.scl.2021.5.1.3

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APA Click to copy
McElfresh, J., Albro, M., & Groff, J. (2021). A Team-Based Liaison Approach to Science Coverage. South Carolina Libraries, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.51221/suc.scl.2021.5.1.3

Chicago/Turabian Click to copy
McElfresh, Jenessa, Maggie Albro, and Jennifer Groff. “A Team-Based Liaison Approach to Science Coverage.” South Carolina Libraries 5, no. 1 (2021).

MLA Click to copy
McElfresh, Jenessa, et al. “A Team-Based Liaison Approach to Science Coverage.” South Carolina Libraries, vol. 5, no. 1, 2021, doi:10.51221/suc.scl.2021.5.1.3.

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@article{mcelfresh2021a,
  title = {A Team-Based Liaison Approach to Science Coverage},
  year = {2021},
  issue = {1},
  journal = {South Carolina Libraries},
  volume = {5},
  doi = {10.51221/suc.scl.2021.5.1.3},
  author = {McElfresh, Jenessa and Albro, Maggie and Groff, Jennifer}
}

Abstract

Liaison librarianship is an evolving specialty area in academic librarianship in which success is heavily dependent upon long-term relationship building between departments and librarians. In times of turnover and change the success of the liaison model is threatened due to the lack of continued staffing in liaison roles. This paper presents a case study of a team-based liaison coverage model for STEM fields during an extended period of turnover and change. Without this shared approach to liaison and functional duties, it would not be possible for only three people to provide service to over 14,000 patrons across multiple colleges.