Transcript Roles & Responsibilities

Expectations, Roles, &
Responsibilities
Faculty/Librarian
Librarians roles &
expectations
• Research specialist to complement faculty
subject knowledge
• Provide input supported fully by faculty
• Negotiate extent of student responsibility for
research
• Be familiar with what faculty assignments are
to provide full, appropriate assistance
• Students know assignment before coming for
instruction
Librarian Expectations
• Expect faculty to maintain information
literacy concepts in future courses
• Assessment component
• Two-way communication
• Testing of students (SAILS)
• Library/Librarians here for support
Librarian
• Faculty to express information needs
• Assignments will include IL goals and
objectives
• Increase/enhance librarian/faculty
collaborations
• Support the library’s mission as an academic
center
• Know each other as professional colleagues
Faculty Expectations
• Directing students to “right” resources
• Have librarians act as resource person for
research processes
• Librarians will take the lead in providing
directions on “How to find information “
whether its web-based, subscriptions, classes
• Help students put their research subject into
greater historical context
Faculty
• Explain social and legal context of information
literacy
• Easy access to resources
• Guidance in determining sources (good,
reliable sources)
• Use of sources (how to cite)
• Good communication – Knowing what to use
and when
Faculty
• Understanding plagiarism and copyright
responsibilities
• Ability to retrieve information
• Student should know how to use online –
print resources
• Librarian train students in their use of
databases/resources
• Library shall provide up-to-date resources
Faculty
• Collaboration between librarians and
faculty
• Librarians knowledgeable about
resources for specific disciplines