Library liaison services in US community colleges: Findings from a national survey

Wahl, Mary

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Title

Library liaison services in US community colleges: Findings from a national survey

Author(s)

Wahl, Mary

Issue Date

2021-09-13

Keyword(s)

• Community college librarians
• Liaison librarians
• Library liaison services
• Community college outreach
• Survey research

Abstract

Library liaison services have been shown to be a valuable component of higher education in the US. Despite this established value, however, liaison services specific to community colleges are rarely discussed in the scholarly literature, while such services from universities and research institutions are well researched. Though it is understandable that liaison services at universities and community colleges would have similarities such as collaboration and outreach with students and faculty, it is only logical that they would also have differences due to the differences in user groups they serve. However, performing any reasonable comparison is difficult due to the absence of scholarly discourse regarding liaison services at community colleges. This article fills this gap by presenting survey data on the state of liaison services in community college libraries in the US. The data shows that a range of liaison work is being performed by community college librarians; A number of opportunities for further inquiry are also identified.

Series/Report Name or Number

Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement, vol. 1, issue 2

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text

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/113413

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.jloe.v1i2.807

Copyright and License Information

• Copyright 2021 Mary Wahl
• This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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