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Library Liaison Program University Libraries

The library liaison program provides a vital communication channel between the library and faculty members at AUB. Library liaisons are assigned by their departments to work in coordination with the library and share information about library services and resources that support the teaching, learning, and research at the university. Library liaisons may coordinate the following support services:

Collection Development

Ordering new items, library Liaisons will be informed regularly of the budget situation and are kindly asked to:

Encourage faculty to suggest new items through the Suggest New Title form on the library webpage under Resources.
OR
Send your requests by email directly to the library attention Mirna Kalash mk259@aub.edu.lb.

Collection assessment: Help the library in getting the department's feedback in selection decisions, checking donated material, weeding project, or discarding material.

Teaching

Ask faculty members to provide the library with the required reading lists for their course ahead of time, so the library can make sure of their availability.
Inform faculty members about the Subject Librarians who can help in identifying teaching materials including, videos, textbooks and Open Educational Resources.
Introduce the Faculty Services page on the library webpage including, Embed a Librarian in your course.
The liaisons will inform the library of any new program or new course offerings in their department.
Faculty members are encouraged to Book a Library session for their class. Student workshops provide hands-on training on research skills and citation tools.
Special services are offered for graduate students through the Thesis Writing Hub and the organized workshops.
Ask a Librarian services and study spaces are available for extended hours.

Research and Publishing

Encourage professors to submit their research papers in the institutional repository ScholarWorks for self-archiving.
Open access publishing waivers and discounts
Get Help from a Subject Librarians in doing systematic reviews.
Learn about the library data services such as writing a data management plan.
Get citation ranking and reports such as your H-index.
Starting and maintaining faculty researcher ID.

For more information,
please contact your Subject Librarian

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