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Designing Job Descriptions For New Roles: Integrating Scholarly Communication And Information Literacy In Liaison Job Descriptions, Teresa Fishel, Julie Garrison, Philip Herold

Teresa A. Fishel

New roles for librarians, means new job descriptions. We will share the experiences of three institutions who have developed new job descriptions that incorporate responsibilities for integrating scholarly communication and information literacy. Librarians from three institutions that vary in size and type will report on how they have developed job descriptions and expectations for librarians in these areas and provide insights on issues for participants to consider before incorporating these changes in your own libraries. Learn about successful techniques as well as challenges faced when integrating these roles into responsibilities for academic librarians. Examples of job descriptions along with related …