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Library Liaison Contacts
Librarians serve as a point of contact for faculty
and will be glad to answer questions about library collections, student
instruction sessions, reserves, etc.
Please contact the librarians assigned to your department for assistance
on the topics mentioned below and for any other questions
Library Liaison Program
The Library Liaison Program is part of an ongoing effort to increase
communication between the schools and the Library to enhance the
Library's ability to meet the needs of students and faculty.
The liaison program is intended to provide a programmatic link between
the Library and the academic programs by establishing an ongoing
partnership with faculty. By working closely with academic units,
we hope to increase the Library’s effectiveness in supporting
curricular needs and program goals.
Librarians work with the faculty to help students gain
fundamental library and research skills. As required by Middle States
Accreditation, the Library has a mandate to ensure that students
gain these skills. To this end, AUS librarians encourage faculty
to:
1) bring classes to the library for hands-on instruction sessions
in the Library’s electronic classroom,
2) invite a librarian
to come to your classroom to show students core library resources
and search strategies.
In addition to formal instruction sessions,
we develop web-based tools accessible on our web site to provide
students with point-of-need assistance, self-paced tutorials and
subject guides.
Suggesting Material
Faculty can suggest books or media items for the library by either
contacting their Liaison librarian directly or filling out the Suggest-A-Book form on the AUS Library website.
Faculty wishing to request a journal title are asked to fill the Journal
Request Form and submit it to their Library Liaison.
The AUS Library Collection
Development Policy can be accessed for further information regarding
collection building and acquisition policies.
Research Help Desk Services
Librarians provide assistance and instruction in the following areas:
- Using the AUS Library Catalog
- Research Advice
- Locating factual information
- Locating articles and documents
- Using journal indexes (on-line and paper)
- Database search strategies
The Research Help Desk is located on the 1st floor of the library.
Reference librarian assistance is available from 10am – 8pm,
Sundays – Wednesdays
and Thursdays from 10-4pm.
Make an Appointment with a Librarian
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