Assessing liaison librarians : documenting impact for positive change / Edited by Daniel C. Mack and Gary W. White.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Libraries and assessment / Daniel C. Mack ; Gary W. White -- 1. The place of liaisons and the central role of assessment in American higher education / Gary W. White -- 2. Programmatic assessment of research services : infoLibraries and assessment / Daniel C. Mack ; Gary W. Whiterming the evolution of an engaged liaison librarian model / Sarah Anne Murphy ; Craig Gibson -- 3. Assessment of teaching, learning, and literacies / Ellysa Stern Cahoy -- 4. Library assessment for online, blended, and other learning environments / Maria R. Barefoot -- 5. Beyond the bibliographer : assessing collection development activities in the new digital library / Daniel C. Mack -- 6. Liaison librarians and scholarly communication : a framework and strategies for assessment / Dawn Childress ; Daniel Hickey -- 7. The library as platform : assessing outreach and engagement in the library of the future / Marcy Bidney -- 8. Professional development of liaison librarians : fostering skills for the twenty-first century / Gary W. White -- Conclusion: Designing and implementing a liaison assessment program / Daniel C. Mack.

Assessment is increasingly important to higher education. Tight budgets and scarce resources demand accountability from the entire academy, including the library. Librarians must be prepared to document the impact of the programs they create, the collections they develop, and the services they offer. Liaison librarians in academic libraries focus on engagement with academic units and outreach to students, faculty, and the community of scholars. In a series of scholarly essays, Assessing Liaison Librarians: Documenting Impact for Positive Change examines how academic libraries assess liaison activities and offers recommendations for documenting the impact of programs and services. Individual chapters address liaison activities relating to collection development; library instruction; research services; engagement and outreach; online, blended and other learning environments, including MOOCs; scholarly communications and information technology; the importance of assessment in the 21st century research library; and professional development of liaisons librarians.