Liaison Librarians & Collection Strategists

Liaison Librarians are faculty who:

• Partner with faculty to teach students research skills, including the ability to find, evaluate, and use information in various forms.
• Provide research support for faculty and students through individual and group consultations.
• Support scholarly communication trends such as Open Access publishing, data management, measuring research impact, and using UNI ScholarWorks.

Collection Strategist Librarians are faculty who:

• Build, assess, and maintain the library's print and online collections with faculty input.
• Provide input on library purchasing and budgetary decisions.
• Prepare department and accreditation review documents related to library support of the curriculum.

Selection of materials, collection evaluation, and related activities are carried out by Library faculty affiliated with the Resource Management Unit in the Content Discovery Division. Learning and Research Services librarians assist in the development of the main Reference Collection under the general direction of the Reference Collection Management Coordinator. For questions, please contact Katherine Martin), Interim Associate Dean, Content Discovery Division, or Jeanne Little), Resource Management. (319) 273-7255.