ISR Functions
Academic Liaison
Liaison Librarians are the primary contact with the University's academic departments. Each Librarian is responsible for liaison with one or more academic departments. Liaison Librarians:
- Ensure that the Library resources match the teaching, learning, and research needs of the academic community
- Work with faculty to integrate information literacy into the curriculum by designing and offering research instruction to classes
- Work with researchers to integrate information literacy into their academic life by meeting with them individually to help them learn how to conduct research independently
Information Services
- Information Desk Service
- Chat Reference
- Email Reference
- Individual and Small Group Consultations
Instruction
- Course-specific instruction provided by liaison librarian on request of faculty member, custom designed for a specific course
- General instructional workshops and library orientations coordinated by the Library Instruction Committee (LINC)
Collection Management
- Collection development
- Collection development policies
- Selection
- Approval plans
- Firm book budgets
- Serials
- Electronic Resources
- Collection evaluation
- Retention and weeding decisions
Committee Work and Key Interests
Members of ISR are involved in many committees, including:
- Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)Working Group
- Adaptive Technology Centre (managed by Janet Wason)
- Chat Reference Operations Group (CROG)
- Electronic Data Service (EDS)
- Email Reference Group
- German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
- Information Resources Management Committee (IRMC)
- Information Services Delivery (ISD) Training Committee
- Library Instruction Committee (LINC)
- Online Reference Shelf Group
- uWaterloo Electronic Thesis Project and UWSpace
- Web Operational Management Group (WebOps)
January 11, 2012
