This is a copy of the survey we used.
Collection Development and Academic Library Liaison Responsibilities
What type of title do you have? (Please select the title that is closest to yours. If your title combines more than one listed below, select the titles that are included in your own.) Acquisitions librarian
Head of Acquisitions
Assistant library director
Bibliographer
Cataloger
Circulation librarian
Head of Circulation/Access Services
Head of Cataloging/Technical Services
Collection development librarian
Department liaison
Director
Instruction Librarian
Outreach Librarian
Preservation Librarian
Reference librarian
Reference and subject librarian
Selector
Subject specialist
Head of Reference/Outreach/Instruction
Other (please specify)
What department do you work in? Acquisitions
Administration
Cataloging/Metadata Services
Circulation
Collection development
Interlibrary loan
Reference/Research services
Reserves
Which of these are part of your liaison responsibilities? Involve the library's clientele in the assessment and satisfaction of collection needs.
Identify user needs, evaluate existing collections, remove extraneous materials, and locate resources that will enhance the collections.
Subject-specific library instruction.
Communicate the library's collection policies, services and needs to your user group.
Enables the library's clientele to communicate their library needs and preferences to the library staff and governing body.
Publishing in user group area (rather than librarianship).
Attending panels, conferences, meetings, etc in user group area.
What percentage of your time involves liaison work? 0-10%
10-20%
20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
N/A
What subject areas do you liaise for? Check as many as applied. Arts
Business
Engineering
Humanities
Medicine
Social Sciences
Sciences
Your library's administration values your liaison work. Digagree Strongly
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Agree Strongly
Your faculty/user groups value your liaison work. Disagree Strongly
Is your institution: Public
Private
What is the approximate full time student enrollment (FTE) at your institution? Fewer than 1,500
1,500 to 4,999
5,000 to 9,999
10,000 and over
What is your institution's Carnegie Classification? Doctoral/research university I and II
Master's (comprehensive) colleges and universities I and II
Baccalaureate college I and II
Associate's college
Theological seminaries and other specialized faith-based institutions
Medical schools and medical centers
Would you like to see ALA offer more professional development opportunities relating to your liaison duties? Yes
No
If yes, what professional development programming related to collection development liaison work would you like to see offered?
Is there anything else the committee should know?