Meier, John J. “Shifting Roles within Science Librarianship” STS Hot Topics Discussion Group, ALA Midwinter Conference, Denver, Colorado (February 10, 2018).

Abstract: In the past, many libraries and institutions have embraced the liaison model as a way of expanding subject specialists responsibilities. Liaison librarians have done outreach, department and curriculum support, instruction and community engagement in addition to collection development and reference. Today there are even more diverse changes to librarian roles. What are the successes and challenges associated with the current liaison model? What changes are we seeing in terms of roles, responsibilities, and expectations for science liaisons? Join John Meier of Pennsylvania State University along with Laura Palumbo of Rutgers University and Jeffra Bussmann of California State University at East Bay to discuss the evolving expectations and shifting models of support for liaisons and subject specialists in STEM fields.