To Learn is to Grow: Liaison Librarianship as Professional Development

1. To Learn is to Grow:Liaison Librarianship as Professional Development Jen Bonnet University of Maine jennifer.l.bonnet@maine.edu

2. Quick Poll How many of you have started a new position in the last year? Or will begin a new position in the coming year(s)? Or have added a new content area to your current position? Or have been longtime liaison librarians but don’t know everything there is to know about your subject(s)?

3. Professional Development Conferences Webinars Workshops

4. What is content knowledge? Why is it important to develop content knowledge? When working in our liaison areas, what are novel approaches to building content knowledge?

5. What is content knowledge? Research topic(s) Theoretical approach(es) Methodology(ies) Discourse(s) Stakeholder(s) Resources(s) Author(s) Publisher(s) Funding agency(ies) Location(s) Pedagogy(ies)

6. Why is it important to develop content knowledge? Constituent needs Relationships Collection development Tools Advocacy

14. When working in our liaison areas, what are novel approaches to building content knowledge?

16. Film Series • Research topic(s) Theoretical approach(es) Methodology(ies) • Discourse(s) • Stakeholder(s) • Resources(s) Author(s) Publisher(s) Funding agency(ies) • Location(s) • Pedagogy(ies)

17. Exhibits

18. Faculty Books

19. Exhibits • Research topic(s) • Theoretical approach(es) • Methodology(ies) • Discourse(s) • Stakeholder(s) • Resources(s) • Author(s) • Publisher(s) Funding agency(ies) • Location(s) Pedagogy(ies)

20. Take a Tour

23. Tours • Research topic(s) Theoretical approach(es) • Methodology(ies) • Discourse(s) • Stakeholder(s) • Resources(s) Author(s) Publisher(s) Funding agency(ies) • Location(s) • Pedagogy(ies)

24.  In your work, what approaches have you found beneficial for building content knowledge?

25. Publishing Workshops

27. Grantseeking in the Arts

29. Be a Research Subject

30. Summary Content Knowledge • Research topic(s) • Theoretical approach(es) • Methodology(ies) • Discourse(s) • Stakeholder(s) • Resources(s) • Author(s) • Publisher(s) • Funding agency(ies) • Location(s) • Pedagogy(ies) Opportunities Films Exhibits Tours Workshops Reading groups Grants support Collaborative research Research participant

31. Conclusion

32. Image Credits • UM duck: https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2683/4484617422_c047ce6722.jpg • Fogler poster: Valerie Williams, UMaine Marketing • Vacationland plate: http://www.aaroads.com/license_plates/images/me-3081-jd_01.jpg • Block M balloon: http://campusinvolvement.umich.edu/sorc/files/sorc/field/image/Sapphire-Blue-Block-M.jpg • UM Go Blue: http://maddogleadership.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Go-Blue-Banner.jpg • Block M: UMaine Marketing Department • UMaine Go Blue! banner: Jen Bonnet • Film series poster: UMaine Anthropology Department • Exhibit: http://thenounproject.com/term/museum/21056 • New faculty books publicity: MLibrary Marketing Department • Penobscot basketmaker: http://chitna.asap.um.maine.edu/miba/images/16TheresaSecordTitle.jpg, Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance • Makerspace: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YL6mrZM_pVU/UuFyXm1DpWI/AAAAAAAAA00/8R8MUaPCjY4/s1600/Maker-Space-9.png • Publish: http://brandonsneed.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/publish.png • Reading: http://www.nationalreadingcampaign.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/reading-matters-slide-en.jpg • Grants: http://meals4kids.org/sites/default/files/Piggy%20bank%20with%20blackboard.jpg • Research: http://www.vumc.com/27576/7086114/7086164/Homepagecarroussel-research1.jpg • Subject of research: http://thenounproject.com/term/find-user/29540/ • Start/Finish: http://ldmmedlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Start-finish-line.jpg

33. Thank you!