Whether you are a current, recovering, or aspiring subject expert, join us for an engaging discussion on liaisonship with three experienced subject librarians. Presenters will share their unique journeys into this dynamic role and discuss how their diverse backgrounds influence their current practices, particularly as peer mentors and instructors. Rather than simply serving as a bridge between academic departments and library services, the presenters will advocate for a more collaborative and dynamic partnership. In this model, librarians step into leadership roles by teaching themselves, mentoring one another, and influencing from within - effectively leading from the center of their organizations.
Participants will: 1. discuss the strengths, challenges and opportunities of leading from the middle in various subject librarian models. 2. be able to identify pathways that they could take in order to weave together their subject librarian identities and gather practical strategies they can apply to navigate their own subject librarian roles. 3. recognize varying methods subject librarians use to cultivate communities and relationships across their institutions and specifically in their assigned disciplines.
