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We are asking for your help in answering some questions about your role as a liaison librarian, and how this role
has changed in recent times - particularly in relation to the support of research dissemination.

The project will feed the results of this survey, plus more specific qualitative data taken from a number of
institutional partners into the setting of strategic recommendations that will be used to help promote alternative
routes to research dissemination.

NOTES:

The survey should take no more than 20 minutes to complete.

The survey is open until the 31st October 2010

Questions are mandatory unless marked otherwise.

Note that once you have clicked on the CONTINUE button your answers are submitted and you can not
return to review or amend that page
Some demographics

This is information about you and some information about your organisation - it will be held securely by the
project and any details will not be shared with any third parties

1. In which country are you based?

2. Please indicate your subject area from the following list (multiple answers are allowed)
(select all that apply)

Physical Sciences
Engineering & Technology
Life Sciences
Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health
Social Sciences
Arts & Humanities
Other (please specify):

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3. How long have you been a subject/liaison librarian

Less than 1 year

1-2 years
3-4 years
5-6 years
More than 6 years

4. How many subject/liaison librarians (Full Time Employees) are there working at your institution overall

0-10
11-20
21-30
More

5. Can you let us know how the liaison librarians at your institution are distributed by subject area? (we
acknowledge that one FTE librarian can be responsible for multiple subject areas)

Number of Liaison Librarians

a. Physical Sciences

b. Engineering & Technology

c. Life Sciences

d. Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health

e. Social Sciences

f. Arts & Humanities

g. Other

Section A - Perceptions of Change

In this section, we would like to find out about how the role of the liaison librarian has changed over recent
years

6. Would you say that your role as a Liaison Librarian has changed in recent years?

Yes
No

7. If your answer to question 6 was 'yes' can you please let us know to what extent the focus of your role
has changed. If you answered 'no' please skip to section B (Optional)
(select all that apply)

The role is more focused on research

The role is more focused on learning and teaching support
The role is more focused on collections management
Other (please specify):

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8. Does it involve; (Optional)

(select all that apply)

More information literacy teaching/training

Less information literacy teaching/training
More direct engagement with researchers and academic staff
Less direct engagement with researchers and academic staff
Other (please specify):

9. What do you think has been the major driver behind these changes? (Optional)
(select all that apply)

Demand from researchers

Demand from library users
Management and university administration demands (for example; to support research assessments)
Anticipated needs identified by liaison librarians
Other (please specify):

Section B - Supporting Dissemination

This project is specifically interested in identifying how liaison librarians are engaging with researchers in
order to support and promote the dissemination of research.

10. In the support of research dissemination, please say to what extent you engage in the following
activities with researchers and academics

Please rate
Daily A few A few times A few Rarely Never
times per per month times per
week year
a. Providing advice on alternative
publishing models, including for example,
the use of the institutional repository
services.
b. Promotion of the principles of open
access and open scholarship approaches
c. Providing advice on compliance
requirements for local policies surrounding
scholarly communications (e.g. open

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access mandates, research data
management planning)
d. Working with and on behalf of the
research teams to design and implement
improvements in repository functionality
e. Participation in the procurement and
development of new tools and services for
research.
f. Advice on the management of grey
literature and other artefacts of research
g. Advice on data management -- for
example approaches to data curation
which should take place during the
research process.
h. Advice on alternatives to traditional
peer review
i. Advice on on copyright and intellectual
property rights
j. Assistance in 'marketing' of academic
research to the subject and academic
community through alternative means --
e.g.'web 2.0' services
k. Provision of bibliometric and usage
stats reporting etc (via reporting or online
through syndication and aggregation
tools), for both traditional and alternative
publishing models

11. Please let us know of any other services that you deliver at your institution, and that are not listed
above, which support the dissemination of research. (Optional)

12. If there are new services being delivered, are these: (Optional)

As well as traditional services

Instead of traditional services
If the answer is 'instead of traditional services' can you provide examples of the services are no
longer being delivered? (Optional)

13. Has demand for new services such as those mentioned above been officially recognised by your
institution, and changes made to support arrangements and your job description? (Optional)

Yes
No
If yes, can you explain what? (Optional)

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14. Do you think that such services *should* be part of your job description, or should they be provided
from elsewhere in the organisation (Optional)

Yes
No
If 'no', please say which part of the organisation would be more appropriate: (Optional)

15. Does your institution recognise the training and development needs required for support staff to
become expert in these services (Optional)

Yes, training and development programmes are being provided

Yes, but no formal development programmes have been initiated
No

Section C - Use of Web 2.0 and Social Networking to support research dissemination

This following section is specifically aimed at librarians who use web 2.0 tools and social networks in the
course of their work.

16. Do you believe web 2.0 tools and approaches are important in the support of research disseminiation
(Optional)

Yes
No
Don't know

17. Do you personally make use of web 2.0 tools as a method of supporting research dissemination
(Optional)

Yes
No

18. Please indicate which web 2.0 services you have used as a means to communicate and disseminate
research (Optional)
(select all that apply)

Blogging
Online Video
Social Networks (for example Twitter, or Facebook)
Podcasting
Photo Sharing
Newsgroups/forums
Wikis
Social Bookmarking
Instant Messaging
Virtual Worlds
Other (please specify):

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19. Do you think the development of subject focused social networks (online communities) is a important
role for the liaison librarian in order to disseminate information about research (Optional)

Yes
No
Don't Know

20. Are you able to cite examples of how you have built or participated in the development of social
networks relevant to your role (Optional)

Yes
No
If yes, can you provide us with a little background to these networks and how you have participated?
(Optional)

Section D - Local attitudes to use of web 2.0 and social networking

This section is looking to establish the level of local (institutional) support for participation in the use of web
2.0 approaches and though engaging in social networks

21. Do you think your institution values the existence of social networks and web 2.0 tools as a means to
support research dissemination (Optional)

Yes
No
Don't know

22. Are you offered any institutionally led development opportunities or training that supports the use of
web 2.0 tools and social networks (Optional)

Yes
No
Don't know

Section E - Sharing experiences

23. Would you say that the use of web 2.0 tools and social networks in support of your role has been a
positive or negative experience? (Optional)

My experiences have been positive

My experiences have been negative
If you are happy for us to do so, then may we contact you for further information about your
experiences? Please provide an email contact address. (Optional)

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