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Dear Nuala, My previous post was in FE and I was subject librarian for Travel and Tourism, Visual and Performing Arts, Health Studies, and Sports and Leisure. I went to Academic Board meetings for those subjects, but as the library tended to be the last (and least urgent!) item on the agenda we also had a system of meetings with Course Team Leaders to discuss matters specific to the library. This worked well since it gave both sides more understanding of the other's role and expectations. I devised hands-on library inductions (including the use of computers and CD-ROM databases) aimed at specific subjects, so that students were learning library skills relevant to their courses, and also gave occasional workshops on preparing and presenting written projects (this is an area which could have been developed further). All lecturers were sent a memo asking for their comments and suggestions; they were invited to inspect the library stock in their subjects, accompanied by a Librarian (this tended to happen on an informal basis), and we distributed publishers' catalogues for suggestions for purchase. We also asked for stock suggestions with as much notice as possible, for student assignments etc., and requested lecturers to deposit copies of assignments with us so that I could put relevant materials on short loan or reference (some lecturers were more co-operative on these last two points than others!). I hope some of this is of use to you Peter Jennett > ---------- > From: Nuala Teevan[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 12 May 1998 14:40 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Subject Librarians in Further Education > > I am new to the Profession and in my first post since August 1997. > > I have been given the Science and Sport,Leisure and Tourism divisions > to > liaise with. I just want to know what services do other Further > Education libraries offer to subject divisions. Also how do you cater > for HE courses in Further Education Colleges as we are taking a number > of HND courses on board. > > We became a Learning Centre in last summer and converged with Computer > Services and Learning Support. Because of this new posts (Learning > Centre Facilitators) were created. The links with divisions is > something that we have not fully established and need ideas really. > > I would be interested to know how other Subject Librarians work. > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%