UX, FYE, & Non-Academic Subject Liaison Roles

Hollie GardnerUser Experience Librarian

Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

User Experience Position

Assessment

Marketing

Outreach

LIAISON Roles

Residence Life & Student Housing

Academic Development of Student Athletes

- Image from SMU Athletics

Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center

• Writing Center• Tutoring Center• Academic

CounselorsImage from Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center

Student Transitions & Orientation

Discernment & Discourse

(first-year rhetoric classes)

A Few Lessons Learned

1. Be strategic in selecting departments for liaison roles.

2. Having your liaison group as part of an official title opens doors.

3. Staff have library anxiety, too.4. Sometimes, departments just

need a name and a friendly face.

Contact info

Email: hgardner@smu.edu

Twitter: @holliesgardner

Slides: slideshare.net/holliesgardner