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January 14th, 2009

Library Liaison Program Adds New Subject Librarian

The Mary Couts Burnett Library will be adding a nursing and health sciences subject librarian to its ongoing liaison program next Tuesday.

Tracy Hull, associate dean of the library, said the liaison program has subject librarians who are available for library instruction, who buy books, materials, and make recommendations for electronic sources, and who provide specialized references to students in their subject area. Hull said there are currently subject librarians for science, business, arts and humanities, music, and the Divinity School.

Hull said she has worked on revamping the program within the last year in order to make it a much more reference-based model. She said the goal of the program is to provide students with timely and in-depth assistance from librarians who know the collection as well as the subject area. The librarians have backgrounds in their disciplines either from related past jobs and/or a Bachelor’s or a Master’s degree in the subject, Hull said.

Call the Mary Couts Burnett Library reference desk at (817) 257-7117 to find out more information or to make an appointment with a subject librarian.

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