Library Instruction Liaison Outreach Guide

• Attend a Department Meeting (ask for an invite)
• Attend Department/Program Events (consult Dept./Prog Website)
• Attend or Volunteer to be a Judge at Student Research Programs and competitions (Undergraduate/Graduate)
• Attend Faculty Development Workshops
• Send a Welcome Letter to All New Hires Attending Faculty Orientation and check in on them to see how they are doing during their first
  If you would like to see a sample letter please request one from the Library Instruction Coordinator (lynn.lampert@csun.edu)
• Invite Your Department/Program Faculty to Special Library Events and Programming

Communicate via Email or Develop a Blog or Newsletter 

Set Up Personal Meetings with Liaison Dept/Program Faculty

Obtain a List of all new Lecturers before each academic year and tech out to welcome each lecturer

Identify Key Stakeholders in your assigned departments/programs

Make campus connections by attending non-curricular department events such as:

• Student Research Competitions, Showcases, Performances
• Attend Department Welcome/Orientation Events
  • Keep Up to Date with CSUN Faculty Development Programming Events
    for Networking and Professional Development Opportunities.

• Go Beyond Emailing Just the Department Chair or Listserv
• Email Faculty Individually After Seeing What Courses They Teach
• Identify influential departmental contacts, departmental programs and student services, culture and communication styles.
• Share Links to LibGuides You Create to Support Dept/Program Courses and Discipline

• Create and maintain effective library instruction course libguides, tutorials, videos, and other learning objects.
• Send out an outreach letter each semester (for template contact Library Instruction Coordinator: lynn.lampert@csun.edu)
• Personally Invite Faculty to Attend an upcoming CSUN Library Event to Meet with You