STEM Liaison Librarianship Survey

The problem this study addresses is the literature gap of liaison librarians’ perspectives on their duties and the frequency of which they perform these duties for academic researchers. Liaison librarians’ roles have broadened with new policies, data, and services stemming from data-driven research across sciences. STEM liaison librarians from a sampling frame of 135 at 16 similarly Association of Research Libraries were surveyed with demographic and job analysis questions. A total of 41 participants completed the entirety of the survey. Findings indicate the majority of our respondents serving 4 or more departments and continue to spend a majority of their time on traditional liaison tasks, but data-related duties are in greater demand. This study validates past work and concludes with discussion and recommendations for staffing and future research of STEM liaison librarians.