Library Instruction: Request a Liaison Consultation

What is a library liaison?

Library liaisons are Reference Librarians and other library staff who are designated to support the teaching, learning, and research needs of a specific school, department, program, or academic community at Fordham. 

What might a library liaison do for you?

• Provide library instruction and information literacy assessment for classes and programs (submit a Library Instruction Request Form as needed)

• Recommend best information sources for research and provide one-on-one consultations for research support

• Recommend best tools for citation management

• Promote the use of the Fordham University Research Commons (repository) and other Digital Collections available via the library

• Develop library collections that support the curriculum and community

• Create Research Guides and other asynchronous tools to highlight the best sources for a topic, discipline, or research assignment (see our Research Guides List to determine if there is already a guide that satisfies your needs; submit a Library Instruction Request Form if you want us create a new guide for your class, program, or topic)

• Help you obtain access to research level sources available via library consortia and cooperative browsing and lending services such as NYPL MaRLI and ReCAP Shared Collection, OCLC SHARES, WALDO, AJCU, NYATLA, New York Botanic Garden, and Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) referral service.

Since librarians are not always in their office, email is the best way to schedule a consultation. Due to limited staffing the library observes a one business day response time to email requests. For immediate attention, please use the Ask A Librarian service.