Organizing the liaison role

摘要

With great anticipation, I wondered what topic I had been assigned for my on-campus job interview presentation for a librarian position with liaison responsibilities. The agenda indicated that I would have 20 minutes to explain how I would "build relationships with STEM [science, technology, engineering, and math] faculty and students to support research and instruction services in the 21st century." My first thought was that my assigned topic was broad enough that I could shape it any way that suited me. So far, so good. My second thought was, "How am I going to fill 20 minutes talking about meeting, networking, and collaborating with faculty and students?"