Meeting Our Users Where They Conference:A Texas A&M Model to Support Librarian Attendance at Subject-Specific Conferences

摘要

Today's academic librarian is frequently called upon to function asa subject specialist, with or without advanced degrees in other dis-ciplines. One method of monitoring trends within a given field is tostudy its literature; another is to attend conferences in the discipline.Discipline-specific conference attendance by academic librariansprovides opportunities to interact with faculty in their disciplinesthat result in an increased communication with faculty, improvedreference expertise, and more focused collection development. Thispaper describes the Texas A&M University Libraries' support forconference attendance and examples of the resulting benefits.