This article reports on a qualitative case study of subject librarians at Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library Subject librarians considered their main purpose to be connecting the people at the university with library resources. People skills are a key to being successful in their positions. Their duties of collection development, reference, instruction, liaison, citizenship, professional development, and scholarship are interrelated and work together in important ways. Subject librarians are satisfied with their jobs and corresponding autonomy. They are concerned about librarian stereotypes and want to overcome the ignorance about their positions. They agree that subject knowledge is important but do not agree on a formal degree standard. This study could be used to help develop and improve SL programs. It could inform hiring decisions and improve the practices of current subject librarians by focusing on the key skills of working with others and subject knowledge.

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学科馆员的定义和职责：连接图书馆和大学

本文报告了对杨百翰大学 Harold B. Lee 图书馆学科馆员的定性案例研究。学科馆员认为他们的主要目的是将大学人员与图书馆资源联系起来。人际交往能力是在其职位上取得成功的关键。他们的馆藏开发、参考、指导、联络、公民身份、专业发展和学术等职责是相互关联的，并以重要的方式协同工作。学科馆员对自己的工作和相应的自主权感到满意。他们担心图书馆员的刻板印象，并希望克服对其立场的无知。他们同意学科知识很重要，但不同意正式的学位标准。这项研究可用于帮助开发和改进 SL 项目。它可以通过关注与他人合作的关键技能和学科知识来为招聘决策提供信息并改善当前学科图书馆员的实践。