Role Shifting of University Liaison Librarians in the Trend of MOOCs: Take the Example of Jianghan University Library

Abstract

This paper focuses on the role orientation and transformation of university liaison librarians under the background of the MOOC movement. In an attempt to spearhead the trendy MOOCs, the multiple roles of liaison librarians have been evolving into information literacy educators by means of MOOCs, copyright liquidators in the productive process of MOOCs, and innovative service channel explorers on the platform of MOOCs