for LIS 688: Information Literacy (2013)

1. Beth Filar Williams
Coordinator of Library Services for Distance Learning
ERIT Department, UNCG Libraries
http://library.uncg.edu/info/distance_education/
efwilli3@uncg.edu
Room 565
January 31, 2013

2. A. Academic
B. School
C. Public
D. Government/corporate
E. Archives

5. Schulte, S. (2012). Embedded Academic Librarianship: A Review of the Literature. Evidence Based Library And Information Practice, 7(4), 122-
138. Retried from : http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/17466

6.  Button/link/portal pushed into each class
 a librarian in CMS:
▪ discussion board
▪ teaching one shot session
▪ working with actual graded assignments
 Co-teaching a semester long online course
 Created materials to embed into courses
 Other?

7.  Embed physically in other locations…
 Located not in “main library” - a branch
 At coffee shop, café, meeting place on campus
 Librarians located in research institution, special
library, etc.
 IN the classroom for school libraries
 Other?

8.  Located w/in Teaching/Learning Center on campus
 Embed traveling w/ a class
 Embed in the research process
 Public Libraries: modern bookmobile, mini
branches in shopping malls, downtown stores,
nursing homes…

10.  Sense of place? Collaborative, neutral, meet-up spot?
 Archives? Unique collections? Book w/ critical
illustrations?
 Loss of our identity as a profession?
 Other?

11. • Is it our fiscally & ethical responsibility to save users
time?
 supplying them w/ electronic info.
 being at their point of need.
 Teaching them information literate skills
 But how do you get them to seek us for help?
 Does embedded librarianship help?

12.  Carlson, J. & Kneale, R. (2011) . Embedded librarianship in the research context
Navigating new waters,. College & Research Libraries News, 72(3), 167-170 .
 Schulte, S. (2012). Embedded Academic Librarianship: A Review of the
Literature. Evidence Based Library And Information Practice, 7(4), 122-138.
 Shumaker, D. (2009). Who Let the Librarians Out? Embedded Librarianship and
the Library Manager. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 48(3), 239-257.
 Shumaker , D. , & Talley , M. ( 2009 ). Models of embedded librarianship: Final
report . Chicago : Special Libraries Association .
 Siess, J. (2010). Embedded librarianship: the next big thing?. Searcher, 18(1), 38-
45.
 http://embeddedlibrarian.com/
 http://designerlibrarian.wordpress.com/