ERIC Number: EJ913569
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-0148-1061
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Embedded Librarianship Is a Winning Proposition
Jacobs, Warren N.
Education Libraries, v33 n2 p3-10 Win 2010
A reference/instruction librarian used targeted outreach to furnish library services to faculty and students while assigned to work in the College of Education during a library renovation project. Due to the success of this temporary assignment, the author has subsequently maintained regular office hours in the College to provide research consultations for faculty and students, collaborate on collection development, and continue outreach efforts resulting in increased requests for research assistance and course-integrated information literacy instruction. The benefits and challenges of embedded librarianship in an academic department are also discussed.
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Library Services, Library Instruction, Library Science, Librarians, Reference Services, Improvement, Departments, Academic Achievement, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Budgets, Schools of Education, Higher Education, Library Materials
Special Libraries Association, Education Division. 331 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 703-647-4900; Fax: 703-647-4901; e-mail: sla@sla.org; Web site: http://units.sla.org/division/ded/education_libraries.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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