Comfort food for all

Comfort Food for All:The Scalability of LMSEmbeddedLibrarianshipBeth E. TumblesonJohn J. BurkeMiami University Middletown

The Question of Scalability

Traditional InformationLiteracy Methods

The Reference Desk Mystery Meat—What Will You Encounter?

The Library Website

One-Shot Instruction Sessions

The Credit InformationLiteracy Course

Research Consultations

LMS – Comfort Food for All

Barriers

Too Time-Consuming?

Too Much Resistance?

Only for a Few?

Prioritize LMS Collaborations

Equal Service for All?

Ways to Manage the Workload

Reorganize Library Operationsand Staffing

Survey Findings• September/October 2011 – 280 respondents• Institutions • 55% from four-year universities • 23% from community colleges• LMS • 56% Blackboard • 16% Moodle • 14% ANGEL • 10% Desire2Learn • 7% Sakai

Survey Findings• Courses • 70% online • 69% face-to-face • 54% hybrid • 61% undergrad • 42% grad• Average of 31% of MLS librarians embedded per institution • 44% in 5 or fewer courses each • 19% in 6-10 courses each • 15% in 11 or more courses each• Growth in future? • 49% yes • 37% stay the same

Our Experience & Insights Course sections Students 90035 80030 700 60025 50020 400 30015 20010 100 0 5 Spring Fall 2009 Spring Fall 2010 Spring Fall 2011 Spring 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012

Worth Pursuing

Faculty Collaboration Leads toReferrals

Research assignmentsenhanced

Greater interaction withstudents

More electronic resources used

Greater efficiency andversatility

Questions?

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