This document summarizes a presentation on embedded librarianship and gamification in libraries given by Plamen Miltenoff at New Bulgarian University. The presentation introduced the concept of embedded librarianship and provided working definitions. Examples of embedded librarianship programs in the US were discussed. The presentation also explored what constitutes embedded librarianship, how experimentation can help or hinder its development, and the use of technologies like course management systems and e-conferencing tools. Different approaches to content like information literacy and multiliteracies were compared. Sources of further information on embedded librarianship, qualifications, and instructional design were provided.

1. Embedded Librarian and
Gamification in Libraries
New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
May 14, 9-11AM, New Bulgarian University.
Plamen Miltenoff, Ph.D., MLIS
St. Cloud State University
Available at:
https://www.slideshare.net/aidemoreto/embedded-librarian-and-gamification-in-libraries

2. Plan
 Introduce the idea of “Embedded
Librarian”
 Working definition of “Embedded
Librarian”
 Examples of the use of embedded
librarian across the U.S.
 Discussion

3. What is embedded librarianship
 Is the lack of the exact definition an
advantage or disadvantage?
 Does experimentation help or
hinder?
 Would you rather have clear guidelines
or test and tryout?
 Would you study the differences
or the commonalities in the various
approaches?

4. Commonalities
 The old way of providing services is waning out

5. Commonalities
 The necessity to get closer to both students and instructors (no more “us”
and “them”)
 customer-centric versus library-centric
 specialists, not generalitsts
 analysis and synthesis, not simply delivery (advisors, not lecturers)

6. The use of technologies
 Course Management Systems CMS (asynchronous)

7. The use of technologies
 e-conferencing tools (synchronous)

8. Different methodologies
 gaming and gamification?

9. Different content
 Information Literacy?
Or
 Multiliteracies (metaliteracies)

10. Sources
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2018/04/12/embedded-librarian-and-gamification-
in-libraries/
 Embedded Librarianship in Online Courses
Instructor: Mimi O’Malley Dates: October 2nd to 27th, 2017
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2017/10/03/embedded-librarianship-in-online-courses/
 http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2017/08/24/embedded-librarian-qualifications/
Tumbleson, B. E., & Burke, J. (. J. (2013). Embedding librarianship in learning
management systems: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians. Neal-Schuman, an
imprint of the American Library Association.

11. Instructional Design
 Different Instructional Design?
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2017/10/04/instructional-design-3/
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2017/01/04/instructional-design-librarian-2/
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2015/05/13/instructional-design-2/

12. Plamen Miltenoff, Ph.D., MLIS
St. Cloud State University
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/pmiltenoff/faculty/