Beth Filar Williams is the Coordinator of Library Services for Distance Learning at UNCG Libraries. The document discusses embedded librarianship and poses questions about how libraries can embed services physically and virtually to better serve user needs. Embedded librarianship involves collaborating directly with academic departments and classes by contributing to course pages and assignments. The discussion considers how libraries might embed services in more locations beyond the physical library and how to encourage users to seek library help.

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

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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?

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 http://embeddedlibrarian.com/
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