1. Strategies for
Embedded Librarianship
in a Campus Department
Katherine E. Koziar
June 11, 2014

2. Embedded Librarianship
• Embedded Journalist
− Success predicated on relationship with
embedded unit
• Embedded HTML/code
− Resource supporting parent document

3. Activities
• Teaching Information Literacy
• Research Support
• Collection Development

4. Academic Library Activities
Teaching
Research
Collection
Development

5. Academic Library Activities
Teaching
Research
Collection
Development
Outside Research
Academic Inquiry
Gov. Research
Industry Trends
Incoming Students
Previous Ed. Experience
Available Resources
Consortia
Open Source
Other Libraries

6. Academic Library Activities
Teaching
Research
Collection
Development
Outside Research
Academic Inquiry
Gov. Research
Industry Trends
Incoming Students
Previous Ed. Experience
Available Resources
Consortia
Open Source
Other Libraries
Outgoing Students
“Competitive in a global
marketplace of ideas”

7. Teaching Information Literacy
• Assess Incoming Student Knowledge
− Freshman
− Transfer
− Graduate student
• Understand Expectations of Students
− Classroom faculty
− Research
− Career entry points

8. Teaching Information Literacy
• Working Relationship with Faculty/Staff
− Determine support needed
− Work to modify existing assignments to
include formalized academic research
− Identify assessment points within Quarter
− Just-In-Time information literacy sessions
• Introduction to Engineering at LASC
• First Year Experience

9. Teaching Information Literacy
• Reusable Learning Objects
• Subject, Class, and Research Specific
− LibGuides
− LMS (Blackboard)
• Embedded/linked resources
• Research help forum
− Research CMS
− Online videos
− Handouts
− Online tutorials

10. Research Support
• Understand Research Supporting
− Convergence points
• Reusable Learning Objects
• Data Management & Grant
Support
• Research CMS
− Current Trends in CMS

11. Collection Development
• User Driven within standard guidelines
−
• Survey of Resources
• Outside Sources
− Grants
− Foundations
− Partnerships
− Current vs.
Available
− Faculty
− Open access
resources
− Classroom − Research

12. Embedded Librarianship
• Additional Strategies
− Committee work
− Active interest in research topics
− Identify faculty willing to collaborate
− Create value
• Let the detractors come to you