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RECORD NUMBER: 30 OF 37Main Title | The Embedded Librarian : innovative strategies for taking knowledge where it's needed / | |||||||||||
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Author | Shumaker, David, | |||||||||||
Publisher | Information Today, Inc., | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2012 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 794603923 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781573874526; 1573874523 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Reference services (Libraries) ; Libraries and institutions ; Librarians--Professional relationships ; Librarians--Effect of technological innovations on ; Teams in the workplace | |||||||||||
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Collation | xvi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Part I. Embedded librarianshipyesterday, today, and tomorrow : Defining embedded librarianship: Definition of an embedded librarian ; Embedded librarians and physical location ; Examples of embedded librarianship; Advantages of embedded librarianship; Embedded librarianshipand other models of librarianship; How embedded librarians are changing the profession -- Push and pull: the forces driving embedded librarianship: Push: traditional services that no longer work ; Pull: Fundamental trends in work and society -- Embedded librarians in higher education : Subject librarians, liaison librarians, and the origins ; The teaching role of embedded librarians ; Beyond the teaching role ; How to succeed, and what to watch out for ; Opportunities for embedded librarians in higher education: a vision -- Embedded librarians in the health sciences : Origins ; Transition: from clinical librarian to informationist ; Contemporary roles of embedded librarians in healthcare and training of informationists ; Best practices ; Evaluations of clinical medical librarianship; What lies ahead -- Embedded librarians in corporations, nonprofits, and government : Origins ; Rules and functions ; Evaluation ; Organizational patterns ; Challenges and opportunities -- Embedded librarians in schools and public libraries : Primary and secondary education ; Public libraries -- Part II. Your path to success : Assessing your readiness : Indicators of embeddedness ; Assessing your readiness for change -- Getting started with embedlibrarians hipship : Considering your options ; A framework for action planning ; Matching actions to readiness ; Developing your action plan -- Sustaining your embedded role : The habits of successful embedded librarians ; Problems and pitfalls -- Evaluating your success : What to measure: activities, outcomes, and impacts ; Applying the framework to elibrarians hiprianship ; Evaluation and management culture ; Developing your evaluation plan ; Evaluation and sustainability scenarios. |