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"Technologies like library course pages and Facebook offer new opportunities for librarians and faculty to Director Lee Rainie gave a keynote address at the Internet Librarian conference that examined the potential role librarians can play in “learning communities” – both physical and virtual. Includes video and slides. Our slides for a presentation on embedded librarianship at ACRL 2011 virtual conference... 
Inspiration & Possibilities... 
It's time to catch up on my blogging. Since my last post, I've seen 3 interesting items that might interest you too. GORDON MUIR Fall 2011 SECTION KA: Linked course with BIO101 & BIO101 Lab (LKA) 
"It’s been a spell since I wrote for the project curve series, but not for lack of inspiration: my inaugural Fall semester at Claremont was an engaging blur of teaching, trying, making, and doing..." via @charbooth Andrew Colgoni, Sarah L. Symons, Chad T. Harvey, Carolyn H. Eyles; McMaster University "The idea behind the embedded librarianship model is to enable librarians to demonstrate their expertise as information specialists and to apply this expertise in ways that will have a direct and deep impact on the research, teaching, or other work being done. Through embedded librarianship, librarians move from a supporting role into partnerships with their clientele, enabling librarians to develop stronger connections and relationships with those they serve..." GFU faculty may request that a librarian be embedded in their Foxtale course site(s) to facilitate the student's research process. http://www.georgefox.edu/o... The PowerPoint slides from my presentation at the 2009 Library Technology Conference at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. |
(This is a couple weeks old but I'm just getting around to blogging it. If you already know about it, apologies for duplication.) 
"When we all, students and teachers alike, ask these questions and become learners, we become real partners in this thing called education..." Presentation for IASSIST 2011 session entitled Teach This! This guide aims to provide useful links, code and resources from the library that support the specific research needs of your students. 
You create value for your library and your own position within it when you become an instructional partner to faculty and a mentor to student researchers. Starting with Course management system tools and citations lists, Buffy J. Hamilton will show you how to use free or inexpensive web-based tools to offer research instruction. By reaching out to students on the web, you will make instruction available when it’s needed. This workshop will help you start a conversation with your community of learners and keep it going.
Topics include: Proven strategies for developing meaningful partnerships with instructors and students.
ALA TechSource publishes Library Technology Reports, Smart Libraries Newsletter, and the ALA TechSource Blog as a unit of the American Library Association. 
What significance does “embedded librarianship” hold for the profession of librarianship? "A major goal of every YA librarian is to increase her market share, that is, to increase the number of teenagers using her library and those teens’ level of engagement in the library. In my experience, the most reliable and lasting way to accomplish this goal is for the YA librarian to actively embed herself in her community..." Opinions on the idea of an embedded librarian on Twitter, seen here on The Chronicle: http://bit.ly/hlbv0A... Presented: 2011 Commission on Technology Conference: http://conferences.cccu.org/CalendarOfEvents/2011/5/2011_Commission_on_Technology_Conference.aspx... |
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