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Embedded Librarian : Innovative Strategies for Taking Knowledge Where It's Needed.
Title:
Embedded Librarian : Innovative Strategies for Taking Knowledge Where It's Needed.
Author:
Shumaker, David.
ISBN:
9781573871778
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Blog -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: Embedded Librarianship Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow -- Chapter 1: Defining Embedded Librarianship -- Definition of an Embedded Librarian -- Embedded Librarians and Physical Location -- Examples of Embedded Librarianship -- Advantages of Embedded Librarianship -- Embedded Librarianship and Other Models of Librarianship -- How Embedded Librarians Are Changing the Profession -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Push and Pull: The Forces Driving Embedded Librarianship -- Push: Traditional Services That No Longer Work -- Pull: Fundamental Trends in Work and Society -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Embedded Librarians in Higher Education -- Subject Librarians, Liaison Librarians, and the Origin of Embedded Librarianship -- 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 -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Embedded Librarians in the Health Sciences -- Origins -- Transition: From Clinical Librarian to Informationist -- Contemporary Roles of Embedded Librarians in Healthcare and Health Sciences -- Education and Training of Informationists -- Best Practices -- Evaluations of Clinical Medical Librarianship -- What Lies Ahead -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Embedded Librarians in Corporations, Nonprofits, and Government -- Origins -- Roles and Functions -- Evaluation -- Organizational Patterns -- Challenges and Opportunities -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Embedded Librarians in Schools and Public Libraries -- Primary and Secondary Education -- Public Libraries -- Summary -- Part 2: Your Path to Success -- Chapter 7: Assessing Your Readiness -- Indicators of Embeddedness -- Assessing Your Readiness for Change -- Summary.

Chapter 8: Getting Started With Embedded Librarianship -- Considering Your Options -- A Framework for Action Planning -- Matching Actions to Readiness -- Developing Your Action Plan -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Sustaining Your Embedded Role -- The Habits of Successful Embedded Librarians -- Problems and Pitfalls -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Evaluating Your Success -- What to Measure: Activities, Outcomes, and Impacts -- Applying the Framework to Embedded Librarianship -- Evaluation and Management Culture -- Developing Your Evaluation Plan -- Evaluation and Sustainability Scenarios -- Summary -- Afterword -- About the Author -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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