Onsite Reference and Instruction Services

Wagner, A. Ben

doi:10.5860/rusq.46n4.60

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“…Roles played by the librarians included reference librarian, information literacy instructor, bibliographer, faculty colleague, and technical support. Wagner and Tysick (2007) at the University of Buffalo, New York, describe their onsite reference in various departments. Librarians chose departments strategically based on the department's layout, location, and library use.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Embedded Reference to Embedded Librarianship: 6 Years at the University of Calgary

Clyde

Lee

2011

Journal of Library Administration

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This article is an update to a previous article on embedded office hours at the University of Calgary. It examines the nature of embedded librarianship at the University of Calgary and how it has changed from embedded reference to embedded librarianship over the past 6 years. There have been 3 main approaches to achieving embedded librarianship: office hours, long service, and purpose-built branch or special libraries. This article reviews the current literature on embedded librarianship and in that context describes, compares, and discusses the 3 approaches at the University of Calgary.

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Embedded Reference to Embedded Librarianship: 6 Years at the University of Calgary

Clyde

Lee

2011

Journal of Library Administration

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“…The librarians were variously labeled, for example, "field librarian" at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor 5 and "mobile librarian" at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. 6 The term embedded librarian emerged in a 2004 article by Barbara Dewey, dean of libraries at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Dewey borrowed the concept from the practice of "embedding" journalists in military units during the Iraq War, where the reporters experienced and reported on soldiers' daily lives.…”

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The Impact of Physically Embedded Librarianship on Academic Departments

O’Toole¹,

Barham²,

Monahan³

2016

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Academic librarians have been engaged in embedded librarianship for nearly 15 years, yet there are few published research studies on the impact of physically embedded librarians, who work alongside departmental faculty. This study leveraged a change in reference service to analyze what happened when subject librarians moved from the library services desk to spending a significant part of their workday in the academic departments they serve. Reference and instructional transactions increased significantly, and novel instances of collaboration and integrations arose. Based on the results, this study proposed a developmental model for physically embedded librarianship.

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“…Offices, classrooms, computer labs, or open spaces in the academic department buildings also became onsite library service locations for participating librarians [2]. Loyola University [13], University of Southern California Libraries [14], University of Calgary Library [15], University of Buffalo Arts and Sciences Libraries [16], and Purdue University's Siegesmund Engineering Library [17] all launched librarian-on-site reference and instruction services to different academic departments a few hours a week. Virginia Tech went a step further by establishing the College Library program.…”

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The Mobile Reference Service: a case study of an onsite reference service program at the school of public health

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The School of Public Health at Saint Louis University is located at a greater distance from the library than other programs on the main medical center campus. Physical distance diminishes the ease of access to direct reference services for public health users. To bridge the gap, the library developed the Mobile Reference Service to deliver on-site information assistance with regular office hours each week. Between September 2006 and April 2007, a total of 57 in-depth reference transactions took place over 25 weeks, averaging 2 transactions per week in a 2-hour period. Overall reference transactions from public health users went up 28%, while liaison contacts with public health users doubled compared to the same period the year before. The Mobile Reference Service program has improved library support for research and scholarship, cultivated and strengthened liaison relationships, and enhanced marketing and delivery of library resources and services to the Saint Louis University School of Public Health.

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Onsite Reference and Instruction Services

Cited by 14 publications

References 13 publications

Embedded Reference to Embedded Librarianship: 6 Years at the University of Calgary

Embedded Reference to Embedded Librarianship: 6 Years at the University of Calgary

The Impact of Physically Embedded Librarianship on Academic Departments

The Mobile Reference Service: a case study of an onsite reference service program at the school of public health

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