The online embedded personal librarian approach to providing reference services via a course management system

Paganelli, Andrea; Paganelli, Anthony

doi:10.1080/1941126x.2017.1270105

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“…To continue with, Paganelli and Paganelli (2017) investigated remote user services by employing a content management system (CMS). The embedded librarian, according to the authors, enters information literacy sessions into the CMS, performing a preliminary check and analyzing the findings following the session.…”

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Embedded librarianship and Greek academic libraries

Kyprianos

2022

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to provide a detailed overview of the role and participation of embedded librarians in the academic e-classroom. More specifically, this paper reflects the perceptions of Greek academic librarians regarding the use of learning management systems (LMSs). Furthermore, it seeks to highlight the most popular software, to list the services provided through LMSs and to determine the level of librarians’ engagement with LMSs. Finally, it investigates the challenges and benefits of their use.Design/methodology/approachSurvey research was used as the methodological design. An adequate questionnaire was created for the collection of quantitative data to study the activities and experiences of academic embedded librarians.FindingsAccording to the study findings, a considerable percentage of academic librarians use the potential of LMSs, indicating that embedded librarianship is the future for Greek academic libraries. However, it seems that LMSs are not fully exploited even during the pandemic when the libraries remained closed.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was exploratory in nature and thus its scope was limited. It was limited to embedded librarianship in academic libraries.Practical implicationsEmbedded librarianship comes with many challenges for its practitioners; yet, it also has the potential to connect libraries and librarians directly to the overall institutional aims and enhance their positions in the academy.Originality/valueThe role and participation of embedded librarians in Greek academic institutions is a research area that has not been fully investigated. Therefore, this paper can give insights into this critical issue, especially during a pandemic.

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Embedded librarianship and Greek academic libraries

Kyprianos

2022

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“…Shumaker (2009), more than ten years ago, alluded to the coexistence of both the physical and virtual libraries and assured readers that embedding does not mean the closure or even the neglect of physical libraries. Currently, most modern academic libraries maintain both a physical and a virtual presence.…”

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“…Technology frees librarians from physical boundaries (Shumaker, 2009) and allows them to be present where their services are truly useful. Embedding products and services should be seen as a way to venture beyond the library walls (Shumaker, 2009), to build relationships, to collaborate and partner with clients, to maintain visibility (Kesselman and Watstein, 2009; Hoffman and Ramin, 2010; Tumbleson, 2016), to actively participate in virtual classrooms, whether fully online or blended (York and Vance, 2009), and to provide customized information products and services that will address the needs of the users (Burke and Tumbleson, 2016). In addition, when embedded librarians are proactive in their interactions with their clients, they have the ability to change the dynamics of the roles of the service provider (the library) and the customer (the students) (Nargakar and Murari, 2010).…”

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“…Embedded librarianship is based on the concept of a librarian becoming a member of a user community (Shumaker, 2009; Carlson and Kneale, 2011; Zanin-Yost, 2018). When successful, the librarian becomes assimilated into, actively participating in and collaborating with the user group in a virtual (online) environment and is able to provide customized information products and services to address the needs of the user group.…”

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Selecting information products and services to embed in a virtual learning environment to support engineering undergraduates in a blended learning context

Makhafola

Deventer

2020

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PurposeThe purpose of this study was to understand what role undergraduate third- and fourth-year students expect librarians to play in an online learning environment and to determine what information products, training and other services the students expected librarians to embed.Design/methodology/approachThis case study used a convergent parallel mixed methods design. Data were collected from both students and lecturers. An online questionnaire was used to collect mainly quantitative data from the undergraduates while a semi-structured interview schedule was used for in-depth discussions with lecturers.FindingsContrary to what was expected, engineering students regarded access to an embedded librarian as important. Lecturers prefer that a separate, mandatory module is created and embedded in the learning environment. Product and service expectations were not surprising, but there are gaps to fill when it comes to training needs.Research limitations/implicationsThe research sample was small and therefore generalizations are not advisable.Originality/valueThe research holds value to stakeholders involved in the teaching and learning of engineering subjects. Librarians embarking on the process of embedding their services online should also find the results useful.

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“…Consider, for example, if requests for library instruction sessions were to involve, as a matter of program strategy, multiple points of student contact where an emphasis on the language of information literacy assumes a central role. Course management systems are a primary means of communicating with students on many campuses, and librarians have been pursuing this means of information exchange at varying levels of involvement for quite some time (Edwards & Black, 2012;McManus et al, 2006;Paganelli & Paganelli, 2017;York & Vance, 2009). While these systems lack the structured cooperation that both Grice and Putnam see as necessary for meaning to be established, they are nonetheless, like syllabi, opportunities to relativize and systematize technical language.…”

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Understanding the Language of Information Literacy

Orgeron

2018

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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The online embedded personal librarian approach to providing reference services via a course management system

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Embedded librarianship and Greek academic libraries

Embedded librarianship and Greek academic libraries

Selecting information products and services to embed in a virtual learning environment to support engineering undergraduates in a blended learning context

Understanding the Language of Information Literacy

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