Experience,Challenges, and Opportunities of Being Fully Embedded in a User Group |
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| Authors: | Lin Wu Joel Thornton |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Medical Sciences Library, Texas A&2. M University, Kingsville, Texas, USA;3. University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA |
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| Abstract: | Embedded librarian models can assume different forms and levels, depending on patron needs and a library’s choice of delivery services. An academic health sciences library decided to enhance its service delivery model by integrating a librarian into the College of Pharmacy, approximately 250?miles away from the main library. This article describes the embedded librarian’s first-year experience, challenges, and opportunities working as a library faculty in the college. The comparison of one-year recorded statistics on preembedded and postembedded activities demonstrated the effectiveness and impact of such an embedded librarian model. |
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| Keywords: | Collaboration embedded librarians health sciences libraries faculty-librarian interaction integrated librarians liaison librarians onsite librarians |
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