Embedded librarianship: questions and answers from librarians in the trenches

摘要

As learning management systems (LMSs) have become widely adopted in higher education, both for delivery of distance learning courses and for hybrid instruction on campus, librarians increasingly utilize the LMS to teach and interact with students. This model of embedded librarianship in the LMS continues to evolve, and the authors wanted to engage practitioners in a guided conversation about how librarians utilize the LMS to embed themselves in courses. At the most recent meetings of the Association of College and Research Libraries (March 2015) and of the Distance Libraries Conference (April 2014), the authors posed several discussion questions about embedded librarianship within learning management systems to large audiences of librarians. These open forums were an opportunity to learn from librarians, whether experienced or new to embedded librarianship.