Creating Opportunities: Embedded Librarians

摘要

Embedded librarianship focuses on the user andbrings the library and the librarian to the user, wherever they are —office, laboratory, home, or even on their mobile device. This articleprovides an overview of the various ways libraries and librariansare embedding themselves into research and learning environs. Sev-eral roles are highlighted, including course-integrated instructionlibrarians as members of research teams, librarians collaboratingwith faculty in scholarly communication activities and librariansas partners in multidisciplinary, global, and virtual collaborations.Definitions of key terms precede the overview and provide context;consideration of the human resources side of the equation follows.Reflections on organizational structure conclude the article.