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1、EmbeddedLibrarianship:LibrarianandFacultyPerspectivesMarcelaY.Isuster,MLISBusinessLibrarian,SalemStateUniversityTaraK.Fitzpatrick,MLISSocialSciencesLibrarian,SalemStateUniversityCatherineFahey,MLISHumanitiesLibrarian,SalemStateUniversityNancyC.Dennis
2、,MS,MA,MBAScienceandTechnologyLibrarian,Librarian,SalemStateUniversityRobertE.Brown,PhDProfessorofCommunications,SalemStateUniversityTiffanyG.Chenault,PhDAssociateProfessorofSociology,SalemStateUniversityLindaJ.Coleman,MSProfessorofMarketingandDecisi
3、onSciences,SalemStateUniversityIntroductionSeveralyearsago,asubsetoflibrariansatSalemStateUniversityembarkedonajourneyofembeddedlibrarianship.Thesecollaborationsaredeeplyrootedintheinformationneedsofthestudentswithinthediscipline,andwhiletherearemany
4、commonalities,eachexperienceisuniquetothefaculty-librarianteam.Thispaperoffersourperspectivesonourexperiences,describestheirinception,growth,anddevelopment,andoffersthoughtsonhowourworkreflectscurrenteducationalpractices.Whilethethrustofthispaperisto
5、describeeachcollaborationinitsdistinctiveness,itcanbefairlysaidthateachconstitutesaspeciesoftheembeddedgenus.Whatmakesembeddedlibrarianshipworkisitsflexibility,whichhasallowedforuniquecollaborationstoflourish.Theterm“embeddedlibrarianship”wascoinedby
6、Dewey(2004),anditreferstotheactofembeddingoneselfinthepopulationbeingserved,actingastoachieveadeeperlevelofintegrationwithinthegroup,whichrequires“moredirectandpurposefulinteractionthanactinginparallel”(6)withthem.ShumakerandTalleydescribeembeddedlib
7、rarianshipasinvolvingaSouthChinaNormalUniversity(202.116.41.69)-2016/1/26Downloadfocus“ontheneedsoftheoneormorespecificgroups,buildingrelationshipswiththesegroups,developingadeepunderstandingoftheirwork,andprovidinginformationservicesthatarehighlycus
8、tomizedandtargetedtotheirgreatestneeds”(2009,8).Whilebothofthesedefinitionsapplytoembeddedexperiencesinavarietyofgroupsandcircumstances,thispaperfocusesonembeddedexperiencesinbusiness,sociology,andcommunicationscourses.Therearemanywaystorefertotheemb