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1、EmbeddedLibrarianship:LibrarianandFacultyPerspectivesMarcelaY.Isuster,MLISBusinessLibrarian,SalemStateUniversityTaraK.Fitzpatrick,MLISSocialSciencesLibrarian,SalemStateUniversityCatherineFahey,MLISHumanitiesLibrarian,SalemStateUniversityNancyC.Dennis,MS,MA,MBASc
2、ienceandTechnologyLibrarian,Librarian,SalemStateUniversityRobertE.Brown,PhDProfessorofCommunications,SalemStateUniversityTiffanyG.Chenault,PhDAssociateProfessorofSociology,SalemStateUniversityLindaJ.Coleman,MSProfessorofMarketingandDecisionSciences,SalemStateUni
3、versityIntroductionSeveralyearsago,asubsetoflibrariansatSalemStateUniversityembarkedonajourneyofembeddedlibrarianship.Thesecollaborationsaredeeplyrootedintheinformationneedsofthestudentswithinthediscipline,andwhiletherearemanycommonalities,eachexperienceisunique
4、tothefaculty-librarianteam.Thispaperoffersourperspectivesonourexperiences,describestheirinception,growth,anddevelopment,andoffersthoughtsonhowourworkreflectscurrenteducationalpractices.Whilethethrustofthispaperistodescribeeachcollaborationinitsdistinctiveness,it
5、canbefairlysaidthateachconstitutesaspeciesoftheembeddedgenus.Whatmakesembeddedlibrarianshipworkisitsflexibility,whichhasallowedforuniquecollaborationstoflourish.Theterm“embeddedlibrarianship”wascoinedbyDewey(2004),anditreferstotheactofembeddingoneselfinthepopula
6、tionbeingserved,actingastoachieveadeeperlevelofintegrationwithinthegroup,whichrequires“moredirectandpurposefulinteractionthanactinginparallel”(6)withthem.ShumakerandTalleydescribeembeddedlibrarianshipasinvolvingaSouthChinaNormalUniversity(202.116.41.69)-2016/1/2
7、6Downloadfocus“ontheneedsoftheoneormorespecificgroups,buildingrelationshipswiththesegroups,developingadeepunderstandingoftheirwork,andprovidinginformationservicesthatarehighlycustomizedandtargetedtotheirgreatestneeds”(2009,8).Whilebothofthesedefinitionsapplytoem
8、beddedexperiencesinavarietyofgroupsandcircumstances,thispaperfocusesonembeddedexperiencesinbusiness,sociology,andcommunicationscourses.Therearemanywaystorefertotheemb