ICT role in 21st century education and it's challenges.
Embedding Librarians in Virtual Communities
1. Embedding Librarians
in Virtual Communities
Valerie Hill, PhD
Texas Woman’s University
Doug Campbell
Mayborn School of Journalism
Angela Colmenares
Lone Star College
Lilly Ramin
University of North Texas
Elizabeth Parang
Pepperdine University
Rhonda Super
University of California
ALA Conference 2014
2. ALA Conference 2014
Contact Information
Valerie Hill, PhD
Texas Woman’s University
Email vhilledu@gmail.com
Twitter @valibrarian
Blog Valibrarian http://vhill.edublogs.org/
Doug Campbell
Mayborn School of Journalism
Email Douglas.Campbell@unt.edu
Angela Colmenares
Lone Star College
Email angela.n.colmenares@lonestar.edu
Lilly Ramin
University of North Texas
Email lilly.ramin@unt.edu
lillylibrarian@gmail.com
Twitter @lillylibrarian
Elizabeth Parang
Pepperdine University
Email elizabeth.parang@pepperdine.edu
Rhonda Super
University of California
Email rasuper@earthlink.net
3. Physical World Librarian
Print is no longer king of the information hierarchy.
Information literacy includes
all formats: print, digital,
audio, video, logos, images,
social media, apps, 3D worlds
and “transmedia.”
4. The way we search has changed.
Our first “go-to” places are:
David Ferriero, Archivist
of the US stated,
“Students believe if it
isn’t online, it doesn’t
exist.” ALISE 2012
6. Time to make your move, strategically
balancing tradition and innovation.
7. Serving Patrons
wherever they are
“What we’re trying to do is have the library be wherever you
are.” Nancy Roderer, John Hopkins Welch Medical Library
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/09/hopkins
8. Embedded Where They Live:
Collaborating with Residence Life Staff
to Meet the Library Needs of Resident
Students at a Large Public University
17. Library Anxiety
• Students:
– are intimidated by size of the library
– lack knowledge about where everything is located
– lack knowledge about how to begin the research
process
– lack knowledge about what to do and where to
begin
Library anxiety, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_anxiety .
Mellon, Constance (1986), "Library anxiety: A grounded theory and its development", College & Research Libraries 47 (2): 160–
165
41. Librarian Squared (TWU and UNT librarians
at a downtown “Denton Square” cafe)
Events at Banter
Virtual: Meebo IM service provided
Goal to answer student questions and emphasize joint
services at Denton university libraries
@lillylibrarian
42. Events at UNT and
TWU
Virtual: Meebo IM
service provided by
both universities.
Goal to answer
student questions and
emphasize joint
services at both
university libraries
Librarian on Location (TWU and UNT librarians at UNT and TWU events and locations)
On Location at: UNT service
center during registration
@lillylibrarian
44. Embedded in semester long course
• Created and provided guidance on final
project e-Portfolio
• online instruction was provided and archived
using web conferencing software
• Discussion boards designated for librarian
@lillylibrarian
45. Embedded - librarian as tech help
• For faculty: Knowing when to contact the
instructional consultant instead of subject
librarian/liaison varies (i.e. article access)
• Professor may add you to a course (role varies) to
trouble shoot an article issue.
• Tip: know basic trouble-shooting & ADA issues
46. The library in your course management system
• Created a custom library tab for Blackboard
• Created modules (admin access granted)
• Created handouts, linked to website content
and Subject Guides (LibGuides)
• Edits when CMS and website changes
@lillylibrarian
73. The Invisible Embedded Librarian:
Using Name Authority Records to embed library information into
the Semantic Web
Rhonda Super
Serials Specialist, UCLA
rasuper1@library.ucla.edu
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92. So, the invisible technical services/cataloging librarian can become an
Embedded Librarian!
93. Web 3.0 & the Rise of a Networked
Generation
We all live in virtual worlds, whether or not we have avatars.
94. Information Literacy is like breathing.
Information Inhalation
• Literature
appreciation
• Listening &
viewing
• Reading
• Collecting &
curating
• Evaluating
sources
Information Exhalation
• Writing
• Podcasting &
recording
• Web 2.0
• Filming Videos
• Building 3D
content
• Reflection on
personal
growth
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95. Information Literacy includes all formats:
physical, virtual, and augmented.
•Digital literacy
•Media literacy
•Traditional literacy
•Transliteracy
•Audio-Visual literacy
•Web literacy
•Print literacy
•Balanced literacy
•Metaliteracy
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97. Information Literacy
and Digital Citizenship
An embedded librarian shares
resources and information literacy
in numerous formats: both
synchronous and asynchronous-
both physical and digital.
Examples: Media Mondays, Wiki
Wednesdays, online resources,
tutorials, content curation,
makerspaces, live chat, or virtual
worlds.
100. MOOCs & Information Literacy
“…one can readily see overlap between the
MOOC‘s opportunity to provide global
learning environments and the kindred
opportunity for librarians to investigate and
incorporate metaliteracies into the MOOC
curriculum in collaboration with MOOC faculty
(Cantrell, 2013)
102. Virtual World Librarianship Examples
• Exhibits, Museums, Displays
• Immersive Learning Environments
• Historical Simulations
• Reference Work
• Information Literacy in new formats
• Professional Development
• Global Professional Networking
103. Embedded Librarians
can be Physical or Virtual
“The embedded librarian combines proactivity
and energy with strong working relationships,
close alignment with team goals and objectives,
shared responsibility for outcomes, and full
membership in the team.”
Shumaker, D. (2012). The Embedded Librarians. Online, 36(4), 24-27.
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107. The library and the librarian
are not synonymous.
Take a risk and go where no
librarian has gone before!
“It may be that the great age of libraries is waning, but I am
here to tell you that the great age of librarians is just
beginning. It’s up to you to decide if you want to be a part
of it.”
~T. Scott Plutchak
108. Bibliography
ALA. (2013). Standards for the 21st Century Learner. http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/standards
Cantrell, L. (2013). “MOOL” in a MOOC: Opportunities for Librarianship in the Expanding Galaxy of Massive Open Online Course Design
and Execution. (in press) Internet Learning.
Gant, Scott. (2007). We’re All Journalists Now. New York: Free Press.
Gleick, J. (2011). The information: A history, a theory, a flood. Pantheon.
Grassian, Esther. (2012). Teach Information Literacy & Critical Thinking. https://sites.google.com/site/teachinfolit/ (accessed January 15,
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Hill, Valerie, and Hyuk-Jin Lee. (2009). Libraries and immersive learning environments unite in second life. Library Hi Tech 27, (3): 338-56.
Howard, H. (2012). Looking to the future: Developing an academic skills strategy to ensure information literacy thrives in a changing
higher education world. Journal Of Information Literacy, 6(1), 71-81.
Kenton, J. and Blummer, B. (2010). Promoting Digital Literacy Skills: Examples from the Literature and Implications for Academic
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Kolowich, Steve. (2010). Embedded Librarians. Inside HigherEd. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/09/hopkins (accessed
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McCluskey, C. (2013). Being an embedded research librarian: supporting research by being a researcher. Journal Of Information Literacy,
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Plutchak, T. Scott. (2007). The Librarian: Fantastic Adventures in the Digital World. Serials, 20(2), 87-91.
Shumaker, D. (2012). The Embedded Librarians. Online, 36(4), 24-27.
Webber, Sheila and Diane Nahl. (2011). Sustaining Learning for LIS through use of a Virtual World. IFLA Journal (37)(1): 5-15.
109. ALA Conference 2014
Contact Information
Valerie Hill, PhD
Texas Woman’s University
Email vhilledu@gmail.com
Twitter @valibrarian
Blog Valibrarian http://vhill.edublogs.org/
Doug Campbell
Mayborn School of Journalism
Email Douglas.Campbell@unt.edu
Angela Colmenares
Lone Star College
Email angela.n.colmenares@lonestar.edu
Lilly Ramin
University of North Texas
Email lilly.ramin@unt.edu
Twitter @lillylibrarian
Elizabeth Parang
Pepperdine University
Email elizabeth.parang@pepperdine.edu
Rhonda Super
University of California
Email rasuper@earthlink.net
Hinweis der Redaktion
As media formats change…so do the terms for literacy --- information literacy, digital literacy, media literacy and a new term I am hearing – transliteracy (See http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com) Print is, of course, still important- but are they always the best choice for learning? This giant dictionary is now an antique!
Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search page.
The work we do as librarians will no longer be siloed. We can pull information from other sources into the material we produce for our patrons, and others can pull our information into their work.
This diagram is the Linking Open Data Cloud by Richard Cyganiak and Anja Jentzsch. http://lod-cloud.net/