EMBEDDED LIBRARIANS
IN UiTM SELANGOR
Dr. Khasiah ZakariaSenior Deputy Chief Librarian
Head Of Library Services Department PTAR Universiti Teknologi MARA Selangor
Kampus Puncak Alam42300 Bandar Puncak AlamSELANGOR DE, MALAYSIA
Tel : (+603) - 3258 4006Email: [email protected]
What are our current current roles?
Ideas for innovation
• An embedded librarian provides better access to the librarian and to the library’s resources. (Hedreen, 2005 )
• “Embedding librarians brings the learning process in closer proximity to the scholarship on which the disciplines are based and to those that service it-librarians.” (Dewey, 2004)
• “It is used to describe the work of an academic librarian who participates in an academic course on an ongoing basis, teaching information literacy skills.”(Models of Embedded Librarianship Final Report, SLA, 2007)
• “(Embedded librarianship) emphasizes the importance of forming a strong working relationship between the librarian and a group or team of people who need the librarian’s information expertise.”(Shumaker, 2012)
E-Commerce Mobile computing Cloud computing Big data Hyper-converged
platforms News/ Social Media
Engaging information literacy
Citation managers (Mendeley, Endnotes, Zotero, Wizfolio) Format/layouts Evaluation of materials Scholarly research Research methods/Literature reviews Publishing/presenting in conferences Current awareness services & web alerts Bibliometrics ORCID id
ADMISSIONFirst Semester
GRADUATIONFinal semester
“traditional librarian” VS “embedded librarian” (David, 2012)
Responsive Anticipatory
Individual customer/staff Team of collaborators
Standardized Customized
Single transactions Ongoing projects
Service Partnership
Conclusion
PARSON (1959), MILLERSON (1964), etc.Characteristics of a profession1.Corpus or body of knowledge
2.System of education & training 3.Standards
4.Service Principle5.Code of Conduct
6.Professional Association 7.Legal & Public Recognition