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ON THE FRONT LINESNew Opportunities for Embedded Librarianship
Jenny Dale & Lynda KellamThe University of North Carolina at Greensboro
ACRL Virtual Conference 2011
UNC Greensboro• Institutional Profile– 17,500 students
(14,500 undergraduates)
– Research University with High Research Activity
– Retention efforts– Student
Affairs/Academic Affairs merged under Office of the Provost
POLL: How would you describe your institution?
• Large public university• Large private university• Medium public university• Medium private university• Small public university/college• Small private university/college
The University Libraries• Librarians are tenure-track
faculty• 90 library staff members• Liaison programs– Departmental/program – Student Affairs
Connection
Learning Communities• Variety of
Special Interest Communities
• UNCG Tomorrow, Strategic Plan: “Goal 3.3: Implement first-year learning communities for all first-time UNCG undergraduate students to encourage integration of learning across courses.”
Embedded Librarians at UNCG• In academic courses• In academic departments• In learning communities (and other
non-traditional spaces)
POLL: Are librarians on your campus embedded? (choose all that apply)• Yes, in online classes.• Yes, in traditional face-to-face
classes.• Yes, in some other way.• Yes, in a combination of the above
ways.• I don’t know.• No.
Case Study: Warren Ashby• Oldest living-learning community in
North Carolina• In-House Librarian– Office hours– Curriculum development– Outreach events– Library instruction
• Library First-ResponderMore information on Warren Ashby Residential College
Case Study: First Year LLCs• First Year Experience– UNS Class– Office hours
• Grogan– Outreach events
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POLL: Does your campus have LLCs?
• Yes• No• I don’t know!
Future plans • Expansion areas–Warren Ashby Residential College
expansion– Honors College– New Living-Learning Communities and
others
• Challenges
Best Practices • Identify potential partners• Define your relationship with your
assigned unit• Balance outreach with other
responsibilities• Redefine the library’s role• Connect with institution’s strategic
goals
Brainstorming• With whom have you worked on your
campus?• What are you doing to reach out to
student affairs units on your campus?• What are you doing with Learning
Communities specifically? Or what could you do?
• What challenges have you faced/do you foresee?