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Embedded Librarianship:Physical Worlds & Virtual Worlds
Valerie Hill, PhDLewisville ISD School Librarian
TWU Adjunct InstructorVirtual World Librarian
@valibrarian
Serving Patronswherever they are
School Library Example• Embedding the library
through social media/webmaster
• Information literacy skills 21st Century
• Embracing Web 2.0 & user-generated content
• Content evaluation & curation
• Mobile apps
Virtual Library Example• Embedding library
services in virtual spaces
• International information literacy
• Embracing Web 3.0• Global spaces,
virtual worlds (Skype, Minecraft, & MOOCs)
“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
Physical World Embedded Librarian
Print is no longer king of the information hierarchy.
Information literacy includes all formats: print, digital, audio, video, logos, images, social media, apps, and “transmedia.”
Integrating Information Literacy:the challenge of the embedded librarian
The game has quickly changed.
Time to make your move, strategically balancing tradition and innovation.
Information Literacy is like breathing.
Information Inhalation
• Literature appreciation
• Evaluation of online sources
• Formats of information
• Reading
Information Exhalation
• User-generated
• Content curation
• Web 2.0• Writing• Video
production
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Print or ebooks: We like both!
What are digital footprints? Am I creating them?
Digital Citizenship
Global Network
Distance is no longer relevant. Anyone can share user-generated across the globe.
Creating a personal & professional learning network is crucial.
Problem: The blurry line between personal / professional life requires balance, ethics, and a clear focus of intent.
USE WIKIS to EMBED IL for patrons.
Integrating Information Literacy Instruction as Needed
Media Mondays and Wiki Wednesdays
EEE Bar & Brown Bag Lunches
An embedded librarian shares resources and information literacy in
numerous formats: both synchronous and
asynchronous.
Problems with WIKIS
• Different skill levels of users• Reluctance to embrace new tools (staff)• Lack of time to train users• Why reinvent the wheel? (Because learning
the tool is important.)
Social Media & PLNs
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
Teaching information literacy is now TOP priority for school
librarians.
Web 3.0 & the Rise of a Networked Generation
We all live in virtual worlds, whether or not we have avatars.
Virtual World Embedded Librarian
Dissertation Topic
Virtual World Librarianship Examples
• Exhibits, Museums, Displays• ACRL Virtual World Interest Group Meetings• Immersive Learning Environments• Historical Simulations• Reference Work• Information Literacy Integration
Global Information Literacy Panel
The library and the librarian are not synonymous.
Take a risk and go where nolibrarian 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
Bibliography ALA. 2013. Standards for the 21st Century Learner. http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learningstandards/standards
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 July 17, 2012). 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 Librarians. Community & Junior College Libraries, 16(2), 84-99.
Plutchak, T. Scott. 2007. The Librarian: Fantastic Adventures in the Digital World. Serials, 20(2), 87-91. Webber, Sheila and Diane Nahl. 2011. Sustaining Learning for LIS through use of a Virtual World. IFLA Journal (37)(1): 5-15.
Photos from bigfoto.com and Second Life by Valibrarian