Becoming an Embedded Librarian: Making Connections in the Classroom

by Michelle Reale

Readers will feel confident applying the lessons learned from Reale’s first-hand account to their own experiences both in and out of the classroom.

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 8, 2015

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

An emphasis on building relationships made me like this one. But how to do this online? My next challenge.

[Tensy (bookdoyen) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a coaching guide for academic librarians to encourage them to move out of the historical "reference desk librarian" stereotype and into embedded situations within the curriculum. What Reale suggests, relationship building with the faculty, creating a plan for library collaboration and being clear as to your role, and asserting yourself professionally, will be encouraging to the novice librarian, but not exactly groundbreaking news to those of us who have been in the field for some years. Her central message is that it is incumbent on academic librarians to change the perception of our role on campus and redefine our brand.

[Kayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good introduction to embedded librarianship; the pointers/tips at the end were very helpful and applicable to other faculty-librarian situations.