18 November 2010 18 November 2010 Informationist or Embedded Librarian? A Case in Point Informationist or Embedded Librarian? A Case in Point Eileen Boswell, Community Transportation Eileen Boswell, Community Transportation Association of America Association of America
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18 November 201018 November 2010Informationist or Embedded Librarian? A Case in PointInformationist or Embedded Librarian? A Case in PointEileen Boswell, Community Transportation Association Eileen Boswell, Community Transportation Association of America of America
Informationist or Informationist or Embedded Librarian?Embedded Librarian?
A Case in Point from the Transportation DivisionA Case in Point from the Transportation Division
Eileen BoswellEileen BoswellCommunity Transportation Association of AmericaCommunity Transportation Association of America
Presentation to the Transportation Librarians RoundtablePresentation to the Transportation Librarians Roundtable
November 18, 2010November 18, 2010
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My traditional library dutiesMy traditional library duties
My non-traditional library My non-traditional library dutiesduties
““How many bus fleets in the How many bus fleets in the US have fewer than 100 US have fewer than 100 vehicles?”vehicles?”
““I heard Exxon is getting out I heard Exxon is getting out of the retail business. What of the retail business. What can you tell me about this?”can you tell me about this?”
““How many paratransit rides How many paratransit rides in Florida last year were in Florida last year were rural?”rural?”
““Linking literature directly to practice ”Linking literature directly to practice ”
Originated in medical settings: “The Originated in medical settings: “The medical profession falls far short in its medical profession falls far short in its efforts to make the critical link between efforts to make the critical link between the huge body of information hidden the huge body of information hidden away in the medical literature and the away in the medical literature and the information needed at the point of information needed at the point of care.”care.”
“…“…Over time [the informationists] even Over time [the informationists] even began to infer questions from the began to infer questions from the discussion and bring literature forward discussion and bring literature forward on their own.”on their own.”
““Clinicians need concise, synthesized Clinicians need concise, synthesized review of literature that is readily review of literature that is readily available.”available.”
““Education and teaching skills, Political Education and teaching skills, Political and negotiation skills”and negotiation skills”
Sources:Davidoff F, and Florance V. The informationist: a new health profession? Annals of Internal Medicine 2000; 132:996–998 http://bit.ly/b1GkAY
Giuse N B, Sathe N, Jerome R. Envisioning the Information Specialist in Context (ISIC) : a multi-center study to articulate roles and training models. Task Force on the Information Specialist In Context (ISIC) Final Report. Chicago, IL: Medical Library Association, 2006. http://www.mlanet.org/members/pdf/isic_final_report_feb06.pdf
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Embedded Librarians…Embedded Librarians…
Collaborate on their customer groups’ workCollaborate on their customer groups’ work
Meet with regular customers to discuss Meet with regular customers to discuss information needs and resultsinformation needs and results
Provide training away from library facilitiesProvide training away from library facilities
Meet with customer executives, managers, Meet with customer executives, managers, supervisors to discuss information needs supervisors to discuss information needs and servicesand services
Attend meetings, class, or conferences Attend meetings, class, or conferences devoted to their customers' area of devoted to their customers' area of expertise expertise
Attend customer groups' meetings to learn Attend customer groups' meetings to learn about their work and information needsabout their work and information needs
Contribute to their customer groups’ Contribute to their customer groups’ electronic communicationselectronic communications
Source: Shumaker, D., & Talley, M. (2009). Models of embedded librarianship: Final report. Alexandria, VA: Special Libraries Association.http://www.sla.org/pdfs/EmbeddedLibrarianshipFinalRptRev.pdf
““Not Service…Not Service…
Collaboration!”
Collaboration!”
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Anticipate information and web Anticipate information and web development needsdevelopment needs
Layout/edit Layout/edit Myths and Realities Myths and Realities seriesseries
Produce online resource Produce online resource collectionscollections
Report on emerging researchReport on emerging research