Embedded Librarianship:Physical Worlds & Virtual Worlds

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