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The embedded librarian : innovative strategies for taking knowledge where it's needed / David Shumaker.
- Title
- The embedded librarian : innovative strategies for taking knowledge where it's needed / David Shumaker.
- Author
- Shumaker, David, 1950-
- Publication
- Medford, New Jersey : Information Today, Inc., [2012], ©2012.
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- Description
- xvi, 212 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- Embedded librarianship, in which librarians partner with groups to identify information sources in knowledge-intensive projects, is not a new concept, but Shumaker draws on his research to identify the characteristics, principles, and best practices of successful embedded librarians in public, academic, medical, corporate and other specialized library settings.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Defining embedded librarianship -- Push and pull : the forces driving embedded librarianship -- Embedded librarians in higher education -- Embedded librarians in the health sciences -- Embedded librarians in corporations, nonprofits, and government -- Embedded librarians in schools and public libraries -- Assessing your readiness -- Getting started with embedded librarianship -- Sustaining your embedded role -- Evaluating your success.
- ISBN
- 9781573874526
- 1573874523
- LCCN
- ^^2012017662
- OCLC
- 794603923
- SCSB-12691305
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library