1. Embedded Librarianship:
Physical Worlds & Virtual Worlds
Valerie Hill, PhD
Lewisville ISD School Librarian
TWU Adjunct Instructor
Virtual World Librarian
@valibrarian
2. Serving Patrons
wherever 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
3. 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.”
5. Time to make your move, strategically
balancing tradition and innovation.
6. 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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7. Print or ebooks:
We like both!
What are digital
footprints? Am
I creating them?
9. 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.
13. EEE Bar & Brown Bag Lunches
An embedded librarian
shares resources and
information literacy in
numerous formats: both
synchronous and
asynchronous.
14. 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.)
16. 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
23. The library and the librarian
are not synonymous.
Take a risk and go where no
librarian 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
24. 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
Notes de l'éditeur
As media formats change…so do the terms for literacy --- information literacy, digital literacy, media literacy and a new term I am hearing – transliteracy (See http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com) Print is, of course, still important- but are they always the best choice for learning? This giant dictionary is now an antique!