Would you like, in one of more of your classes, to participate in the Embedded Librarian service in Niihka in Winter Term or Spring Semester 2014? Whether you are teaching face to face, hybrid, or online courses, you may collaborate with a learning management system (LMS) embedded librarian:
- To strengthen your students’ online research skills
- To enlarge their understanding of the resources and services available through Miami University Libraries
- To provide learning objects like screencasts or planning and citation tools to aid students at various stages of the research process
As you know, students feel overwhelmed with research which entails so many starting points and long lists of results. They struggle getting started as well as knowing how to navigate a complex university library system. As one economics student working on a group project admitted:
"This assignment was very difficult for us as a group. I had a hard time finding state specific research so for the first time I utilized the online librarian through Niihka. What a great service. The librarian helped to find me more specific and updated information, as I had found some data but felt it wasn’t recent enough to use. "
Students appreciate working with an accessible librarian who “gets” the assignment and research landscape, offers help in framing a research question as well as suggesting databases and search terms. After an email exchange, one relieved family studies and social work student shared:
“This is beyond excellent! I thank you so much for your help.”
The Gardner-Harvey embedded librarians were embedded in 42 course sections in Fall Semester 2013, collaborating with 22 instructors, reaching 1,000 students. To see what embedded librarianship looks like, visit http://tinyurl.com/
These partnerships also lead to:
- information literacy sessions in the classroom
- individual research consultations
- creating customized learning objects for the class
- keeping current with the libraries’ latest databases, acquisitions, and discovery service
To get started with an embedded librarian in 2014, please reply to this email with the following information:
- Name
- Course Section(s)
- Research Assignment Described/Attached
- Concepts/Skills to Teach: (See suggestions from the Information Literacy Menu)
- Time: Startup Only, Research Period, Full Semester
Your embedded librarian will be in touch to talk with you about creating requested content and interacting with your students.
John Burke burkejj@miamioh.edu
Jessie Long longjh@miamioh.edu
Beth Tumbleson tumbleb@miamioh.edu
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