comfort food for all

Comfort Food for All: The Scalability of LMS Embedded LibrarianshipBeth E. TumblesonJohn J. BurkeMiami University Middletown

The Question of Scalability

Traditional Information Literacy Methods

The Reference Desk

Mystery Meat—What Will You Encounter?

The Library Website

One-Shot Instruction Sessions

The Credit Information Literacy Course

Research Consultations

LMS – Comfort Food for All

Barriers

Too Time-Consuming?

Too Much Resistance?

Only for a Few?

Prioritize LMS Collaborations

Equal Service for All?

Ways to Manage the Workload

Reorganize Library Operations and Staffing

Survey Findings • September/October 2011 – 280 respondents

• Institutions• 55% from four-year universities• 23% from community colleges

• LMS• 56% Blackboard• 16% Moodle• 14% ANGEL• 10% Desire2Learn• 7% Sakai

Survey Findings• Courses• 70% online• 69% face-to-face• 54% hybrid• 61% undergrad• 42% grad

• Average of 31% of MLS librarians embedded per institution• 44% in 5 or fewer courses each• 19% in 6-10 courses each• 15% in 11 or more courses each

• Growth in future?• 49% yes• 37% stay the same

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Students

Worth Pursuing

Faculty Collaboration Leads to Referrals

Research assignments enhanced

Greater interaction with students

More electronic resources used

Greater efficiency and versatility

Questions?

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