The Art of Embedded Librarianship at Georgia Regents University: Collaborations in Research and Teaching

Kim Mears, MLIS, AHIPLindsay Blake, MLIS, AHIP

Julie K. Gaines, MLISKathy Davies, MLS

Peter Shipman, MLISBrenda L. Seago, MLS, MA, PhD

2012 – Embedded Librarian Program launched

2013 – Formal Liaison program launched on Summerville campus

1998 – Liaison Librarian Program Established

2002 – 1st Clinical Librarian hired

2010 – GRU/UGA Librarian hired as

embedded librarian

2012 – Embedded librarians in 5 colleges on the Health Sciences Campus

The History of Embedded Librarian Program at Georgia Regents University Libraries

Embedded Models

Results

4 Hours, 5%

14 Hours, 40%

40 Hours, 100%

10 Hours, 13%

5 Hours, 20%

2 Hours, 3%

Average Contact Hours Per WeekAugust 2012 – July 2013

Davies

Blake

Gaines*

Mears

Shipman

Ballance

*Gaines is located at a satellite campus.

Results

Davies Blake Gaines Mears Shipman Ballance0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Teaching, Grant Applications, and Publications/Presentations August 2012 – July 2013

Teaching

Grant Applications

Publications/Presentations

Librarian By Last Name

Num

ber o

f Tea

chin

g, g

rant

s app

licati

ons,

and

Publ

icati

ons/

Pres

enta

tions

Results

Davies Blake Gaines Mears Shipman Ballance0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

Literature Searches and General ConsultationsAugust 2012 – July 2013

Literature SearchesGeneral Consultations

Librarian By Last Name

Num

ber

of s

earc

hes

and

gene

ral

con

sulta

tions

Future Directions

• Individual Goals• Improved Data

Collection• Evaluation Tool

Current Statistics: August 2013-Present

ResourcesBrady, Kimberly. Embedded and clinical librarianship: administrative support for vital new roles. Journal of Library Administration, 52:716-730, 2012

Freiburger, Gary. Embedded librarians: one library’s model for decentralized service. JMLA 97(2) April 2009 139-142.

Shumaker, D. (2009) Who let the librarians out? Embedded librarianship and the library manager. Reference & User Services Quarterly. 48(3): 239-242

Shumaker, David, and Alison Makins. (2012) Lessons from successful embedded librarians. Information Outlook May/June 2012; 16, 3.

Wu, Lin. Sustaining librarian vitality: embedded librarianship model for health sciences libraries. Medical References Services Quarterly, 32(3): 257-265, 2013.