Embedded Librarian in Higher Education Institutions

The roles of librarians in this modern and ubiquitous digital information era have been changed. The new environment of abundant and ubiquitous information offers librarians to provide a new mode of librarianship. This paper intends to discuss on the concept of embedded librarianship particularly in...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Shahril Effendi, Omar, Fazli
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/29522/
http://eprints.usm.my/29522/1/Shahril__Fazli_OUM.pdf
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description The roles of librarians in this modern and ubiquitous digital information era have been changed. The new environment of abundant and ubiquitous information offers librarians to provide a new mode of librarianship. This paper intends to discuss on the concept of embedded librarianship particularly in higher education institutions. The driving factors and attributes of embedded librarianship will be also discussed. The role of embedded librarians in higher institutions will be also explained. Sustaining embedded librarian in organisation and embedded librarian in distance education environment will be also discussed. Finally, a practice of embedded librarian in Dar al-Hikmah Library in International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) will be briefly highlighted in this paper.
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spelling usm-295222015-11-25T06:30:07Z http://eprints.usm.my/29522/ Embedded Librarian in Higher Education Institutions Ibrahim, Shahril Effendi Omar, Fazli Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources Z719 Libraries (General) The roles of librarians in this modern and ubiquitous digital information era have been changed. The new environment of abundant and ubiquitous information offers librarians to provide a new mode of librarianship. This paper intends to discuss on the concept of embedded librarianship particularly in higher education institutions. The driving factors and attributes of embedded librarianship will be also discussed. The role of embedded librarians in higher institutions will be also explained. Sustaining embedded librarian in organisation and embedded librarian in distance education environment will be also discussed. Finally, a practice of embedded librarian in Dar al-Hikmah Library in International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) will be briefly highlighted in this paper. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/29522/1/Shahril__Fazli_OUM.pdf Ibrahim, Shahril Effendi and Omar, Fazli (2015) Embedded Librarian in Higher Education Institutions. In: International Conference on Libraries (ICOL) 2015, 25-26 August 2015, Vistana Hotel, Pulau Pinang. (Submitted)
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Ibrahim, Shahril Effendi
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Embedded Librarian in Higher Education Institutions
title Embedded Librarian in Higher Education Institutions
title_full Embedded Librarian in Higher Education Institutions
title_fullStr Embedded Librarian in Higher Education Institutions
title_full_unstemmed Embedded Librarian in Higher Education Institutions
title_short Embedded Librarian in Higher Education Institutions
title_sort embedded librarian in higher education institutions
topic Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources
Z719 Libraries (General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/29522/
http://eprints.usm.my/29522/1/Shahril__Fazli_OUM.pdf