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  1. David Shumaker June 5, 2012 EmbeddedLibrarians rebound!How embedded librarians can find new roles in higher education, and why they must

  2. Technology is poised to remake the whole economy. … The next stops, I believe, are education …

  3. The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities. --David Lankes

  4. Roles for Embedded Librarians • Evaluating, synthesizing, summarizing the literature • News alerting • Competitive intelligence • Data analysis (such as trends, industry, research) • Structured database development and/or management • Information architecture • Document repository management

  5. Drivers for Research Engagement • Big data • Interdisciplinarity • Cognitive diversity

  6. …the librarian’s work “makes everybody do such a better job.”--Business Development Director, International Law Firm

  7. “[I seek to] get [the embedded librarian] involved in whatever’s hot, or whatever’s new.” --Engineering Director, Nonprofit R&D Firm

  8. “If the materials are going to be coming to me, then the librarians should too.”--A Clinician,Johns Hopkins Medical School

  9. The Choice Is Ours … David Shumaker shumaker@cua.edu http://www.embeddedlibrarian.com Thank you!

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