creators_name: Shahril Effendi Ibrahim, 
creators_name: Fazli Omar, 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2015-09-04 06:58:55
lastmod: 2015-09-09 05:36:04
metadata_visibility: show
title: Embedded Librarian In Higher Education Institutions
ispublished: pub
subjects: Z665
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: Embedded librarian, Embedded instruction, Traditional library services,
Higher education institutions, Distance education
abstract: 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. 
event_title: International Conference on Libraries: “Openness Paradigm: Emerging Knowledge Ecologies"
event_location: Vistana Hotel, Penang, Malaysia
event_dates: 25th- 26th August 2015
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Shahril Effendi Ibrahim,  and Fazli Omar,    Embedded Librarian In Higher Education Institutions.  In: International Conference on Libraries: “Openness Paradigm: Emerging Knowledge Ecologies", 25th- 26th August 2015, Vistana Hotel, Penang, Malaysia.     
document_url: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1036/1/library-document-1036.pdf
document_url: https://library.oum.edu.my/repository/1036/2/library-document-1036.pdf