Embed Yourself: Reaching Students Where They Are
Type of Presentation
Panel (1 hour and 15 minutes presentation total for two or more presenters)
Target Audience
Higher Education
Location
PARB 255
Proposal
Reaching students in a digital landscape is becoming increasingly more important and essential to student success, especially as institutions expand their online course and degree offerings and increase their use of Learning Management Systems (LMS). Embedded librarians have a unique opportunity to play a vital role in providing point of need services, by supporting information literacy and library resources in LMS courses. Many of these students, namely distance and online students, may never set foot physically on campus, so it becomes critical to reach these students where they are, in the digital landscape. To that end, librarians employ various levels of engagement such as embedded pages, LibGuides, toolkits, discussion boards, graded assignments, web conferencing tools, etc. to reach students and promote library services in an LMS environment.
This panel presentation will explore the embedded librarian services (or programs) at four universities: Athens State University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of South Alabama, and Augusta University. Panelists will discuss how and what information is presented in various Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard, Canvas, and Brightspace. Each participant will also discuss their own institution’s embedded librarian services, faculty and administration buy-in, and promoting services across campus.
Short Description
Providing embedded librarian services is crucial to student success, particularly for online and distance education students. This panel will discuss embedded librarian aspects of various Learning Management Systems, specifically how and what information is presented as well as the benefits for students and faculty. Panelists will also discuss their own experiences as embedded librarians and posit student and faculty engagement practices that would help other librarians develop a successful embedded librarian program.
Session Goals
This panel presentation will Introduce participants to digital aspects of Embedded Librarianship in various Learning Management Systems.
Keywords
Embedded Librarianship, Learning Management Systems, Academic Librarians, Information Literacy, Faculty Collaboration, Student Success
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Aquila, Mary A.; Kouame, Gail; Dawkins, Victoria; and Quinnell, Katherine Dr., "Embed Yourself: Reaching Students Where They Are" (2020). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 47.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2020/2020/47
Embed Yourself: Reaching Students Where They Are
PARB 255
Reaching students in a digital landscape is becoming increasingly more important and essential to student success, especially as institutions expand their online course and degree offerings and increase their use of Learning Management Systems (LMS). Embedded librarians have a unique opportunity to play a vital role in providing point of need services, by supporting information literacy and library resources in LMS courses. Many of these students, namely distance and online students, may never set foot physically on campus, so it becomes critical to reach these students where they are, in the digital landscape. To that end, librarians employ various levels of engagement such as embedded pages, LibGuides, toolkits, discussion boards, graded assignments, web conferencing tools, etc. to reach students and promote library services in an LMS environment.
This panel presentation will explore the embedded librarian services (or programs) at four universities: Athens State University, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of South Alabama, and Augusta University. Panelists will discuss how and what information is presented in various Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard, Canvas, and Brightspace. Each participant will also discuss their own institution’s embedded librarian services, faculty and administration buy-in, and promoting services across campus.
