Comments on: About http://embeddedlibrarian.wordpress.com Exploring New, Embedded Roles for Librarians in Organizations of All Types Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:52:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: davidshumaker http://embeddedlibrarian.wordpress.com/about/#comment-41 davidshumaker Sat, 24 Jan 2009 02:12:50 +0000 #comment-41 Amy-- Thanks for your comment. It had never occurred to me to start an "embedded librarian" group at SLA, but what a great idea! I don't know of any existing organization focused on embedded librarianship. Based on your idea, I'd like to use this blog to get something started. I'm thinking an informal meeting during the SLA Conference and discuss followup activities to work on after that. More to follow! --Dave Amy–

Thanks for your comment. It had never occurred to me to start an “embedded librarian” group at SLA, but what a great idea! I don’t know of any existing organization focused on embedded librarianship.

Based on your idea, I’d like to use this blog to get something started. I’m thinking an informal meeting during the SLA Conference and discuss followup activities to work on after that.

More to follow!

–Dave

]]> By: Amy Maule http://embeddedlibrarian.wordpress.com/about/#comment-38 Amy Maule Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:56:08 +0000 #comment-38 Hello Mr. Shumaker, I am a fairly new librarian (2 years post-MLS) and a very new embedded librarian (3 months) working for an engineering firm's future technologies department. I never planned on having this sort of job, but I like the challenge and the increased involvement in the company. On the other hand, the added stress of being involved in the company at a higher level and having a boss that knows nothing about librarianship is making me a bit crazy. I'm an SLA member, and I know there must be tons of other embedded SLAers, but I haven't found any SLA groups related to embeddedness. Do you know of any movement in SLA to create an embedded librarian division (if so, I'm interested in being involved)? Or can you recommend any other organizations? Thanks for your great blog! I first read it (and your paper on embedded librarianship) when I was deciding whether to become embedded and it helped me make the decision. Amy Maule Hello Mr. Shumaker,
I am a fairly new librarian (2 years post-MLS) and a very new embedded librarian (3 months) working for an engineering firm’s future technologies department. I never planned on having this sort of job, but I like the challenge and the increased involvement in the company. On the other hand, the added stress of being involved in the company at a higher level and having a boss that knows nothing about librarianship is making me a bit crazy.

I’m an SLA member, and I know there must be tons of other embedded SLAers, but I haven’t found any SLA groups related to embeddedness. Do you know of any movement in SLA to create an embedded librarian division (if so, I’m interested in being involved)? Or can you recommend any other organizations?

Thanks for your great blog! I first read it (and your paper on embedded librarianship) when I was deciding whether to become embedded and it helped me make the decision.

Amy Maule

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