Embedded Librarianship: a new era of

librarianship
In this era of Internet, everyone thinks that every information is
available on internet and librarians and libraries are of no use.
Librarians role have changed now from gatekeeper of information ,
allowing access to library's resources to the guide who involves in,
and helps in the learning process by providing you the various
resources of information pertaining to your subjects either available
in libraries or online, how to extract information from them. This
changed role of librarian has given the term "Embedded
Librarianship" i.e. the librarian's role embedded in the teaching and
learning process, researches and can't be ignored. It requires more
involvement of librarians in the teaching process, any research
project or any business project than that of reference services
provided by the traditional librarianship like Current Awareness
Service (CAS) and Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)
which were limited to the collection of required material and
providing it in desired format. Embedded Librarian work
as academic advisors give advice on academic courses and
programs or work as consultant - on call expert who can apply
their expertise on demand to meet the information need of any
person.
Jezmynne Dene (2011) defined the embedded librarian as "an
integral part to the whole,’ based on the geological definition of an
embedded element" i.e. the embedded librarian is the integral part
of any student group studying particular subject, any research
project, any business project, who more consistently and on
personal basis helps their users in their study/ research project,
their work is not limited within the libraries, they work in labs,
classrooms, offices, giving services online from their homes.
 To change today's and future professionals in this field, it is
necessary that library professionals should develop the skills
required to be an embedded librarian like:
 Effective online information and databases searching.
 Ability to identify, locate and retrieve information from information
sources.
 Knowledge of creating and managing digital repositories.
 Knowledge of research data management and research ethics.
 Awareness of intellectual property rights issues.
 Knowledge of self archiving, academic publishing strategies.
 Well interpersonal communication skills.
 Strong internet and networking knowledge.
 Skills of project management, event management and content
management.

 Knowledge of open access journals and sources of information.