Enter the Personal Librarian, a flexible concept that focuses on customizing information literacy by establishing a one-on-one relationship between librarian and student from enrollment through graduation

The incredible shift in the provision of library services resulting from innovations such as online resources, mobile technologies, tablet computers, and MOOCs and hybrid courses makes it more challenging than ever for academic librarians to connect students with the information they need. Enter the Personal Librarian, a flexible concept that focuses on customizing information literacy by establishing a one-on-one relationship between librarian and student from enrollment through graduation. In this book the editors, with decades of library instruction and academic library experience between them, and their contributorsDefine personal librarianship and trace how it has developed within the broader context of the work that librarians doDemonstrate its radical potential to impact student learning, retention, and graduation ratesDiscuss how the concept relates to embedded librarianship and academic library liaisons, and the role of faculty and staffIllustrate how personalization can be supported by academic support centers, IT services, Student Affairs, and other college and university departmentsUse case studies from a variety of institutions to show how to develop and implement a Personal Librarian programBy prioritizing relationships over merely providing access to information resources, the Personal Librarian can improve services while ensuring that students have what they need to learn and grow. This book shows how to make it happen.

Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Where Did Personal Librarian Come From: An Historical UnderpinningRichard MonizChapter 2 - Personal Librarian: Development and Implementation of the IdeaJean MoatsChapter 3 - Information Literacy and Personal LibrarianJoe EshlemanChapter 4 - Embedded Librarianship and Personal LibrarianValerie FreemanChapter 5 - Academic Library Liaisons and Personal LibrarianJo HenryChapter 6 - Personal Librarian: What Special Libraries and Businesses Have to Show UsJean Moats and Richard MonizChapter 7 - Personal Librarian: What We Can Learn from Other DepartmentsRichard MonizChapter 8 – Personal Librarian: A Faculty PerspectiveDavid JewellChapter 9 – Personal Librarian: Practicalities and Best PracticesRichard MonizChapter 10 – The Future of Personal LibrarianJoe Eshleman

The incredible shift in the provision of library services resulting from innovations such as online resources, mobile technologies, tablet computers, and MOOCs and hybrid courses makes it more challenging than ever for academic librarians to connect students with the information they need. Enter the Personal Librarian, a flexible concept that focuses on customizing information literacy by establishing a one-on-one relationship between librarian and student from enrollment through graduation. In this book the editors, with decades of library instruction and academic library experience between them, and their contributorsDefine personal librarianship and trace how it has developed within the broader context of the work that librarians doDemonstrate its radical potential to impact student learning, retention, and graduation ratesDiscuss how the concept relates to embedded librarianship and academic library liaisons, and the role of faculty and staffIllustrate how personalization can be supported by academic support centers, IT services, Student Affairs, and other college and university departmentsUse case studies from a variety of institutions to show how to develop and implement a Personal Librarian programBy prioritizing relationships over merely providing access to information resources, the Personal Librarian can improve services while ensuring that students have what they need to learn and grow. This book shows how to make it happen.