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Embedded Right Where The Students Live: A Librarian In The University Residence Halls, Dallas Long
Embedded Right Where The Students Live: A Librarian In The University Residence Halls, Dallas Long
Dallas Long
The practice of an embedded librarian in university residence halls is not a new concept. Residence hall libraries and librarians have existed in various forms since the 1920s but declined in number through the decades. As embedded librarianship emerges (or re-emerges) at many colleges and universities, perhaps the idea of librarians working principally in the residence halls will be revisited and reinvigorated. My position is sometimes professionally isolating, as I have one foot in the University Library and one foot in the Student Affairs Division. As a full member of neither, I must be an active participant in my own …