This article is an update to a previous article on the online embedded librarian program at Athens State University. It examines the nature of embedded librarianship at Athens State University and how it has grown and evolved over the past fifteen years. The authors review the literature and provide definitions and best practices associated with…

In an era of exploding online enrollment and tight budgets, Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) struggles to meet the needs of online students. CPCC librarians went one step towards solving that problem in 2009-2010 by launching an embedded librarian program. CPCC's program became so successful that it struggled to meet demand. In 2013, CPCC…

More than two decades of debate since the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the term information literacy have been marked by ongoing criticism of its associated definitions and standards. Some scholars and practitioners have argued for a critical information literacy, which applies the precepts of critical pedagogy to…

The scope of this glossary is defined pragmatically and selectively on the basis of the needs of the students at the Columbia University School of Library Service. Most of the terms selected for inclusion are those found to require definition in the courses in information science and indexing. The focus is on those areas where the terminology…

Defines the term media librarian as a person who is educated and knowledgeable and can work with all formats of information transfer in the context of a library. Three major concerns regarding the preparation of media librarians are also discussed. (LLS)

This glossary of terms includes definitions for over 500 words, acronyms, initialisms, and phrases generally used in librarianship or used specifically in Colorado State University (CSU) libraries. The glossary is in alphabetical order. Cross references and multiple definitions are provided where necessary. A four-item annotated bibliography…

This paper prepared at the request of the South African Institute for Librarianship and Information Science develops a scientific definition for librarianship and guidelines for librarians based on that definition. An abridged version of the author's doctoral dissertation, the paper shows that a definition of librarianship is essential for the…

This glossary was compiled to provide reference material for participants at Hawaii's Second Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services and is especially useful to those individuals not familiar with the terminology of the library and information sciences. Entries consist of 194 names, acronyms, and other terms which are arranged in…

Examines a number of specimen terms of interest to librarians in various languages with a view to establishing the degree of ambiguity inherent in them and the extent to which the connotation of apparent equivalents in other languages matches. (Author)

The setting for international and comparative library science is described and related terms are explained. After their definitions have been stated, explored, compared and contrasted, their particular research methodology described, and the difficulties of working in their fields discussed, certain of their global implications are considered. (40…

Comparing librarianship and science in terms of their objectives and methods of study, and their objects and means of mastery, results in the conclusion that they are antithetical as knowledge systems because the substance of librarianship is instrumental to science and vice versa. The resulting differences between them may be summarized as…

A potential long range role for information science involves active participation in forming a complete suprasystem of knowledge which would unify the arts, sciences and professions. (Author/MM)

This study addresses the problem of an adequate distinction between the concepts of library science and information science. The study identifies and analyzes the definitions of these and related terms that have appeared in English-language literature over the past century, and evaluates the logical adequacy of the linguistic expression of these…

This booklet was prepared as a point of reference for the delegates to the White House Conference to familiarize them with the meanings of library and information science related acronyms and terms. The first of three sections of the booklet provides a list of selected acronyms and their meanings. A glossary of selected terms related to library…

Research design is a product of the scientific method in Western Civilization whose major purposes are to eliminate the biased judgements of individual researchers and to ensure replication of the study. In general, the formal protocol of the research design includes several elements: theoretical position out of which the hypotheses to be tested…