Embedded Librarianship as a Strategy for Service Provision and Relevancy Assuage of Librarians’ at the Institute of Finance Management Library, Tanzania: A Case Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Business and Management Invention - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Embedded Librarianship has received some attention within academic literature. With a significant change observed in library users at IFM library who prefer to ‘Google’ due to the availability of every information at their fingertips rather than go to the library and employ the expertise of a librarian; it is time for librarians to re-think their methods of service provision and reaching users so as to maintain their relevancy and recognition of the value of using a library. The study used focus group discussion with head of departments and sections; interview with the library director and observation to come up with strategies to incorporate embedded librarianship in service provision. Seven (7) senior library staff participated in the study and content analysis was used to analyze the obtained data. As a result the following strategies were provided; introduction of information literacy programs, communication and promotion and social media were strategies chosen to introduce embedded librarianship at IFM library. In order for these strategies to be successful; management advocacy and partnership is required. However, since librarians are stepping out of their comfort zone, it was recommended that support is paramount from all stakeholders of IFM library, training and development for librarians to be carried out regularly and networking with other libraries should be encouraged.
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Valeria Kyumana
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