Leaving Fort Ref: Frontiers of Embedded Librarianship

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At the innovative Douglas County (Colo.) Libraries, librarians don't just wait for the questions to come to them. They leave the building and embed the public library in the community. Through a series of projects and experiments, the Douglas County librarians have explored a new dimension of modern reference service, one that places their expertise at points of need to respond to the questions the public didn't take to the library. By helping to define and answer questions in context, the embedded librarians add value to their community.

Presented by: Jamie LaRue, director, Colbe Galston, business librarian and Amy Long, Parker library manager, Douglas County Libraries (CO)