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Item Embedded Librarians: Delivering Synchronous Library Instruction and Research Assistance to Meet Needs of Distance Students and Faculty(IGI Global, 2012) Bonnand, Sheila; Hansen, Mary AnneThis chapter reports on one academic library’s experiences with expanding instructional services by adding synchronous library instruction to better serve its online students and faculty located across the globe. Web conferencing software allows librarians to provide interactive, high-touch library instruction for online students equivalent to the experience of students in traditional face-to-face courses. While providing this real-time instruction on library resources and research skills, librarians are embedding themselves in online programs, becoming more readily accessible to online and distance students. By meeting the changing needs of academic library users wherever they are, librarians are reaffirming their integral role and relevance as partners in the educational endeavor.Item Library Commons Assessment Report(2013-01) Frank, Jacqueline; Hansen, Mary Anne; Hodges, Mike; Strittmatter, Connie; Zauha, JanelleThe focus of this report is to assess how the summer 2011 renovation of the first floor of Renne Library into a Library Commons has impacted users, library staff, and library services, and, when possible, to gather information about further needs and directions for the area. The Commons opened in late August 2011 and data gathering took place between April and December of 2012 but focused on use of the Library from August 2011 through August 2012.