Embedded Business Librarianship for the Public Librarian

Barbara A. Alvarez has put together a systematic approach for public librarians to become embedded in their local business community. Beginning with explaining the concept of embedded business librarianship, she builds a step-by-step process for learning to communicate with the business community and integrating oneself into that community.

To better explain, Alvarez begins by reminding us that the role of the public library is to change and adapt to the needs of its users, and we often find ourselves, as librarians, engaged in activities that do not always fit the mold of what we thought we would be doing. The...