Do you want to be where all the action is? The role of the embedded librarian takes many forms - in higher education, community health organizations, support groups and businesses. Embedded librarianship can include team teaching a course, becoming an important part of an annual health event, integrating library resources into a course curriculum or even becoming a part of a medical research team.

This two-part webinar will discuss best practices and tools for embedded librarianship. We will explore how to initiate a collaborative relationship with faculty, medical teams or community organizations, and also teach you how to partner with them for better outcomes. Participants will learn how to improve or build new relationships and become an integral part of the curriculum, event, or program of study. We will also learn how to use emerging technologies in embedded librarianship as communicative and collaborative tools.

Courtney Mlinar is the Head Librarian and Associate Professor at the Austin Community College Elgin campus. She formerly worked as the Liaison Librarian for the Colleges of Pharmacy, Dental Medicine and Optometry at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She authors the Library Professional Development blog. She has been teaching courses in Embedded Librarianship for various organizations for the past few years, including Library Juice Academy, MLA, CLRC in Syracuse, NY and HSLANJ in Princeton, NJ. She is a frequent presenter at conferences; recent presentations include "Medicine is Mobile", "Mobile Apps for Higher Education", "Creating an Information Literacy Badges Program in Blackboard: A Formative Program Evaluation", "Innovative Mobile Health Literacy Instruction" and "Information and Reference Services: What is the Best Model?" She is a member of the ACRL - Instruction Section Standards for Proficiencies for Instruction Librarians and Coordinators Revision Implementation Task Force. She is also an active member of the ALA Health Sciences Interest Group.