Faculty-Librarian Collaboration: The Blackboard Embedded Librarian.

The article offers information on the Blackboard Embedded Librarian, a pilot program launched by a trio of librarians at the Gardner-Harvey Library, Miami University Middletown, Ohio. It notes that the pilot program will address the needs of students in their course-related research in online space and allows them to access links to library resources such as full-text subject databases, electronic collections of reference works and research consultations through email, or in-person. It also states that the Blackboard embedded librarian will help in understanding the research assignments of the faculty and the needs of students in terms of library materials.