Providing Mobile Librarian Service to a College of Nursing to Increase Interactions and Transactions: One Wayne State University, Science and Technology Librarian's Experience

Abstract

A mobile librarian service to the Wayne State University College of Nursing was developed to provide in-person reference and research support. This service has been successfully used for eight semesters by College of Nursing faculty, graduate students, and some undergraduates for support of research and course work. This article will address the details and provide a description of the service.

Keywords:

• College of Nursing
• embedded librarian
• mobile librarian
• nontraditional reference service
• nursing
• nursing faculty
• nursing students
• outreach
• reference
• research support
• science librarians
• Wayne State University
• Wayne State University Library System