The aim of this article is to discuss some of the challenges and possibilities that librarians may face when engaging in faculty-library collaboration. The main objective is to present findings from two case studies of embedded librarianship at Gjøvik University College (GUC) and to compare these findings with results from a literature review. The literature review is concentrated around collaboration challenges, a possible role-expansion for librarians, team-teaching and assessment of information skills courses. Another objective is to present two pedagogical approaches that are in use at GUC; the tutor approach and the team-teaching approach. Findings from the case studies suggest that faculty staff were impressed with the librarian’s knowledge and they quickly became comfortable with team-teaching and/or leaving the librarian in charge of the students. However there were concerns from both the teacher and librarian about the time-consuming nature of collaborative work. This paper contributes to the literature through a literature review, two case studies and teaching approaches that highlight factors leading to success when collaborating with faculty.
"Bokbamsen er til for å spre leselyst og styrke barns språkutvikling. Bokbamsetilbudet innebærer også et tilbud om gavebøker til småbarnsfamilier som bor i Øvre Eiker kommune. Bokbamsetilbudet kom igang fordi kommunen ønsket å fokusere på barns språk og bidra positivt til barns språkutvikling. Bokbamsen jobber derfor aktivt med lesing, bøker og språk. I Bokbamsetilbudet ligger det et stort ønske om å inspirere foreldre til å lese for barna sine."
"Berit Berg ble den første prosjektlederen. Noe av det første som ble gjort, var å sikre et nytt opptrykk av den lille bildeboka ”Bamse” av Grete Janus og Mogens Hertz, den samme som Markaryd hadde delt ut til sine yngste innbyggere. Boka var så gammel som fra 1968, og da forlaget, Cappelen, ikke lenger ønsket å trykke flere opplag, fikk Øvre Eiker kommune overta boka og figurerer nå som forlegger. "
BEK, Bergen Center for Electronic Arts, is a non-profit organization situated in Bergen, Norway, which main aim is to be a national resource centre for work within the field of arts and new technology. BEK works with both artistic and scientific research and development and puts into practice an amount of mixed artistic projects. It also practices an educational program that includes courses, workshops, talks and presentations. BEK runs its own server and hosts several mailing lists and web pages for cultural organizations, artists and artistic projects.