Prof David Shumaker receives SLA award for excellence in LIS education

Since joining the faculty at CUA, Shumaker has actively recruited students to.

the library profession and promoted the values of special librarianship. His.

students from the marketing information services class participate in real-life.

practical assignments in libraries across the American capital..

He was honoured for his instruction on embedded librarianship and marketing.

and establishing librarians collaborative programmes..

Shumaker has served as clinical associate professor and director of the.

Information Commons at the CUA School of Library and Information Science since.

August 2006..

Through his work with library school students, Shumaker encourages the study.

and application of “embedded librarianship,” which is the idea that the.

librarian or information professional break out of the library or information.

center and work directly with external clients as an integral part of.

specialized project teams..

“The embedded librarian doesn’t wait to be asked; the embedded librarian.

identifies information needs that may be unexpressed,” he said. “The embedded.

librarian can proactively go out and get the information, the best information,.

the most important information, and make sure it gets to the point of need.”.

Compelled by his belief that students need to collaborate, share information.

and build relationships, Shumaker has led the establishment of a multipurpose.

collaborative space for CUA called the Information Commons..

He also organises a series of colloquia each semester, taught by innovative.

librarians, on a variety of interesting and engaging topics. “Teaching is.

important for me for two reasons. One is the desire to share what I’ve gained.

with others, and the other is that I think our society really needs librarians.”.

Prior to joining CUA, Shumaker was manager of Information Services at Mitre..

Previously, he was a Library of Congress intern, a cataloger and an automation.

specialist for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically.

Handicapped. He is co-editor of two editions of the Washington Area Library.

Directory and author of presentations for SLA conferences and other events..

In 2005, he co-authored a white paper on the future of librarians in business.

for a study, "The Future of Librarians in the Workplace." He holds a bachelor’s.

degree in Slavic languages from the University of California Los Angeles, a.

master’s degree in library science from Drexel University, and a master’s degree.

in management from the University of Maryland.

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