Personal librarians form one-on-one relationships with college and university students, customizing their guidance to each students information literacy needs throughout the students years in school. This guide for academic librarians presents case studies from real schools, demonstrating how to create a personal librarian program. Some subjects explored include embedded librarianship, academic library liaisons as personal librarians, faculty perspectives on and the personal librarian, and what personal librarians can learn from other academic services and from other businesses. The book closes with best practices and a checklist for personal librarians. Annotation 2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
