David Shumaker. The Embedded Librarian: Innovative Strategies for Taking Knowledge Where It's Needed. Medford, N.J.: Information Today, Inc, 2012. 232p. $49.50 (ISBN 9781573874526). LC2012-017662

the authors do not treat print sources as hopelessly passé, and, since so much of this/these literature/s remains elusive, the recommended search strategies go well beyond the norm. (Thus the only CIP subject heading, " Literature—Research— Data Processing, " [iv] seriously misleads.) Although probably not its purpose, the Appendix illustrates, if in reverse, that works like Literary Research can—in fact, would—benefit other than literary scholars per se. For instance, historians, whose writ covers the entire past and therefore whose work ideally has a sym-biotic relationship with virtually every discipline, should certainly be aware of some of the works discussed here— after all, are not all historical sources also literary creations? To take just one example, the MLA International Bibliography database contains thousands of citations to the work of, and about, the chroniclers of the Indies of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, and adds scores more each year. Scholars interested in the history of the Americas—and not only the Americas—for that period need to be aware of the judgments of nonhistorians on these sources. While the sheer number of relevant citation materials found in the MLA International Bibliography is likely to be daunting, work that ignores or is unaware of them will most likely prove vulnerable. Much more interdisciplinary osmosis is needed, and Literary Research is a step in that direction.—David Henige, " Embedded librarianship " has existed for some time and has taken on many forms in the most current decades. It's a model developed out of the practice from the medical and scientific fields and in current decades has been massaged into a new role, revitalizing the tapering statistics of information professionals and librarianship. Technology has helped to more easily facilitate the practice of placing information professionals in strategic partnerships with faculty, student groups, and others within the campus community. Innovative Strategies for Taking Knowledge Where It's Needed has surveyed the literature , studied embedded programs, and written the first comprehensive survey of this practice. He offers a varied look, using analysis, case studies, templates, and exercises, which will prove valuable to those already involved in embedded-ness or those considering endeavoring into the field. Shumaker bases his book in two beliefs , already prevalent within the information profession: the library world " is changing and must change. " In launching from this premise, he looks at a variety of organizations and, in doing so, identifies the characteristics that contribute …