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Description: In an attempt to demystify the enterprise research process and to try out a novel model of faculty engagement, a group of science librarians embedded themselves into research groups at their institution by attending lab meetings. This presentation will provide an overview of this new service, and discuss some of the findings of this pilot project. While this initiative started as a means of supporting faculty research and encouraging team science, it has revealed that important student learning occurs during the course of routine lab meetings. This presentation will suggest that attending lab meetings enables librarians to deliver point-of-need research support and to provide instructional services in authentic contexts that highlight the utility of information literacy skills to faculty and students alike.