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Hauptverfasser: Brady Lund, Ting Wang, Michael Widdersheim, Brendan Fay
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
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Veröffentlicht: 2023
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Online-Zugang:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1375127
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author Brady Lund
Ting Wang
Michael Widdersheim
Brendan Fay
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Ting Wang
Michael Widdersheim
Brendan Fay
Brady Lund
Ting Wang
Michael Widdersheim
Brendan Fay
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contents Interrogating Shortcomings in Instructional Librarianship Preparation: A Comparison of Perspectives of Employers, LIS Educators, and Instructional Librarians Brady Lund Ting Wang Michael Widdersheim Brendan Fay Librarians Library Education Academic Libraries Library Schools Teacher Characteristics Job Training Library Role Occupational Information Library Skills Job Skills Graduate Study Library Instruction Librarian Attitudes Administrator Attitudes This study compares the perspectives of academic library administrators, library school educators, and academic librarians with respect to academic instructional librarianship. A nine-item questionnaire was administered to 14 educators, 10 library administrators, and 13 instructional librarians. The survey included items related to important qualities/traits of instructional librarians, job preparation, library school training, job duties, assessment, and challenges. Responses indicate a general agreement among the three populations regarding desirable skills/traits, but some disagreement exists between administrators and others regarding assessment. Results also suggest that further consideration is needed about the role and necessity of instructional librarian training in graduate library schools.
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spellingShingle Interrogating Shortcomings in Instructional Librarianship Preparation: A Comparison of Perspectives of Employers, LIS Educators, and Instructional Librarians
Brady Lund
Ting Wang
Michael Widdersheim
Brendan Fay
Librarians
Library Education
Academic Libraries
Library Schools
Teacher Characteristics
Job Training
Library Role
Occupational Information
Library Skills
Job Skills
Graduate Study
Library Instruction
Librarian Attitudes
Administrator Attitudes
Interrogating Shortcomings in Instructional Librarianship Preparation: A Comparison of Perspectives of Employers, LIS Educators, and Instructional Librarians Brady Lund Ting Wang Michael Widdersheim Brendan Fay Librarians Library Education Academic Libraries Library Schools Teacher Characteristics Job Training Library Role Occupational Information Library Skills Job Skills Graduate Study Library Instruction Librarian Attitudes Administrator Attitudes This study compares the perspectives of academic library administrators, library school educators, and academic librarians with respect to academic instructional librarianship. A nine-item questionnaire was administered to 14 educators, 10 library administrators, and 13 instructional librarians. The survey included items related to important qualities/traits of instructional librarians, job preparation, library school training, job duties, assessment, and challenges. Responses indicate a general agreement among the three populations regarding desirable skills/traits, but some disagreement exists between administrators and others regarding assessment. Results also suggest that further consideration is needed about the role and necessity of instructional librarian training in graduate library schools.
title Interrogating Shortcomings in Instructional Librarianship Preparation: A Comparison of Perspectives of Employers, LIS Educators, and Instructional Librarians
topic Librarians
Library Education
Academic Libraries
Library Schools
Teacher Characteristics
Job Training
Library Role
Occupational Information
Library Skills
Job Skills
Graduate Study
Library Instruction
Librarian Attitudes
Administrator Attitudes
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1375127