Training and Practice of Instructional Librarians: Cross-Population and Longitudinal Perspectives

Q2 Social Sciences

Reference Librarian Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI:10.1080/02763877.2021.1944450

Brady D. Lund, M. Widdersheim, Brenda Fay, Ting Wang

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ABSTRACT This study examines the perspectives of instructional librarians, academic library administrators, and library school educators regarding the training and practice of instructional librarians. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with n = 37 participants from the three populations within the US and Canada. Inter-group responses were compared to explore similarities and differences between the groups. Responses were also compared to those from a similar study conducted in 1993. Findings indicate that training and practice related to instructional librarianship have changed over time. Compared to observations from 1993, librarians, administrators, and educators today observe that the demand for instruction has increased in the academic library workplace, fewer librarians enter the workplace with previous teaching experience, and library schools do a better job at providing instructional training than before. However, all respondent groups today placed increased responsibility on library schools to provided instructional training. Participants from all three populations today believe that library schools should continue to train students in instructional skills, although alternative modes of training were also recommended.

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教学馆员的培养与实践：跨人群与纵向视角

摘要本研究探讨了教学馆员、学术图书馆管理者和图书馆学校教育工作者对教学馆员的培训和实践的看法。在美国和加拿大的三个人群中进行了n = 37名参与者的半结构化访谈。对组间反应进行比较，探讨组间的异同。调查结果还与1993年进行的一项类似研究的结果进行了比较。研究结果表明，随着时间的推移，与教学图书馆相关的培训和实践发生了变化。与1993年的观察结果相比，今天的图书管理员、管理人员和教育工作者观察到，学术图书馆工作场所对教学的需求有所增加，有教学经验的图书管理员越来越少，图书馆学校在提供教学培训方面比以前做得更好。然而，今天所有的受访者都认为图书馆学校提供教学培训的责任越来越大。今天，这三个群体的参与者都认为图书馆学校应该继续培训学生的教学技能，尽管也推荐了其他培训模式。

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