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Lance Day; Jaroslaw Szurek – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2025
This article builds on a 2018 study and reports on a survey conducted in 2022 to examine the value of advanced subject degrees in addition to the Master of Library Science for academic librarians. This study explores the impact of advanced subject degrees on scholarly contributions, compensation, teaching roles, and tenure status in academic…
Descriptors: Library Education, Library Schools, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs
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Sannwald, Suzanne – Knowledge Quest, 2021
The idea of "reading the room" borrowed from the business world applies to how school library professionals can identify and responsively meet the needs of users. By stepping up to do work even when it is not requested, and yet in alignment with our mission, we can help sustain our library programs.
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Personnel, Library Role, Library Education
Brady Lund; Ting Wang; Michael Widdersheim; Brendan Fay – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2023
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…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Education, Academic Libraries, Library Schools
Williams, Deborah Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The MLIS curriculum gap and nonteaching academic librarian's teaching identity development comprise the problem under investigation. The purpose of this interpretive phenomenological analysis was to examine the meaning of nonteaching academic librarians' experiences in north and northcentral Florida with information literacy (IL) instruction, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Information Literacy, Teaching Methods
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Rapchak, Marcia – Communications in Information Literacy, 2021
Critical librarianship, which critiques the role of libraries and information professionals in maintaining systems of oppression, has been growing in popularity in the profession, and instructors in Library and Information Science (LIS) have begun to address critical librarianship in their coursework. While critical pedagogy and critical…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Librarians, Library Education, Information Science Education
Arlene Laverde – Knowledge Quest, 2023
Now more than ever school librarians need to be advocates. COVID brought to light so many things that are wrong with the education system around the country. According to the author, they learned that, although they talk about equity and access for their students, they are not even close to equity and access being a reality for all. As the…
Descriptors: Career Change, School Libraries, Media Specialists, Library Science
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Rachael Harding; Robyn McWilliams; Tricia Bingham – Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2023
Increasingly, tertiary librarians are required to teach as part of their role. There is recognition that ongoing professional development (PD) is required in teaching and learning as this is not generally provided as part of formal library qualifications. Using an education design-based research approach, this collaboration aimed to enhance the…
Descriptors: Librarians, Faculty Development, Library Instruction, Teaching Methods