Purpose–This paper aims to provide a systematic review of the specific roles information
professionals have adopted in the past 14 years. It aims to identify the roles reported in the …

The purpose of this review is to examine the shaping of librarianship in the academic context
through the literature of career specialties, with A bbott's (1988) system of professions …

A survey concerning perceptions of academic librarians was conducted at a large, 4-year
university with three populations: librarians, faculty, and undergraduate students. The high …

This study investigates instruction librarians' potential teacher identity and the factors that
may contribute to it. Responses to a survey of instruction librarians in the United States …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review literature on librarian professional identity to
develop a more integrated understanding of this topic. Design/methodology/approach …

Teaching is a primary responsibility of many academic librarians. However, despite the job
duties, many academic librarians do not see themselves as teachers. To determine how …

Abstract In 2009, President Barack Obama declared October of that year to be National
Information Literacy Awareness Month and issued a proclamation stating that" an informed …

Purpose–Technology has transformed teaching and learning environments in tertiary
education, introducing new collaborative library spaces and developing the roles and skills …

Over the past few decades, the demand for academic librarians who can teach information
literacy skills to college students has steadily increased. This interview study explores how …

Digital games as tools for learning in K–12 have been a topic of intense discussion over the
last 15 years. One area of focus has been on the integration of commercial off-the-shelf …