Are Librarians Really Teachers? : Reflections and Analysis

Polger, Mark Aaron and Okamoto, Karen Are Librarians Really Teachers? : Reflections and Analysis., 2009 . In WILU 2009 (Workshop on Instruction in Library Use), Montreal, Quebec (Canada), 25-27 May 2009. (Unpublished) [Conference paper]

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This presentation discusses students' perception of the Academic Librarian as a teacher. When we provide library instruction, are we really teaching or are we giving a presentation? Is library instruction the same as an actual class? Is library instruction just another way to promote and market library services?

Item type:	Conference paper
Keywords:	professional identity, information literacy, teaching, librarians as teachers, student perception
Subjects:	A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AC. Relationship of LIS with other fields . G. Industry, profession and education. > GH. Education. A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AA. Library and information science as a field.
Depositing user:	mark aaron polger
Date deposited:	03 Jun 2009
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:14
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/13168

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