Academic Librarianship
The Role of Instruction in the Academic Library This paper focuses on the role of instruction in the current field of academic librarianship. It explores the history of the field, including the evolution of both traditional and new models of academic librarianship. It examines future prospects of the field through personal interviews as well as through job searching websites for librarians. It identifies job descriptions for information literacy/instruction librarian positions and considers the requirements and education/preparation for that role. Finally, the paper addresses the ways in which high school and academic librarians’ roles intersect, suggesting particular practices for cross-collaboration between the two similar fields. The appendices include job listings, a cover letter sample, a sample résumé, and an additional bibliography for further research in library instruction. For a copy of the full paper, contact Dr. Hicks at heather.hicks@villanova.edu , or drop by the Grad