"Can't Anyone Be a Teacher Anyway?": Student Perceptions of Academic Librarians as Teachers

Authors

Mark Aaron Polger, College of Staten Island, City University of New YorkFollow
Karen Okamoto, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New YorkFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The study explores student perceptions of the academic librarian as teachers. A questionnaire was distributed to 500 students at two City University of New York colleges. Convenience and snowball sampling were employed to reach as many respondents as possible. Questionnaires were administered following a library instruction class and in the campus cafeteria. Contrary to results from previous studies, many respondents consider librarians to be teachers.