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crln-8739	Balcziunas, Adam; Gordon, Larissa	Walking a mile in their shoes: Librarians as teaching faculty	2012-04-01	4	.pdf	application/pdf	2237	89	50	Connection with campus faculty As other librarians have noted, one of the joys of the semester-long teaching experi- ence is the opportunity to form a richer and deeper connection with students than is usu- ally possible during a typical reference desk interaction or information literacy workshop session.1 While this is certainly true for all the librarians at Arcadia, the most surprising and potentially useful realization we have gained from our experience has been a better under- standing of the work that faculty are engaged in, and perhaps a measure of insight into why they occasionally react negatively to or, more often, simply do not acknowledge librarians’ information literacy overtures. Studies, such as the Ithaka S+R Library Survey, have shown that “faculty respondents place strong value in the traditional functions of the library as an institution that collects and maintains collections for research,” while librarians focus more on the services they provide, and their role as teachers and educators.2 Being able to speak the same language as faculty members has, we be- lieve, helped faculty to learn to see us more as true educators on campus.	cache/crln-8739.pdf	txt/crln-8739.txt