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crl-15912	Walter, Scott	Librarians as Teachers: A Qualitative Inquiry into Professional Identity	2008-01-01	21	.pdf	application/pdf	12592	433	36	Drawing both on the idea of teacher identity from the literature of teacher education and on existing studies of professional stereotypes and professional identity development among academic librarians, this study explores the degree to which academic librarians think of themselves as teachers, the ways in which teaching has become a feature of their professional identity, and the factors that may influence academic librarians to adopt a “teacher identity” as part of their personal understandings of their role on campus. Drawing on the literature of profes- sional education and professional identity among academic librarians as well as the literature of teacher education, this study will explore the ways in which academic librarians are introduced to teaching as part of their professional work, the degree to which academic librarians think of themselves as teachers, the ways in which being a teacher has become a significant feature of their professional identity, and the factors that may influence an academ- ic librarian to adopt a “teacher identity” as part of his or her understanding of the librarian’s role on campus.	cache/crl-15912.pdf	txt/crl-15912.txt