id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-16362 Clark, Melanie; Vardeman, Kimberly; Barba, Shelley Perceived Inadequacy: A Study of the Imposter Phenomenon among College and Research Librarians 2014-05-01 17 .pdf application/pdf 7435 325 54 Also included is a discussion of how to lessen the impact of IP feelings. he tasks of a modern librar- ian within an organization are fluid and often an amal- gamation of vastly different roles such as educator, social worker, IT professional, and printer troubleshooter. Research Questions After observing some of the signs of imposter feelings in new librarians and discovering that very little had been published about the prevalence of the IP among librarians, the researchers embarked on a study to test three hy- potheses: • Hypothesis 1: Newer academic librarians in the United States and Canada exhibit a higher oc- currence of IP feelings than more experienced librarians. • Hypothesis 2: Younger academic librarians in the United States and Canada exhibit a higher oc- currence of IP feelings than older librarians. cache/crl-16362.pdf txt/crl-16362.txt