{"id":198,"date":[15],"date_gmt":"2021-05-26T17:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otessa.org\/2021\/?post_type=abstracts&#038;p=198"},"modified":"2021-05-30T17:11:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T00:11:50","slug":"canadian-academic-librarians-as-online-teachers","status":"publish","type":"abstracts","link":"https:\/\/otessa.org\/2021\/abstracts\/canadian-academic-librarians-as-online-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Academic Librarians Teaching Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Digital technology is having an impact on higher education programs that includes changes to library services, spaces and roles. Academic librarians are facing a number of transitions \u2013 not the least of which is new pedagogies for online and open learning. There is a scarcity of information about the preparation of academic librarians for these changing roles. The research presented here employs an online survey of academic librarians\u2019 perceptions to capture the current realities of Canadian academic librarians\u2019 roles and their accounts of how their new skills and competencies are acquired. An extensive literature review indicates that librarian as teacher is an emergent role that intersects with technology. The survey findings reveal that academic librarians work across a wide range of library ecologies and most of these librarians acquire significant technology and pedagogy competencies while in the role. A competency framework for academic librarians in Canada is proposed that is reflective of the present realities of Canadian academic librarians in new online spaces. The findings of this study have implications for the curriculum of preparatory programs for academic librarians.&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:15037,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;10&quot;:0,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Helvetica Neue\\&quot;&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:8}\">Librarians\u2019 roles and the services they provide are changing concomitantly with more online learning opportunities in higher education. Academic librarians who support higher education need to \u00a0transition to new pedagogies and adapt their teaching to both synchronous and asynchronous online learning environments.\u00a0 Despite these changes, a scarcity of information exists documenting how well academic librarians are prepared for these changing online roles. The research presented here employs a survey of the perceptions of Canadian academic librarians which was undertaken in 2019 to capture the realities of their roles and the accounts of their skill and competency acquisition pre-pandemic. The literature review reveals\u00a0<i>librarian as teacher<\/i>\u00a0as an emergent role intersecting significantly with technology. The survey finds that Canadian academic librarians work across various online environments, with most acquiring technological and pedagogical competencies once they are in their roles, rather than before they assume their roles. A competency framework for academic librarians in Canada is proposed that reflects their present realities in online spaces and has implications for\u00a0the curriculum of library schools in Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-198\" data-postid=\"198\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-198 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Librarians\u2019 roles and the services they provide are changing concomitantly with more online learning opportunities in higher education. 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