Open AccessExamining the Challenges and Practices of our Russian Partners in the Institution of Teacher Librarianship
Author(s) -
Lucy Santos Green,
Melissa P. Johnston
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
school libraries worldwide
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2816-3788
pISSN - 1023-9391
DOI - 10.29173/slw8239
Subject(s) - library science , sociology , ethnography , pedagogy , socioeconomic status , institution , political science , social science , population , anthropology , demography , computer science
Examining international teacher librarianship enables school library researchers and practitioners to continue uncovering the institutional factors that impact school librarianship; further strengthening the case for cross-cultural partnerships. In 2015, researchers conducted an institutional ethnography confirmatory study of school librarianship in Moscow, Russia. Emergent themes culled from previous research and confirmed in this new study were: collaboration, literacy, instruction, technology integration, and the learning environment. Confirmation of these themes in Russian school librarianship indicates teacher librarians around the world struggle with strikingly similar challenges despite varied contexts and socioeconomic situations.