This study examines whether differences exist among the perspectives of academic instructional librarians, academic library administrators, and library and information science educators as to the important skills/traits, job duties, educational needs, and challenges of the instructional role in academic librarianship. A web-based questionnaire was completed by 378 participants, including 286 instructional librarians, 36 administrators, and 56 full-time or adjunct LIS educators. The results indicate that while there is general agreement about many of the needs and shortcomings in instructional librarians' preparation and job duties, there is some disagreement about the extent to which library schools help students prepare for instructional roles as well as the methods of assessment used by instructional librarians and the major challenges they face in their role.

这项研究调查了学术教学图书馆员，学术图书馆管理员以及图书馆和信息科学教育者在重要技能/特征，工作职责，教育需求以及教学在图书馆学教育中的作用挑战方面是否存在差异。378名参与者（包括286名指导图书馆员，36名管理员和56名全职或兼职LIS教育者）完成了基于网络的问卷调查。结果表明，尽管对于教学图书馆员的准备和工作职责的许多需求和缺点已经达成了普遍共识，