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Three Blended Librarians' Narratives On Developing Professional Identities, Adonis Amparo
Three Blended Librarians' Narratives On Developing Professional Identities, Adonis Amparo
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
A blended librarian holds two separate and distinct responsibilities in the academic institution. One relates to instructional technology, the other relates to the information professional. In this narrative inquiry, I explore the constructed identity of three blended librarians and offer insight to inform current and future blended librarians, instructional technologists and designers, and their academic institutions. Each librarian was hired between 2012 and 2013. Each participant was the first blended librarian at each of their universities. I explored themes of transformation, inclusiveness, and connectedness. I used Mezirow’s transformational learning theory with support from secondary theories, universal instructional design and TPACK …