Teacher Librarian Influence: Principal and Teacher Librarian Perspectives.

Abstract

As a professional group, teacher librarians (TLs) are often regarded as innovative and proactive, even influential. This case study of six Australian TLs analyzed the level of influence of teacher librarians as perceived by themselves and by their principals. Although the study demonstrated that TLs are regarded as influential by their principals and that the teacher librarians employed a number of influence-building strategies, the TLs did not themselves appear to take full advantage of their potential for influence. Indeed, teacher librarians were generally less enthusiastic about their influence than were their principals.