Examining the Challenges and Practices of our Russian Partners in the Institution of Teacher Librarianship

Examining international teacher librarianship enables school library researchers and practitioners to continue uncovering the institutional factors that impact librarianship; further strengthening case for cross-cultural partnerships. In 2015, conducted an ethnography confirmatory study of in Moscow, Russia. Emergent themes culled from previous research confirmed this new were: collaboration, literacy, instruction, technology integration, learning environment. Confirmation these Russian indicates librarians around world struggle with strikingly similar challenges despite varied contexts socioeconomic situations.