Betty Marcoux on a Mindset list for librarians

There is the old cliche that "great minds think alike." Below is the internationally know library expert Betty Marcoux's take on the Mindset list. She is far more thoughtful than the Skunk on this topic... Betty's guest post:

Lists like the Beloit College Mindset List for 2013 (http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2013.php) are now out and reflect thoughts about the mindset of incoming college students into higher education schools. While this list is making teachers of these students aware of their mindset, what about the mindset of teacher librarians that are newbies to this field (either in graduate school or newly ensconced in a K-12 school)? Information about how their contextual behaviors may affect the way they work with students K-12 and we need this information to know how to best teach the nuances of being an effective teacher librarian. We learn from this list about the student, but what about the teacher librarian of the student? Does this professional have a contextual lens that helps explain their behavior toward these students?

Just musing - ideas?

Betty Marcoux was a practicing teacher librarian for over 25 years before joining the faculty of the Information School at the University of Washington. She has also been on the faculty of the University of Arizona as an adjunct, and serves on many natonal and state groups that relate to education and school library media programming. Currently she works as the co-editor of the professional journal Teacher Librarian, serves part-time on the faculty of the Information School, and runs her own consulting business about librarianship.