Also in Access September 2005 pp. 15 -17, Malcolm Gillies highlights the transition of the last 30 years from the role of "keeper of the keys of boxed knowledge" to "co-worker with teachers and students, helping them to maximise information access and advising on good and bad practices". He sees 4 challenges/opportunities -
(1)accountabilty, including documenting;
(a) the contribution that a TL makes "as [a] facilitator of powerful teaching, powerful learning", (b) how the TL develops information literacy (IL) in the clients (c) research on improvement in IL that results from the activities of a TL
(2) "contribution to learning how to learn" - basis for lifelong learning
(3) "contribution to global citizenry" - freedom of information, freedom of expression and intellectual liberalism - leading to tolerance and plurality of perspective.
(4) "maintenance of the library as a place apart" - a quiet refuge for reading, thinking, listening to music or looking at books, a place of order and mutual respect.
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