<div>In Bell and Shank’s (2011) perspective a blended
librarian is a “compassionate and disruptive innovator on their campuses” who
is more responsive to the contemporary changes affecting higher education. The
principle shared by Bell and Shank (2011) is that the academic librarian should
be an integral educational partner as well as a catalyst for students’
knowledge enrichment and intellectual inquiry. Thus the academic librarian
should be aligned to the mission of the university or college where they
practice.&nbsp; <br></div>