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Search for Information and the Net Generation
Authors: Combes Barbara
Published: April 2021

Supporters of the Net Generation theory claim that children born after 1985 have an in-depth grasp and almost ‘intuitive’ knowledge of how to use technology, simply because they have never known a world without the Internet and technological change. This theory contradicts traditional information theory which contends that information-seeking behaviour is a complex activity that is affected by cultural, educational and social contexts. Anecdotal evidence from schools and public libraries has long suggested that while young people actively use technology, they do not use it as described by the Net generation theorists. In recent years there has been an emerging body of research on the Net Generation that largely debunks the myth of an intuitive user who is capable of using electronic resources to find information, a fact many teacher librarians have long suspected. This paper explores the initialfindings of research into the information-seeking behaviour of young adults and how they use a range of technologies and electronic resources.
Strategy of Promoting E-Learning in School Library
Authors: Chen Tzong-Yue
Published: April 2021

In 1970, a Fortune magazine announced the names of top 500 enterprises and their performance in the United States. Ten years later, one third of them disappeared. Due to unprecedented technology progress and increase in competitiveness in last 20 years, so-called learning organization has become the most successful corporation. Hence, the ability to learn faster than your competitors may have become the only sustainable competitive advantage.So far schools have had difficulties to adapt enterprises’ strategy to become ‘learning school’. Using the unique characteristics and resources of a school and its community is a way to create competitive curricula. Moreover, teachers are encouraged to employ information technology (multi-media software tools) to create and edit teaching materials.In the near future, school library will play the important role to help readers to learn how to learn by software and hardware tools. Teacher librarians will set up Information Communication Technology platform, organize some reading club to improve their reading behavior, hold information literacy seed teachers contest to upgrade readers information literacy capability and researching conference.for exchanging experience Meanwhle, developing catalogue and classification standards for digital materials by IEEE’s Draft Standard for Learning Object Metadata.provide informations for their readers from Internet and knowledge database, and learn the trend of fast advance of modern science and technology to make innovative activities.
Collection Development in the Digital Age
Authors: Kerby Ramona N
Published: April 2021

In the digital environment where information is increasingly located by using online databases, it becomes even more important that school library books be current, age appropriate, and of outstanding quality. The presenter will review: (a) professional selection sources, (b) creating a school curriculum chart, (c) weeding guidelines by Dewey numbers, and (d) evaluating a library collection. Other topics will include recommended online reference materials and an explanation of how a Maryland consortium provides basic digital sources for all students in the state. Audience participants will be encouraged to share their experiences and suggestions for creating quality collections.
Contribution of Public Libraries in Germany and the Nordic Countries towards Digital Education and Training
Authors: Ratzek Wolfgang
Published: April 2021

German school libraries, in contrary to the Nordic Countries, are few and far between. The number varies from region to region. IT tools and applications rule our daily life and the library world too, “E-learning”, “Teaching Libraries", "Digital Library", and "Information & Media Literacy" are of importance in Germany and the Nordic Countries. The Internet lay ground for cooperation between schools and public libraries. IT in general and the Internet in particular lay ground for cooperation between schools and public libraries. Library services, then, help students to perform better, e.g. by offering a multimedia based environment.
Diversified Services of Delivering the Passion of Reading to Campuses
Authors: Shih Chun-Fu
Published: April 2021

Living in a world of television, computer games, and a visual online world, children and books become more distant. Reading habits of the next generation determine the future of the nation. Many nations in the world promote a reading environment, raising reading ability as policy priority. The Kaohsiung Public Library has been the landmark of effortful and proactive promotion of reading in southern Taiwan. In recent years, in order to complement school education, and raise national competency, the Kaohsiung Public Library has, based on the principal of “Customer Center, Proactive and Progressive”, reached out to numerous campuses, providing diversified services to promote and raise the level of literacy of school children. Mayor Ju-lan Ye, a great enhancer and promoter of reading, in addition to founding the “Reading with the Mayor: the Chrysanthemum Reading Club” to read with under-privileged groups, has added 5,000,000 NT dollars to the originally allocated budget for the purchase of books for elementary and middle schools to enrich the library collections. Through the various strategies to promote children’s reading, the Kaohsiung Public Library has disseminated the seeds for reading in every corner of campuses where students can read and enrich their lives in the world of books.
New Trend of Information Literacy from Leisure Reading Behavior and Experiences of Junior High School Students
Authors: Tsai Hui-Mei
Published: April 2021

Information literacy education in school libraries is based on abilities of personal reading and learning. The research was used semi-structured interview in qualitative research to understand the reading behavior and experiences of junior high school students who are leisure reading lover. The analysis of qualitative data included both hermeneutic phenomenology and axial coding in grounded theory. According to research obtained, leisure reading behavior of junior high school students have several conclusion. First, The interesting content is the main motive. Second, the purposes of leisure reading behavior may divide into the tool goal and the non- tool goal. Third, internet is acting both important information source and channel. The analysis of leisure reading experiences of junior high school students have several conclusions. First, there are three kinds of reading styles that included comprehensive reading, tool reading and the non- tool reading. Second, participants often use internet communication software to exchange their reading information in internet reading. Third, participants often read datas which they searched or browsed, E-mail, internet literature and book description in the internet. According to research conclusions, this article discussed how to develop information literacy in junior high school students. These ways includes that use internet technologies to improve interaction, have library instruction classes depend on reading purposes, integrate reading information in school effectively and promotes software and hardware equipment in school to reduce the imformation divide. Finally, this article thought new trend of information literacy.
You want to change the world?
Authors: Henri James
Published: April 2021

What one sees depends upon what one looks for and where the looking takes place. Perspective is important.
Future in Focus
Authors: Branch Jennifer L. , De Groot Joanne
Published: April 2021

This paper explores the experiences of recent graduates from a Master of Education program in Teacher-Librarianship at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Recent graduates were asked to provide information about the educational needs of 21stcentury teacher-librarians and to think about what topics in the current program were important and which were no longer relevant. Technology and leadership emerged as the most important issues and graduates indicated that the evolving nature of the profession required both formal and informal learning opportunities. These findings will help faculty and instructors to revision the program and the curriculum.
Dual-language Books
Authors: Galletti Chiara
Published: April 2021

This article focuses on dual-language children’s books and their role as multicultural documents which establish a fruitful dialogic relationship between the cultural identities they represent. By means of a theoretic framework based on Translation Studies, and of a descriptive approach, the analytical part of the article takes into account the main characteristics of a text corpus selected from three different collections by Sinnos, one of the most important Italian publishing houses specialising in multicultural books.
Student Learning Through Inquiry
Authors: Oberg Dianne
Published: April 2021

Qualitative research methods were used to examine high school students’ experience of an inquiry project. Student inquiry is foundational to the school curriculum in Alberta, Canada. The teacher and teacher-librarian collaboratively planned and implemented an inquiry project to engage students in developing a deeper understanding of a topic that the teachers believed would be of interest and relevance to the students, the need for greater human understanding. The primary study data came from the students who completed three reflections on their experiences, using the SLIM Toolkit forms, developed by researchers at the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries at Rutgers University, USA.
School Creates its own Library
Authors: Germanos Dimitris , Gavriilidis Sofia , Arvariti Ioanna
Published: April 2021

The main objective of this paper is to present, through a case study, the specific conditions according to which a school library can be founded, developed and can operate in a Greek public elementary school and which ensued from the collaboration between parents and teachers belonging to different educational grades in an indifferent or negative educational and social environment.
How do School Libraries Promote Student Success?
Authors: Martins Ana , Martins Rosa
Published: April 2021

Education in Portugal is undergoing significant changes related to the government-led Technological Plan. This is a consequence of the major reconfiguration introduced by educational technologies now available to schools. Such a process presents challenges to schools libraries, which must respond adequately, change management and information management practices and engage in collaborative work with teachers. School Libraries aim at developing reading and information literacies and at implementing creative problem solving-based approaches to learning, such as inquiry based learning. Since its establishment under inter-ministerial initiative in 1996, the School Libraries Network (SLN) has strived to incorporate critical success factors identified in international literature. SLN has moreover implemented the School Libraries Self-Evaluation Model, to reinforce school libraries' educational role and promote quality and accountability. This paper aims at confronting the realizations and shortcomings of SLN with internationally identified concepts, standards and critical success factors, whilst revealing aspects of the Portuguese reality.
School Libraries Archive Community Images
Authors: Peng Peng-Shun , Shieh Jiann-Cherng
Published: April 2021

As multiculturalism is becoming a world value, the creation, culture, and common memory of the community nowadays should be the running water source of “The National Digital Archives Program.” However, while we are making great efforts to improve the creation of the local cultural community and multicultural development, the connotations of the community culture, as well as the local anecdotes, which are closely related to our daily lives, are definitely worth recording and passing down. Thus, as a place of knowledge collecting and culture reservation, the school library should play a more positive role in the community changes which are related to the economic development, the urban style, the basic necessities of life, the languages, and the humanity characteristics. One of the important tendencies in the present education reform in Taiwan is the cooperation between the school and the community. With the school library open to the public, the number of people that the school serves will increase and the interaction between the school and the community residents will be more frequent. If the school library has a good interaction with the local community residents, it will become a wonderful place for the community residents to have access to gaining knowledge and receiving lifelong learning. Therefore, with the application of the digital technology in the library, the digital archives of the community cultural images can not only preserve related data effectively but also disseminate and introduce the local history and characteristics to the world through the Internet. In addition, they can be served as valuable digital cultural materials for people to learn, to educate and to study. The study attempts to archive the community images by promoting the creation of digital images. Through the conformity of school teaching activities, the promotion of the use of the library, and intervention the community cultural events, we encourage teachers, students and the residents to record the history, geography, customs and humanity of the community by means of the creation of digital images, documentaries for example. As a result, we hope that the digital image of the common memory of the community would be created gradually and the library would be more multi-functional and become a place to keep the local data, to improve the understanding of the community, to offer the teaching materials and to raise the local consciousness.
Valuing the impact of the teacher librarian from an evidence base
Authors: Gillespie Ann
Published: April 2021

Evidence-based practice as it applies to the Library and Information (LIS) sector and in particular teacher librarians is the focus of this research investigation. The context for this research is Australian school libraries and teacher librarians. This is a research in progress and the report here will include some very early findings and lessons learned from the initial pilot study. The contributions of this research will be in developing a framework for the library and information sector with a particular application for teacher librarians. Providing meaningful evidence of work practices that demonstrate contributions to the schools goals and mission statements in conjunction with contributions to student academic, social and cultural achievements are crucial for the future of the teacher librarian.
Nurturing lifelong readers
Authors: Judkins Gerri
Published: April 2021

On reflection, I realise the thing I enjoy most about my job as a school librarian is nurturing lifelong readers, in particular readers of children’s literature.
Lost in Space
Authors: La Marca Susan
Published: April 2021

The design of a learning space, and the many factors that come together to create that space, impact on how we feel and behave in that space and ultimately how we learn. This paper will discuss the importance of mission statements, policy and planning in light of how we create spaces that are learning-driven, humancentred and flexible. Of particular interest is how the culture of the space and the use technology are incorporated into design considerations in light of these factors. This paper explores, very briefly, the theoretical discussion, whilst the conference presentation will consider examples of these view in practice.
Through the lens of new school librarians
Authors: Schultz-Jones Barbara , Faber Toby , Reed Jan
Published: April 2021

We examined the issues related to delivering service excellence through the lens of 39 graduating school librarians in written assignments for the final course of their certification program, as they focus on what is needed to apply standards to become an effective school library media specialist in the 21st century. Of the 16 issues identified, the concern over technology and their role as a technology specialist dominated the ranking. The results reinforce the ongoing need for education program coursework that continues to emphasize the role of technology in the 21st century school learning environment.
Measuring Malaysia school resource Centres’ standards through iQ-PSS: An online management information system
Authors: Zainudin Fadzliation , Ismail Kamarulzaman
Published: April 2021

The Ministry of Education has come up with an innovative way to monitor the progress of 9,843 School Resource Centers (SRCs) using an online management information system called iQ-PSS (Quality Index of SRC). This paper aims to describe the data collection method and analyze the current state of SRCs in Malaysia and explain how the results can be used to make informed decisions on further development and improvement of SRCs. The paper contributes to a deeper understanding of the factors that are involved in the process of achieving and maintaining the quality and excellence of SRC services to school children and at the same time, inculcating lifelong learning habits.
Home broadband adoption and student achievement
Authors: Mardis Marcia A.
Published: April 2021

The United States‟ broadband network is old, slow, and sparse. Federal investments to extend robust networks to rural areas parallel the U.S. Department of Education‟s emphasis on improving rural education and technology. Many rural schools received upgraded networks with federal monies, but home broadband is essential for maintaining the home-school learning connection in the face of impending digital textbook adoptions. Despite home broadband growth nationwide, rural residents have lower rates of adoption due to a lack of perceived need. A secondary analysis of home connectivity and middle grades student achievement suggested that students without broadband were also in districts with low student achievement. A lack of home broadband, then, can be possibly detrimental for rural children and further research is imperative.
Professional development of school library staff in Trinidad and Tobago
Authors: Primus Simone J.
Published: April 2021

Using a qualitative case study approach, this study explored the impact of participation in a virtual community of practice on the professional development of secondary school library staff in Trinidad and Tobago. Participants engaged in forum discussions, Web meetings, and online collaborative problem solving over a 12-week period. Preliminary findings suggest that participation in a virtual community of practice impacted participants in four areas: technical, social, cognitive, and tangible. School library practitioners and administrators could use this research to help them develop an informal ongoing professional development program.
Collaboration is the key
Authors: Greef Elizabeth
Published: April 2021

Collaboration is the key for a school librarian to work successfully at integrating information skills into the school curriculum and to become a vital cog in the teaching and learning cycle within the school. This is easily said, but how do we make it happen? What strategies can we use to develop opportunities for collaboration with teaching staff? How can we foster strong links across the whole learning community of the school? This paper will briefly consider a definition of collaboration and various models of collaboration including their theoretical and pedagogical underpinning. In addition to considering the role and mindset of the teacher librarian, a range of practical macro- and micro-strategies for developing collaboration with teaching staff in an effective and integrated way will be presented; these include technology, special learning needs, building a reading culture, literacy and instructional design. A self-diagnostic tool developed from this paper is offered to enable each teacher librarian to evaluate opportunities for furthering collaboration in his/her school context.
Notes from the Noodle Factory
Authors: Turner Ralph Lamar
Published: April 2021

Kurt Vonnegut compared a library to a noodle factory, noting that in a society where a majority of people do not really enjoy reading, “Noodles are okay. Libraries are okay. They are rather neutral good news.” Such indifference could be tolerated three decades ago when libraries still maintained primacy as central repositories of information. However, in this era of existential crisis, and as libraries scramble for “relevance,” the urgent question arises: “What new paradigms must be formulated to define the mission ofthe 21st-century library and delineate how that mission can better support both education and culture?
School Libraries
Authors: Tise Ellen
Published: April 2021

Matthew Barrett, writing in the Globe and Mail, states that, ―just as success in the industrial age depended on a school system that taught us how to read and write, add and subtract; our success in the information age depends on a school system that teaches us how to manage information, utilize technologies, innovate, and above all – think.
Providing a simple online toolkit for school libraries in developing countries so that they can become centers of competence in primary and secondary schools
Authors: Boelens Helen , Van Dam Henk
Published: April 2021

This paper describes a co-operative effort between the ENSIL Foundation and the Royal Tropical Institute, KIT Information and Library Services to provide school libraries, especially those in developing countries, with a simple online toolkit, which will help them to become centres of competence in primary and secondary schools. It is based on a similar toolkit which was designed by the KIT and is being used by university libraries throughout Africa. Although many school libraries have few facilities or funding, the IFLA/FAIFE World Report 2010 reports that approximately 30% of all school libraries worldwide now have Internet access. Using free open access software, the toolkit will provide school libraries with simple (online) training opportunities for library staff in literacy and information literacy skills, an advocacy platform, simple cataloguing tools, and access to online (full-text) resources). In addition it will provide access to online communities which focus on knowledge sharing. The paper will also broach the subject of an international, online, open-access repository for school libraries.
Collaborative Inquiry in Digital Information Environments
Authors: Todd Ross J. , Dadlani Punit
Published: April 2021

This paper presents selected findings from current research being undertaken by the Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) at Rutgers University that examines the research and writing processes of high school students undertaking a group research task in a New Jersey High school library. The purpose of this task was for students to produce a co-constructed product that represents the group’s understanding of their chosen curriculum topic. The study involved 42 grade 9 students undertaking an accelerated English Language Arts curriculum unit focusing on examining a wide range of challenging literature in the genres of short story, novel, drama, nonfiction, and poetry. The course includes independent reading assignments, and stresses critical thinking and speaking skills, study skills, and research strategies. The learning environment was supported by a Wiki/ Google documents digital environment that tracked the group dynamics, student-to-student interactions, resource use patterns, and knowledge building processes, as well as classroom teacher and school librarian interactions with the students, as groups and as individuals. This paper reports specifically on cognitive, personal and interpersonal dynamics reported by students as they worked in groups.
Study on Establishing Competency Profile Standard of Teacher Librarian in Optimizing the Use of ICT in Secondary Level School Library
Authors: Tjuparmah Yooke , Johan Riche Cynthia , Hanoum R. Nadia
Published: April 2021

Teacher librarians are expected to have good skills in using information and communication technology (ICT) so that they can assist both students and teachers in finding the information they need. The aim of this study was to establish the competency profile standard of teacher librarians using ICT at the secondary level. More specifically, this study would like to find out the competency profile of teacher librarians, the optimization of the use of ICT by teacher librarians, and the competency standard required in using ICT for teacher librarians in secondary level. This study used qualitative approach with survey method and the data was collected through interview and observation. The general conclusion is that the library administrators/teacher librarians in the schools presented in this research always met and enhanced the competencies that supported their daily tasks in the library and in their field of study by trying to take advantage of hardware utilization to improve the library service to the users. Specifically, this study shows that library administrators/teacher librarians are the subject teachers who receive additional tasks to manage the library; have a willingness to study and make innovations in the library; and try to have information, media and technology literacy skills, as well as the ability to enliven the life and career related to their fields. The competency standard of the majority of library administrators/teacher librarians in using ICT is considered good, they show good attitude, knowledges and skills but are often hampered by the lack of infrastructure, budget, and practice training to apply ICT in the school library. This research recommends that library administrators/teacher librarians should have functional status as librarians, not educative function as subject teachers.
What Teacher Librarians Need to Know about Science Information Literacy and Second Language Learners
Authors: Montiel Overall Patricia
Published: April 2021

Science is considered a critical area within the curriculum and instruction by teachers alone is not enough to ensure success for all students. School librarians must be considered in delivering science information to students, particularly those who are second language learners. This two-year study examined the effect of teacher and librarian collaboration (TLC) on inquiry-based science information literacy of Latino students in the United States. Although no significant gains were found between Control and Intervention classes, qualitative data indicated that TLC was successful in motivating students, improving inquiry and information literacy, and understanding of science concepts. The implication is that that test scores alone do not provide a complete assessment of student learning. Factors limiting student gains included reduced science and library time, and state policies that removed second language learners from regular classroom instruction. Continued advocacy for TLC is recommended to provide students needed tools for long-term academic success.
Empowering the Educational Magnificence of Students' Life Skills through Library Web 2.0 Services
Authors: Abidin Mohd Ismail , Shah Mohd Ab Malek bin Md , Jadidi Mahdad Tajbakhsh , Kaur Kiran , Mahat Sabariah Hj.
Published: April 2021

Cognitive skills, personal skills, and inter-personal skills are the tripartite components which are vital in to the teaching process and system. Indeed, in order to empower students’ competencies, it is undeniably true that school libraries have played a crucial role in materializing such magnificent achievement. This is due to the fact that as more schools add project-based learning to the curriculum, students need library skills to conduct research which is essential to completing their projects. Most importantly, students must master library skills in order to navigate problems which they might encounter in a real-life setting. In fact, some students, especially those in higher levels, do not receive direct instruction in regards to library skills, but learn them through activities that support the content areas instead. Thus, the main focus of this study is to explore an overall landscape of using Web 2.0 library services, as well as the awareness among students regarding the services offered by the library in developing their skills theoretically based on a practical approach. This study incorporates user survey to obtain the overall data use of library Web 2.0 services in general (public and academic libraries). A total of 657 people participated in this research. It is hoped that this study will increase the awareness of using library Web 2.0 services offered by the school libraries among students which could eventually enrich their life skills in facing their academic world holistically.
University Preparation Programs for School Librarians
Authors: Kerby Mona , Branch-Mueller Jennfer , Garrison Kasey L. , Howard Jody
Published: April 2021

This three-hour workshop provides an opportunity for school librarianship professors to discuss and share with their peers best practices in creating relevant assignments for school librarians in the 21st century on the topics of collaboration and leadership. For each topic, the professors from Australia, Canada, and the United States will share the following on a large screen and with handouts: (a) national standards that guide course preparation, (b) the course description, (c) course objectives, and (d) one sample assignment. Assignments for both topics will include the instructions and also the rubrics. After each topic presentation, participants are encouraged to share how they teach collaboration and leadership, and they will then be divided into small groups to share additional ideas. A third component of the presentation focuses on a 2013 U.S. grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Studies to deliver four online courses for doctoral candidates from various institutions with an interest in school library doctoral studies. The session will close with the participants brainstorming critical issues and topics for future IASL presentations from school librarianship professors. Before the IASL conference begins, emails will be sent to attendees who are school library professors to encourage them to attend and to bring sample assignments on teaching collaboration and leadership as a way to extend our conversation beyond the Australia, Canada and the United States.
Onomatopoeia and your School Libraries
Authors: Sunaga Kauyuki
Published: April 2021

According to Article 5 in school library law in Japan, a teacher librarian should be posted to the school library. However most of teacher librarians are involved into the other tasks in school so much that they cannot afford to engage school library. The students, who take lesson on school librarianship at university, are less experienced in libraries in school days. Therefore at the beginning of lesson I always try to execute the activity of describing school libraries into onomatopoeias. This activity encourages them to study school librarianship. We will find out the condition, the problems and the challenges of school libraries in Japan.
“The School Library–Public Library Laboratory”
Authors: Permanyer Jordi , Omella Ester
Published: April 2021

In 2005 the Diputació de Barcelona (Barcelona Provincial Council) set up a Laboratory to strengthen the collaboration between public libraries and school libraries at an suitable time for school libraries in our country, such is the interest in promoting them. The Laboratory’s first phase has now concluded and the institutions involved in the public library and school library services have set up a second phase for the Laboratory, which is currently under way. The presentation focuses on the results of the two phases of the “The School Library-Public Library Laboratory”, held in 2005 and 2006. The first Laboratory set out the framework for collaboration between public libraries and school libraries. The working sessions enabled consideration, discussion and analysis of the following questions: the model and functions of the school library within the framework of the school’s educational project; the elements and resources necessary to carry out its functions; the framework for collaboration between the public library and the school library; the services and activities to be carried out jointly; and the steps to take to advance together towards a reading society that is empowered in the use of information.

The aim of the Laboratory’s second phase is to consolidate the framework for collaboration between the public and the school library around three core areas: the consolidation of the areas and methods for collaboration between public and school libraries and the necessary resources; the drawing up of a working protocol for each method so as to facilitate its implementation; and to define the structure for collaboration between the various institutions and services involved by setting out the steps showing what the framework for long-term collaboration between the public and the school library should be like.
Attitudes of Israeli High School Librarians Regarding Library Censorship
Authors: Yitzhaki Moshe , Sharabi Yosef
Published: April 2021

The study sought to determine the attitudes of high school librarians in Israel, a country whose population is characterized by modern western outlook and norms on one hand and deeply rooted tradition and conservatism on the other. A questionnaire including, besides demographic questions, 17 statements concerning censorship, was mailed to 442 schools (two-thirds of the population) and yielded 187 usable replies, a 42.3% response rate. A positive correlation was found between the librarians' attitude regarding censorship, both in principle and in practice, and the sectorial affiliation of their school: librarians in the orthodox sectors displayed greater agreement with censorship, probably striving to conserve traditional values.
Creating a reading community
Authors: Ritchie Gabrielle , Ryan Jane M.
Published: April 2021

A reading community is one that not only values the act of reading – it is one where everyone reads! There is a culture amongst staff, students and families at Meriden where reading is more than valued – it is an integral part of our daily life. Meriden is a P-12 Anglican day school for girls. It is situated in the centrally located suburb of Strathfield in Sydney, Australia. Through Meriden’s recognition of its community’s diversity it is a place where students are able to grow in faith, care and learning. Central to all teaching programs at Meriden is the belief that learning is a lifelong process.
Possibilities for implementation of information literacy programs in Brazilian school libraries
Authors: Campello Bernadete
Published: April 2021

An analysis was made of the Brazilian National Curricular Standards for basic education in order to identify skills related to information literacy, using AASL Information Power as basis. The objective of this analysis was to investigate the extent to which these skills are represented in the Brazilian educational policy document and if they are viewed as integral part of students’ comprehensive literacy. The analysis showed that NCS include the basic information literacy skills (to access, evaluate and use information). Emphasis on independent learning by means of a variety of information resources is present in the document as well as issues regarding social responsibility. So, there is a positive perspective for information literacy programs to be developed in Brazilian schools in the context of the official curricular guidelines.
School Libraries in Evolving Education Systems: An Activity-Theoretical Approach
Authors: Meyers Eric M.
Published: April 2021

Changes in educational policy and practice demand that we examine school library programs from a new perspective. As a model that takes a developmental view of minds in context, activity theory is particularly well suited to the study of school libraries and the learning that occurs therein. This paper presents an activitytheoretic model of the school library and delineates its elements and relationships. Case examples drawn from an ongoing study of libraries in the midst of school reform demonstrate the application of this framework and suggest how it may be employed to guide research and the development of library services and practices.
To build upon solid rock or to build upon sand:
Authors: Terra Ana Lúcia
Published: April 2021

Starting with a rereading of the information literacy theories, we characterized the development of this concept, distinguish it and relate it with associated terms. After this theoretical framing, we focused on the role of the information literacy in the school context. We present our study based in the analyses of information behaviour, reading habits and information practices of students in Vila do Conde municipal area, using the school library collections and technological resources, considering also the location, access and use of information.

We do a brief general view over this group of school libraries in this municipal area, but we focused our analysis of the research universe in three schools of 1st level, one E.B. 2,3 and another secondary school, using an inquiry by a questionnaire. To better contextualise our study we also make the characterization and framing of each school library in its surroundings (city, rural and piscatorial) in order to allow a comparative analysis of the results.
From Learning to Read to Reading to Learn: School Libraries, Literacy and Guided Inquiry
Authors: Todd Ross J.
Published: April 2021

School libraries are about the future. They are about the development of knowledgeable and knowing young people; young people who have the ability to read the word and the world, and who can live their lives as thinking, informed, knowledgeable and productive citizens of an increasingly inter-connected world. They are about young people who have the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to invest wisely in confidently shaping their own futures and their lives as family, community and workplace members. Reading, Knowing and Doing are the multiple faces of the future global citizens that we nurture in our schools. Reading, Knowing, Doing, as the multiple faces of literacy, are the multiple faces of quality school libraries. And Reading, Knowing and Doing are at the heart of informed, in-tune, and in-touch school librarians committed to providing the best opportunities for our students to learn to use their minds well.
Promoting the Use of School Libraries: Teaching Readers to Fish Instead of Fishing For Them
Authors: Chen Tzong-Yue
Published: April 2021

This paper describes an on-line synchronous learning model that aims to provide guidelines for teachers and students to conduct synchronous instruction and set up cyber schooling framework which takes the much-familiar traditional school structure as the basis and attempts to enhance it by the use of technology to overcome shortcomings of traditional education and study without time and space restriction. We host training courses for teachers about multimedia tools and how to set up an elearning environment that will record their pedagogy and organize their training materials for distance learning.
Reading Spaces
Authors: La Marca Susan
Published: April 2021

This paper will explore briefly what research tells us about library design and, more specifically, the design of reading spaces for the provision of pleasure reading in school libraries. Acoustics, lighting and temperature levels, amongst other factors, all have an impact upon the learning experience that takes place in any school space. How we approach the creation of library reading spaces will be discussed with a particular focus on student views and opinions. Furniture, layout, colour, display and ambience will all be considered in light of how they affect comfort and learning opportunities. A number of illustrative examples of school library reading spaces and the views of students will be shared with the audience during the formal presentation.
Storytelling and Sustained Silent Reading in Foreign Language Acquisition: Evidence from Taiwan
Authors: Lee Sy-ying
Published: April 2021

English education in Taiwan has been an issue for many years and the search for the core of the problem is still ongoing. What has been missing in our English education? This paper attempts to deal with several interrelated issues which are believed to be of vital importance when discussing the problem of our English education and when trying to determine ways of improving it: (1) storytelling as an indispensable first step; (2) storytelling as the bridge to independent reading; (3) extensive reading as the most enjoyable and effective means for continuing language acquisition, (4) extensive reading in the form of in-class sustained silent reading as the most important factor for developing one’s academic language as well as writing ability. Finally, (5) I intend to hypothesize, with the support of research and theory, that there is a developmental path for foreign language acquisition which corresponds very well with first language development.
Researchers’ Workshop: A New Approach for Literacy Learning in School Libraries
Authors: McNeil Barbara
Published: April 2021

This paper presents a model of literacy learning and research in school libraries that is inclusive and responsive to the needs of diverse learners. It draws on four educational theoretical frameworks: sociocultural theory, the pedagogy of care, readers' workshop, and critical pedagogy. This practical model consists of four important phases. They include social interaction, the building and maintenance of caring relationships with students, guided assistance, and students’ right to return for assistance. The paper will discuss the practical applications of the model and how it contributed to higher levels of literacy achievement for a variety of students.
Urban Teenagers Talk about Leisure Reading
Authors: Hughes-Hassell Sandra
Published: April 2021

In urban school districts in the United States, it is not unusual for 80 percent of the eighth-graders to read below grade level. Schools are tackling low literacy levels by initiating literacy programs, many of which contain a focus on building the habit of leisure reading. While research has shown a connection between success in school and the amount of leisure reading students do, little is known about the leisure reading habits of urban teenagers. This paper reports the results of a three-part study investigating the leisure reading behaviors of urban teenagers and suggests strategies to support their literacy development.
Students’ Satisfaction with the Library, Familial Reading Environments, and Reading Attitudes in Structural Equation Modeling Analyses
Authors: Chang Li-Yun , Yeh Chao-Chi
Published: April 2021

The main purpose of this study was to test the fit of model of the relationships among students’ satisfaction with the library, familial reading environments and whose reading attitudes. Further, it tried to find out whether the familial reading environments and satisfaction with the library affect the students’ reading attitudes, and then explored the direct, indirect and total effects between the students’ satisfaction with the library, familial reading environments, and reading attitudes.

The participants of this study included 714 high school students (356 male, 358 female), and the findings suggested that (1) the theoretical model of students’ satisfactions with the library, familial reading environments, and reading attitudes using Structural Equation Modeling was supported; (2) students’ satisfactions with the library were in connection with their familial reading environments; (3) students’ satisfactions of library and familial reading environments had a significantly positive effect on students’ reading attitudes.
Facebook: A School Librarian’s Tool for Building a Community of Readers
Authors: Stewart Paulette
Published: April 2021

In this paper Facebook is examined as an educational tool that can be used to facilitate the development of literacy skills. The philosophical assumptions underlying the Social Development Theory by Vygotsky and the Social Learning Theory by Bandura were used to substantiate the benefits students can gain from learning in a social environment such as Facebook. Librarians can help students to develop their literacy skills, by using the Literature Circle on facebook. Assigning readers roles such as literary luminary, synthesizer, analyzer, and evaluator and rotating these roles will allow readers to develop the various literacy skills overtime and to avoid monotony.
The Book Loving Atmosphere from the Campus — from Class Study Group to Parent Study Group
Authors: Pan Shu-man
Published: April 2021

In order to build a book loving campus, National Feng Yuan Senior High School has organized many reading programs. In these programs, we divide teachers, students and their parents into several study groups. After numerous meetings, it is found that with well-planned guidance, these reading programs help them not only actively to participate in group discussion and exchange ideas but also to broaden their horizons and develop multiculturalism. This paper intends to share our experience and strategies in the implementation of the whole reading programs. The first section is a detailed introduction to the procedures of the reading programs, including how to organize study groups, train the study group leaders, help students make reports and performances, hold contests and publish students' results. In the second section, the actual operation of parent study group is described. At the end, we examine all the achievements from these activities, and make some recommendations. In addition, we are firmly convinced that schools, families, and the society are an undivided union. If we can incorporate community resources into reading programs, we can surely create a well-structured and comfortable reading environment. We provide this experience of building a book loving campus to the public, and sincerely hope to eliminate the stereotyped image of reading and make vivid and interesting reading experiences blended into daily lives that everyone can enjoy.
An Evolving Model of Knowledge Management in Education and the South African Reality
Authors: Osborn Marilyn , Thomas Ethel , Hartnack Dorothea
Published: April 2021

Concepts of Knowledge Management struck three educators in Gauteng, South Africa, and inspired them to devise a Knowledge Management model for education and schools. The model is focused on how Knowledge Management is sandwiched between the country’s educational policies and the bedrock of literacy and reading. It encompasses the Constitution, common value systems, common leadership/management skills and professional values, inherited language skills and cultural knowledge and lifestyles, general knowledge, information/literacy/digital/IT skills, Intellectual Capital and collaboration between educational entities, school librarians and colleagues, communities and stakeholders. The model highlights the many challenges existing in South African education and further inspired the three educators to consider their own achievements as School Librarians – one at a Public/Government High School and the other at a Public/Government Primary School. The High School Librarian has used IT to promote reading to great effect, while the Primary School Librarian has made important strides in helping her subject/learning area colleagues to teach Information Literacy.