scholarly journals Utilising Networks in the Field of School Librarianship

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Jane Gough
Keyword(s):  
School Librarian ◽  
School Librarianship

We are all aware how isolating the role of a school librarian can be. In this paper I will discuss how we can build and cultivate networks both within and outside school to form a harmonious environment that will ensure that encouraging the reader is first most in our minds. I will discuss how some networks have worked in one situation and if it is possible to make the networks work in all situations?

scholarly journals School Librarian's Role Redefined

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashmi Kumbar
Keyword(s):  
Life Skills ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Library Science ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
Holistic Development ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Emotional Issues

School librarian plays the role of a resource advisor, literature search expert, life coach, etc, Apart from maintaining an efficient collection and providing effective information services, the librarian contributes significantly to students’ holistic development. This paper shares the experiences of a librarian who had the opportunity to teach life skills in her school. Simple strategies were employed using literature as a tool which helped in building a bridge between students and resources. Success stories of a few students using library programs have been listed. The approach to deal with students emotional issues using the concept of bilbiotherapy which has been justified on the lines of Ranganathan’s laws of library science, has been discussed. Librarian’s efforts to instil in them the essential life skills needed to traverse the journey called life are outlined.

scholarly journals Building our social landscape in cyberspace

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Houston
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Professional Preparation ◽  
Academic Program ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Social Landscape ◽  
School Librarianship ◽  
Social Landscapes

Developing a community of learners and leaders in school librarianship is fundamental to effective practice in professional preparation programs. As more and more school librarian preparation programs go online, staying focused on community building and collaboration becomes the key challenge to the best practices ideal. The Internet provides excellent tools and resources for developing online professional communities, as well as opportunities for academic programs to create social landscapes that students will engage in after they finish their academic program.

scholarly journals Digital Citizenship and Distance Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley S. J. Farmer
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
School Community ◽  
Digital Citizenship ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
School Librarianship

This chapter describes the role of digital citizenship, particularly as it relates to school librarianship in online learning environments. It discusses the need for digital citizenship, its curriculum and standards, its place in school librarianship program preparation, distance education issues, learning resources, and implementation for the school community. Emerging issues are also noted.

scholarly journals What is the literacy supportive role of the school librarian in the United Kingdom?

2020 ◽  
pp. 096100062096456
Author(s):  
Margaret K. Merga
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Literacy Skill ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
Depth Analysis

Building students’ literacy skills is a key educative purpose of contemporary schooling. While libraries can play a key role in fostering literacy and related reading engagement in schools, more needs to be known about school librarians’ role in promoting these goals. To this end, this article seeks to identify the nature and scope of the literacy supportive role required of the school librarian in the United Kingdom. It also investigates how this aspect is situated within the broader competing role requirements of the profession. Using a hybrid approach to content analysis including both qualitative and quantitative methods, this article presents in-depth analysis of 40 recent job description documents recruiting school librarians in the United Kingdom to investigate these research aims. The vast majority of documents (92.5%) included literacy supportive roles or characteristics of a school librarian, and recurring salient components included supporting literature selection, having a broad and current knowledge of literature, promoting and modelling reading for pleasure, devising and supporting reading and literature events, promoting a whole-school reading culture, working closely with students to support reading and literacy skill development, and implementing and supporting reading programmes. This literacy supportive role was found to sit within a potentially highly complex and diverse work role which may compete with the literacy supportive role for time and resourcing in school libraries. This research suggests that the role of school librarians in the United Kingdom is both complex and evolving, and that school librarians in the United Kingdom have a valuable literacy supportive role to play in their school libraries.

scholarly journals Monitoring of verbal-linguistic development of pre-school children in Elementary school - RECEPTION project

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Kruselj-Vidas
Keyword(s):  
School Library ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Wide Range

The list of multiple tasks expected from a school librarian include a wide range of activities. Activity of crucial importance is advocating and argumentation how important is the development of basic literacy skills. The role of school librarians is unavoidable in this process. This presentation will show an example of school library practice and focus on the role of school librarian as designer, provider and researcher in the case study research at the school level. This research was done as an activity during international Erasmus+ project called RECEPTION (Role of Early Childhood Education in positive Transition/Introduction Outcomes for New pupils). 

scholarly journals The Role of Culture and Folk Art in School Library Programming

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Santos Green ◽  
Melissa P Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Research Study ◽  
School Library ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
The World ◽  
Library Programming ◽  
School Librarianship ◽  
Teacher Librarians

Exploring the practices of teacher librarians in other countries fosters new knowledge, contributing to global communities of practice. The need to equip today’s youth with complex 21st century skills has served as a catalyst for change in the traditional practices of school librarians all over the world. It is this necessary change that led to questions regarding school library practices at an international level and to the need to explore school librarianship on a global level. This research study explores ways program design grounded in cultural understanding, experiences, and ways of knowing the world, are applied by practicing school librarians in Brazil, Russia, and Belize.

scholarly journals Professional Education for School Librarianship: The Rutgers University Experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross J. Todd
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
Rutgers University ◽  
Education Requirements ◽  
School Librarianship ◽  
University Experience

This paper addresses the processes in place to help Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) students at Rutgers University meet the education requirements for being a school librarian in New Jersey. It outlines both curriculum and certification structures and processes, and identifies a range of support initiatives in place at Rutgers to enable the journey from student to professional.

scholarly journals School Library Research Rocks

2021 ◽  
pp. 22-41
Author(s):  
Gooneshwaree Beesoon ◽  
Jennifer L. Branch-Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
School Library ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Library Media ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Instructional Role ◽  
School Librarianship ◽  
Development Analysis

This research examined the state-of-the-art of research in school librarianship. Similar trends from previous research were confirmed: research in school librarianship is published in two major journals -- School Library (Media) Research and School Libraries Worldwide. Almost 80% of the research was carried out in the United States. There is a small core group of researchers working in the area of school librarianship. About half of all research is by a single author. The main themes from the research included collaboration between teachers and school librarian, technology integration, the instructional role of school librarians, professional development, analysis of materials, information literacy instruction, practices and assessment, hiring, professional development and retention of school librarians, use of multimedia resources, role of school librarians in the provision of health information, motivation of students, and research in other parts of the world. Frameworks (Aharony, 2011; Koufogiannakis, Slater & Crumley, 2005; Mardis, 2011) were incomplete and the authors present a new framework for categorizing school library research, in particular, but also LIS research, in general.

scholarly journals Study on Inquiry-based Learning in a Primary School through Librarian-Teacher Partnerships

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Chu ◽  
Queenie Tang ◽  
Ken Chow ◽  
Shek-kan Tse
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
Group Projects ◽  
General Studies ◽  
Partnership Approach

This case study investigates into the role of the school librarians and their collaboration with other subject teachers in guiding primary four (P4) students through inquiry-based learning (IBL) group projects. To maximize the learning supports that students can get from doing the projects, the researchers of this study promote a close partnership between the school librarian and three other kinds of teachers (General Studies, Chinese, and Information Technology / IT) who can contribute to P4 General Studies’ group projects. The study tries to understand: (1). the effectiveness of the librarian-teacher partnership approach in helping students to learn from their project works, and (2). the issues and challenges encountered by students and teachers in the process of implementing such teaching and learning model.

School Librarians as Significant Other

2013 ◽  
pp. 56-66
Author(s):  
Lara M. Luetkehans ◽  
Rebecca D. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
School Librarians

This chapter explores three strands of research: professional learning communities, the significant others in the development of pre-service teachers, and teacher-school librarian collaboration to develop a strategy for using Online Professional Learning Communities (OPLC) as a means for fostering career-long, mutually beneficial collaborations among teachers and school librarians. A previous study of such an OPLC comprised of pre-service and in-service teachers, university faculty, and school librarians is described. The role of the school librarian as a member of the OPLC is examined, particularly as a significant other (Karmos & Jacko, 1977) in the professional development of pre-service teachers. Recommendations include the key elements of creating OPLCs that are inclusive and demonstrate the value school librarians bring to this community.

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