scholarly journals Improving the school library for IB students: a case study at The British International School, Jakarta

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Latuputty
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
School Library ◽  
International School ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Real Situation ◽  
The Real ◽  
Library Staff

The background of this research is firstly to evaluate the current services and facilities in the secondary library since there is a plan to extend the library building among the school projects. The outcomes of this research would be good feedback for the library staff to improve its services and facilities. Secondly, some colleagues on ECIS listserv have been discussing the need for IB guidelines especially for those who due to commence the library for IB programme  This paper is not intended to be a guideline, but a sharing work to those who are concerned with the IB library to find different perspectives from a secondary school library at The British International School, Jakarta. A survey to gain feedback has been conducted using a qualitative method. The findings and the profile of the library are discussed in the same section to help the reader understand the real situation and the feedback from the respondents. This paper, expectantly, would be a valuable reference for any school libraries particularly those who run or plan to have a library for the IB Diploma programme.

Developing future-ready school libraries through design thinking: A case study

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522110288
Author(s):  
Chin Ee Loh ◽  
Elia Binte M Hamarian ◽  
Lisa Lim Yu Qi ◽  
Qianwei Lim ◽  
Skyler Ng Ynn Zee
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
User Needs ◽  
Global Age ◽  
School Budgets ◽  
The World ◽  
Teachers And Students

School libraries around the world need to revitalise their spaces, collections and programming to continue to be relevant for teachers and students living and learning in an information-saturated technological global age. Efforts in the rethinking of library usage and design are most effective when they are contextualised and localised, based on user needs and country or school budgets. Design thinking is a useful approach for schools to understand the needs of their populations and design targeted improvements for their libraries’ specific users. This article explains how one secondary school collaborated with university researchers to use design thinking to re-envision the role and functions of its school library. The evidence collected through the process was integrated into the redesign of an improved library for the students. This article provides a model for evidence-driven school library improvement projects.

scholarly journals Penerapan Algoritma Apriori pada Sistem Informasi Perpustakaan Sekolah SMK Negeri 1 Siantar

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Risti DwiSyari ◽  
M Safii ◽  
M Fauzan
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Apriori Algorithm ◽  
Data Mining Techniques ◽  
Great Leader ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Strategic Layout

The SMK Negeri 1 Siantar School Library is one of the special libraries located at the SMK Negeri 1 Siantar School. Libraries provide various kinds of library materials such as books, lessons, lesson questions, and other vocational books. After the researcher made observations, the problem that often occurred was books that were borrowed and returned books that had a non-strategic layout, so that library visitors who did not know the placement found it difficult to find the books they wanted to borrow. This research uses data mining techniques, namely the Apriori Algorithm, the Apriori Method is a method for looking for patterns of relationships between one or more items in a dataset. The Apriori method can be used for data on borrowing books at the Siantar 1 State Vocational School School Library, where the composition of the library books (B1) X_Press UN 2019 B. Indonesia side by side with books (B4) School of Love is a Great Leader and Teacher, if the composition of the book is (B10) Moral Mulia side by side with book (B1) X_Press UN 2019 B. Indonesia, If the book arrangement (B7) X_Press Mathematics is side by side with the book (B5) Relationer, if the book arrangement (B7) X_Press Mathematics is side by side with the book (B9) Indonesian Wisdom Batak Toba, and if the arrangement of the book (B10) Morals Mulia is side by side with the book (B8) Hati Therapy, the data from these items each met the minimum confidance value of 0,5% or the same as the specified 50%. The result of this research is to help library staff arrange the book layout correctly. It is hoped that this research can provide input to the school

The Complexity and the Logic Behind Historical Buildings: The Case-Study of Palazzo del Podestà in Mantova, Italy

2010 ◽  
Vol 133-134 ◽  
pp. 181-186
Author(s):  
Marco Cofani ◽  
Verena Frignani ◽  
Angelo Landi
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Real Situation ◽  
The Real ◽  
Town Council ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Town

The Palazzo del Podestà, situated in the centre of Mantua, has Medieval origins, but it is the result of many additions and reconstructions and it is now abandoned. In 2005 the Town Council commissioned the Politecnico of Milan a research on the real situation of the palaces, in order to determine the future possible uses of the buildings. The causes of the structural decays were investigated and furtherly studied by means of a comparison between archive records and diagnostic tests.

scholarly journals The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic ‘Lockdown’ on Reading Engagement of Selected Secondary School Students in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Ibitola Oluwatoyin Adigun ◽  
Fadekemi Omobola Oyewusi ◽  
Kolawole Akinjide Aramide
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Reading Engagement ◽  
School Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

Several studies have decried the non-existence of functional school libraries in many primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. This inadequacy in school libraries made it extremely difficult for school librarians to foster the culture of reading in students through school library use and reading promotional activities. Moreover, library hours are not included in the school time table in many of the secondary schools in Nigeria. Thus, reading engagement has been on the decline among secondary school students in the country. Despite these challenges, some studies suggested that students will spend more time reading if they have more spare time. Therefore, this study investigated selected secondary school students’ reading engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic school lockdown. It was assumed that the availability of time during the period would motivate students to read since schools were closed and movement was restricted. The study adopted an online survey instrument (Questionnaire) administered to the students over 3-month period (April - June 2020). This instrument was adopted because there was total closure of schools throughout the country, thus the only means students could be reached at the time was through online. The questionnaire was sent to individual students and school online groups. Thus, the study was limited to students with information technology gadgets and online presence. The result revealed that there was no significant difference in the duration of time students spent reading during the lockdown and when school was in session. It also revealed that students read textbooks to prepare for examinations and to keep sound academically.

scholarly journals Managerial Accountability of Badan Usaha Milik Desa Wija Sari in Samsam Village: A Case Study Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 152
Author(s):  
Desak Made Mya Yudia Sari ◽  
I Putu Sudana
Keyword(s):  
Case Study Research ◽  
Real Situation ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
The Real ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Specific Complex ◽  
Descriptive Approach

This study aims to provide a close and in-depth understanding of specific, complex, and exploratory phenomena regarding the real situation regarding the accountability of BUMDesa Wija Sari Village management in Samsam Village. The methodology of this research is interpretive descriptive approach with case study research. The results showed that in the practice of accountability in the management of BUMDesa Wija Sari in Samsam Village applied the characteristics of transparency, honesty, integrity and consistency. In addition, BUMDesa Wija Sari in Samsam Village also applies the characteristics of participation in the planning stage accountability and the implementation phase accountability as well as the kinship and loyalty in the implementation phase accountability.  

Library makerspaces in China: A comparison of public, academic, and school libraries

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 1209-1223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fenfang Cao ◽  
Shuheng Wu ◽  
Besiki Stvilia
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
School Library ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Library Staff ◽  
Type Data ◽  
Physical Spaces

This exploratory study identified and compared the organization, services, challenges of and motivations for makerspaces in public, academic, and school libraries in China. Although there is a significant body of literature on makerspaces in libraries, this study is one of the first ones that provides a comparison of library makerspace organization and operation by library type. Data was collected using paper and online surveys from 158 librarians. Supporting learning was the most frequently identified motivation for establishing a makerspace by all three categories of librarians. While makerspaces in academic libraries were mostly operated by library staff, school libraries more evenly relied on teaching staff, volunteers, library staff members, and paid instructors to operate their makerspaces. Makerspaces in public and academic libraries were funded mostly from the libraries’ budget, while school libraries were funded more by other units on the campus and institutional or individual investments. The most frequently selected technologies were 3D printing and modeling technologies, and makerspaces in academic libraries were better equipped than makerspaces in the other two types of libraries. Group study rooms and learning commons centers were the most frequently occurring physical spaces in academic and public library makerspaces. School library makerspaces differentiated themselves by offering wooden crafts centers more often than other library makerspaces. While participants selecting budget limitation and inadequate equipment as barriers to implementing makerspaces was not surprising, public and academic librarians also often cited the lack of professional instructors. Based on the findings, several suggestions were offered to the practice of planning and operating a makerspace in libraries such as bringing together internal and external funding to support makerspaces, consolidating the required physical space of makerspaces and the existing space arrangement of libraries, and developing additional training programs to address the problem of a lack of professional instructors.

Status of secondary school libraries and librarians in Bangladesh

IFLA Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakir Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Annual Budget ◽  
Qualitative Phase

The purpose of this study is to explore the current environment of secondary school libraries and librarians in Bangladesh. To achieve this objective, an exploratory mixed method study was conducted to ensure the best possible outcomes. In the qualitative phase, besides literature review, five school librarians were interviewed. Based on the output in the qualitative phase, a questionnaire was designed for quantitative phase and collected 87 responses using an online survey. In general, it is found that the development of libraries and creating qualified school library professionals have been slow due to a lack of governmental and non-governmental initiatives. School libraries, where they exist, offer minimal services and facilities; school librarians are not integrated with the teaching and learning process. Finally, the school library is identified as being of lesser significance to other priorities in the country’s education system and annual budget, and the resulting issues and challenges are, therefore, an important topic and issue of significance.

scholarly journals Reconceptualizing Indianization: A Study of the Art of the Local Female Deities

MANUSYA ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-31
Author(s):  
Rattanaporn Poungpattana
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Real Situation ◽  
Two Cultures ◽  
The Real ◽  
Female Deities ◽  
The Two Cultures ◽  
Asian People

It was formerly known and agreed generally that the earliest Southeast Asian people did not create their own civilization, but adopted models from India. Accordingly, civilization in Southeast Asia is called "Indianization". Yet there are three mains schools of thought giving different views of the characteristics of Southeast Asian civilization. While the first school, led by Coedes, points out that civilization in Southeast Asia is not so different from its Indian models, the second school, led by Wolters, suggests that Southeast Asian civilization is completely different from the Indian one due to the process called 'localization'. Compromisingly, the last school, led by Mabbett, proposes the harmonious living of the two cultures in local societies. As the debates are still uncompromised, the article offers the examination of the case study of female deities in an attempt to compromise those debates. According to the observation on the case study, it can be summed up that Wolters and Mabbett's suggestions seem closer to the real situation, and that Southeast Asia has its own typical civilization.

scholarly journals The litany of suffering is still heard but not louder: A case study of clinical supervision to school libraries in Indonesia’s four provinces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Sulistyo-Basuki
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Supervision ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Consultant Bureau ◽  
Block Grant ◽  
National Library ◽  
Block Grants ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Set Up

From 2002 through 2004, the National Library of Indonesia distributed block grants to 250 school libraries in the province of Central Java scattered in 10 districts, 150 school libraries in West Nusa Tenggara for 7 districts, 125 school libraries in South Sumatera in 5 districts while in the province of Bangka Belitung only to one municipality covering 25 school libraries. For three years, a school library which serves only one school received a block grant of 19 million rupiahs or approximately US $2000, while (multiple) school library which serves two or more schools received 29 million rupiahs or around US 3200 all for books. Beside that, there are trainings for library staffs conducted at the province capital as well as at the districts and supervision from the National Library. After three year implementation, the National Library set up two independent teams to evaluate the school library performance, block grant awardees. The first team consists of five consultant on education and librarianship while the second one is an independent consultant bureau. Among the findings are the rise of book usages among school children, rising initiatives among teacher cum teacher in charge of library to correlate the library activities with the class programme and communities’ activities, the provision of separate building for school library especially in South Sumatera. However there anxieties on the continuation of theschool libraries after the project is over, as not all grant-receiving-districts have enough budget to provide finances for the school library operations after the project is over.

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