scholarly journals The Impact of the Prince Edward Island School Library Policy on the Development of School Library Programs Across Prince Edward Island

2021 ◽  
pp. 253-263
Author(s):  
Ray Doiron ◽  
Judy Davies
Keyword(s):  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
School Library ◽  
Specific Detail ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
The Status ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Concept Of Information ◽  
Teacher Librarians ◽  
The Impact

In Canada's smallest province, Prince Edward Island (PEI), the PEI School Library Policy and its supporting documents have guided the development of school library programs since 1989. With a great number of educational changes as a back-drop, this study explored the impact that policy has had on school library programs in PEI. The researchers designed a comprehensive Survey of School Library Resource Centres that probed five key areas: facilities, resources, personnel, programs and services in the 66 schools across PEI. Following the completion of the Survey, 48 principals and teacher-librarians were interviewed for an hour each. 64 of the 66 schools took part and the Survey data and the interview data were analyzed using exploratory data analysis that resulted in dozens of visual and numerical summaries. Data was reported under each of the five major areas probed and 25 Actions were recommended. The study yielded specific detail on the status of school library facilities and resources, and provided a comprehensive look at staffing procedures and problems. The educational concepts of resource-based learning, cooperative planning and information skills that are embedded in the Policy have been well-accepted across the system. New documentation is needed to update learning outcomes and to provide direction for integrating new technologies and the concept of information literacy. Future directions for professional development for teacher-librarians, principals and classroom teachers were outlined and specific needs were identified in the areas of staffing, rebuilding school library collections and connecting technology initiatives and resource-based learning.

scholarly journals School library as an integrated information and educational space of the modern school

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandugash Dospayeva ◽  
Aida Agadil ◽  
Rauan Yessenbek
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Work ◽  
School Library ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Modern School ◽  
Reading Choices ◽  
The Status ◽  
Skills Use ◽  
Teacher Librarians

Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) are established to become an experimental platform that develops, monitors, studies, analyzes, tests, and implements modern models of educational programs by levels. Accordingly, as an important part of the school, one of the main goals of NIS libraries is to comply with international standards of school libraries, to improve professional qualifications, to facilitate the implementation of the mission and objectives of the school.  For this, it is necessary to shift away from traditional methods and established stereotypes and raise libraries to the modern international level. This article offers an introduction to working methods of the libraries of the Intellectual Schools, which include developing students’ reading skills, use of games to motivate students to read, the development of critical thinking skills of students. NIS librarians use game methods, festivals and activities to promote reading among students, which enables the teacher-librarians to raise children's confidence and gain pleasure from reading, discover reading choices, provide children with opportunities to share their reading experience and to raise the status of reading as a creative activity. There are also various library projects, clubs and actions, which motivate students to read and instill in students the love of reading. The libraries provide students with resources for learning and reading. They are welcoming and flexible, reader-friendly environments including different zones for research, independent and collaborative work with colours, materials and layout designed to provide safe and accessible places conducive to learning and reading.

scholarly journals Adopting Computer Technology to empower Rural School Learners: The Case for Katsande Rural School Library, Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hosea Tokwe
Keyword(s):  
Computer Technology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Rural School ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Technology In Schools

In most countries, the introduction of computer technology in schools has seen the role of school libraries transformed. Adoption of new technologies are now seen to be enhancing school libraries’ ability to perform their mission, vision and role, that is, providing learners access to a wide range of reading material to enable them to acquire knowledge as well as ability to read books online. This paper will address the impact computer technology is having on rural school learners at Katsande Primary School. It will explain how embracing of computer technology has influenced learners concerning achieving quality education. 

Ocean Recovery

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Hilborn ◽  
Ulrike Hilborn
Keyword(s):  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Marine Ecosystems ◽  
Popular Media ◽  
Fish Stock ◽  
General Audience ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
The Status ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
Graduate Seminars ◽  
The Impact

Over the last 2 decades, the scientific and popular media have been bombarded by gloom-and-doom stories on the future of fisheries, the status of fish stocks, and the impact of fishing on marine ecosystems. Dozens of certification and labeling schemes have emerged to advise consumers on what seafood is sustainable. In recent years, an opposing narrative has emerged emphasizing the success of fisheries management in many places, the increasing abundance of fish stocks in those places, and the prescription for sustainable fisheries. However, there has been no comprehensive survey of what really constitutes sustainability in fisheries, fish stock status, success and failures of management, and consideration of the impacts of fishing on marine ecosystems. This book will explore very different perspectives on sustainability and bring together the data from a large number of studies to show where fish stocks are increasing, where they are declining, the consequences of alternative fisheries management regimes, and what is known about a range of fisheries issues such as the impacts of trawling on marine ecosystems. Aimed principally at a general audience that is already interested in fisheries but seeks both a deeper understanding of what is known about specific issues and an impartial presentation of all of the data rather than selected examples used to justify a particular perspective or agenda. It will also appeal to the scientific community eager to know more about marine fisheries and fishing data, and serve as the basis for graduate seminars on the sustainability of natural resources.

10,000 Newly Certified Librarians, 100 Secure Jobs

2020 ◽  
pp. 78-101
Author(s):  
Daisuke Okada
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
School Library ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Curriculum Model ◽  
Library And Information Studies ◽  
Information Studies ◽  
The Status ◽  
School Librarianship ◽  
Teacher Librarians

This chapter discusses the status, challenges, and issues encountered in librarianship in Japan, especially school librarianship. Specifically, it focuses on the certifications for school library staff, the curriculum model, and the employability of certified librarians. Topics related to Library and Information Studies schools, training programs for certified librarians, summer and distance education, qualifications and accreditation of teacher librarians are discussed as well. Currently, librarianship and school librarianship are not close to implementing internationalization; however, this discussion cannot be avoided. Hence, this chapter argues that it is necessary to incorporate the specific trends in Japan along with global trends.

Floral development, fruit set, and dispersal of the Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster (Symphyotrichum laurentianum) (Fernald) Nesom

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian R. Lacroix ◽  
Royce Steeves ◽  
Joni F. Kemp
Keyword(s):  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Fruit Set ◽  
Floral Development ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
The Status ◽  
In Situ Observations ◽  
Flooding Events ◽  
The Impact

The Gulf of St. Lawrence aster, Symphyotrichum laurentianum (Fernald) Nesom is listed as “threatened” according to the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). This rare halophyte is found in only a few locations in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the Magdalen Islands in Quebec. Developmental evidence confirms that there are two types of florets within each flower head and that each floral type has a biseriate pappus. The centrally located “disk” florets are distinctly larger than the more numerous peripheral “pistillate” florets throughout their development. The disk florets are bisexual and consist of an ovule, a style with a bifid stigma, and four to five stamens. The peripheral florets are pistillate and consist of an ovule and a style with a bifid stigma but no stamens. The main goals of this study were to assess fruit set in both types of florets, and the wind dispersal potential of their fruit (achenes). Pistillate flowers had a lower percentage of embryo-containing (filled) achenes (15.1%) than hermaphroditic florets (27.8%) in plants grown ex situ. The majority (68.3%) of filled achenes were produced by pistillate florets. Heads grown in situ had 64.9% filled achenes. Although the achenes of this plant have structures to aid dispersal by wind, in situ observations and experimental data show that this method of dispersal may be affected by the influence of the surrounding vegetation and flooding events. The impact of other factors that may affect the reproductive biology of this rare plant are discussed.

scholarly journals Deficiencias del uso efectivo de las bibliotecas escolares Uso de la bibliotecas

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Isabel Cobos Campoverde
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
School Library ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Impact

La lectura en la etapa escolar es supremamente importante y la biblioteca ha cumplido una especial labor en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje, pues esta ejerce una influencia sobre el logro académico en los estudiantes, sin embargo estas no siempre son utilizadas con la eficiencia y eficacias pertinentes, tal es el caso del  uso que se le da a la biblioteca de la  Unidad Educativa Informática. El objetivo de esta experiencia  fue    Investigar  la  incidencia  del  uso  de  la  biblioteca  en  el  proceso  de  enseñanza- aprendizaje en dicha unidad educativa. Para la puesta en marcha de este trabajo se encuestaron 112 estudiantes con el propósito de comprobar el uso eficaz   de las nuevas tecnologías a través de la biblioteca escolar. Se concluyó que hay falta de gestión administrativa para dotar de insumos informáticos  a la biblioteca de la institución lo que trae como resultado la poca  motivación  por lo que existe poca espontaneidad del estudiante por  ingresar a la misma.  Palabras claves: biblioteca, influencia, enseñanza-aprendizaje- estudiantes- informático  Deficiencies of the effective use of school libraries    Abstract  The reading on the school stage is extremely important and the library has played a special role in teaching and learning, as this has an influence on academic achievement in students, but these are not always used with the efficiency, such is the case of the use that is given to the library In the Computer Educational Unit. The objective of this experiment was to investigate the impact of library use in the teaching-learning process in this Educational Unit. For the implementation of this study there was applied survy to 112 students in order to verify the effective use of new technologies through the school library. It was concluded that there is a lack of administrative management computer to provide inputs to the library of the institution, resulting in the   low motivation and the little spontaneity of student library use. Keywords: library, influence, teaching-learning-students- computers.

scholarly journals Strategic Directions and Newer Dilemmas for Teacher-Librarians and School Library Resource Centres

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-152
Author(s):  
Ken Haycock
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
School Library ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Effective School ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Teacher Librarians

Once a leader in the provision of effective school library services, the Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) School Board has seen its intellectual and material assets diminish with growing confusion about the role of the teacher-librarian, particularly with regard to information technologies. The investigator reviewed the current status of school library resource centres, including staffing, resources and use, to identify "revenue-neutral" improvements based on research evidence and best practice. In the course of the review several dilemmas emerged that challenged conventional wisdom regarding the delivery of school library services; these dilemmas are the focus of this paper.

scholarly journals Poetyckie remediacje Anety Kamińskiej

2018 ◽  
pp. 83-114
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Winiecka
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Online Activity ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact

The article presents the works of Aneta Kamińska as an example of the phenomenon of remediation, it is the impact of digital media on poetry and literary communication. The authoress examines the subsequent volumes of poetry and forms of Kamińska’s online activity. She points at a specifically feminine approach to new technologies. The article describes changes in the structure of the poems, as well as the status of the authoress and the nature of her communication with readers. It discusses also the stages of Aneta Kamińska’s work. These are: the traditional volume, the volume imitating hypertext which has been partly digitized and is available online as an interactive poetic hypertext. Then discusses the impact of Internet communication on her poetry. Finally presents multimedia projects, in which words are combined with video, audio and animation. In the end we may ask the question: does the generator of poetry, used by the poet, open up the interaction between man and machines?

British Gods

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Bruce
Keyword(s):  
Church Attendance ◽  
Large Body ◽  
British Politics ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Community Studies ◽  
Religious Revival ◽  
Charismatic Movement ◽  
The Status ◽  
Comprehensive Survey ◽  
The Impact

The product of a forty-year career of sociological research, British Gods is a comprehensive survey of contemporary Britain’s faith climate. Bruce has returned to a number of towns and villages that were the subject of detailed community studies in the 1950s and 1960s to see how the status, nature, and popularity of religion have changed. Those restudies—supported by a large body of survey data and statistical evidence on such measures of religious interest as baptisms, church weddings, church membership, and church attendance—provide a springboard for exploring such general issues as the status of the clergy, the churches’ attempts to find new roles, the growth of non-Christian religions, the changing nature of superstition, links between religion and violence, the impact of the charismatic movement, the ordination of women, New Age spirituality, arguments over moral issues such as abortion and gay rights, the effect of social class on belief, the impact of religion on British politics, and the ways that local social structures strengthen or weaken religion. The final chapter considers the obstacles to any religious revival and concludes that the current stock of religious knowledge is so depleted, religion so unpopular, and committed believers so scarce that any significant reversal of religion’s decline in Britain is unlikely.

scholarly journals Learning and the School Library Resource Centre

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Dorothy Williams ◽  
Caroline Wavell
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Research Team ◽  
School Library ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
School Librarians ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Library Resource ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

School librarians are under increasing pressure to evaluate and justify their service provision in terms of benefits to the learner. The research project reported here examines the impact of the school library resource centre on learning. Using a range of focus groups, interviews and case studies, the work identified a range of potential indicators of learning which provide a useful starting point for librarians to begin examining activities in relation to the learner. The study was conducted in Scottish secondary schools between August 1999 and February 2001 and complements empirical work carried out in other countries. All these studies were the subject of a critical review of literature recently completed by the research team. The paper discusses some of the major themes that emerge from the empirical study and were reflected in other studies; such as the impact the library has on formal academic attainment and informal personal achievements, factors that limit the learning and how this relates to the type of library provision in terms of resources and professional expertise.

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