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The challenges of a school library in the digital age as a resource helping educating refugee children and integrating them into the Swedish society
No full textApproximately 163 000 refugees came to Sweden in 2015, mainly from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Somalia. Many of them were just children. These children have faced extreme dangers and endured extreme hardships but once in Sweden they receive a school education. A number of these children have been designated to schools in Spånga, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden where I work. The absence of parents, language barriers, cultural differences, lack of earlier education along with other challenges must be acknowledged and addressed constructively in order for the school library to make a difference. A school library built for the digital age might give access to thousands of books, modern information technology, Internet and digital resources but it requires of its ́ users to be literate and to have digital literacy. Many of the children\u27s language- and information and communication technology skills are poor and they are therefore not able to make good use of the school library without help. It requires of the professional school librarian to bridge over the gap
School libraries as power-houses of empathy: People for loan in The Human Library
No full textThe capacity of literary fiction to foster the trait of empathy in readers has received significant recent coverage in popular and academic literature (see for example, Gavigan & Kurtts 2011). School libraries, through their natural connection to storytelling in all its forms, can help foster a culture of empathy and respect, and can play an active role in promoting tolerance within the school community. This paper will focus on the worldwide movement known as The Human Library, which aims to “challenge prejudice through conversation” (Human Library UK 2016a). The Human Library reimagines the concept of a reader opening a book and looking at life through the eyes of ‘the other’ as they turn the pages, by replacing physical books with ‘living books’: people from all walks of life who volunteer to be ‘borrowed’ by a ‘reader’ for a conversation. Through respectful dialogue, stereotypes can be broken down and empathy can replace stigmatization. This paper will focus on how any school can host a Human Library to build a culture that celebrates, rather than fears, diversity and difference
The role of Indonesian School Librarian in increasing students’ literacy skills in digital age
No full textLiteracy level of Indonesian students are low compared to other countries. The most responsible party for this problem is school. To resolve this problem, school should pay more attention on how to teach literacy effectively, particularly in elementary level, so it can increase student’s literacy. Effective literacy teaching should take into account six components or the six T’s which are “time” (scheduled in short time but continuously), “text” (made available in different level), suitable “teaching strategy”, “task” given, “talk” and “test” to measure students literacy level. School librarian can play some important roles to make the teaching successful. They play as a role model for the love of reading, expert in books published and literary works, partner in teaching, leader in literacy program, reading advocate and promoter for resource-based learning
School-Based Brazilian Librarianship: The Ruling Relations That Inform Its Professional Practice
No full textThe need to equip today’s youth with complex information literacy and knowledge construction skills is a catalyst for change in the traditional practices of school librarians the world over. This necessary change led us to explore school library practices through a global lens. Creating innovative research partnerships with school librarians in other countries provides a space for inquiry that identifies barriers (as well as potential solutions to these barriers) to professional preparation of school librarians for the digital age. This research inquires “what are the similarities in the experiences and practices of school librarians across international boundaries in efforts to meet the needs of 21st century learners?” and more specifically “how do ruling relations impact and shape the experiences and practices of school librarians in Brazil?” Institutional Ethnography methodology is utilized to gain insight into the actualities of professional work lives, while examining the ruling relations that impact the institution. This paper presents findings from phase two of a study on school librarianship, conducted in the fall of 2015 in the State of Pará, Northwest Brazil
How suitable is Yahoo! Groups for school librarians’ professional networking? A case study from Hong Kong
No full textThis paper explores how members of Hong Kong based professional association of school librarians (ALESS) use Yahoo! Groups platform for their professional networking and how the platform satisfies the group’s professional needs. The case study research method is applied and both quantitative and qualitative data are collected. It is revealed that ALESS members effectively use Yahoo! Groups platform even though they do not exploit all available features. ALESS members regularly use web-based mail and occasionally Files and Polls. Although some group members think that Yahoo! Groups need to be replaced with a more user- friendly tool, most respondents agree that for the time being Yahoo! Groups platform fairly fulfils ALESS group’s needs. Further analysis of existing social networking software and ALESS group’s needs and preferences are recommended
Making and Implementing an Environmental Studies Database for Teacher Librarians: Metadata Education for Teacher Librarians
No full textMetadata encodes important knowledge for school library education. This study framed two questions: 1. How are metadata treated in teacher librarian textbooks? 2. What teaching materials are best for teacher librarians’ metadata education? To answer question one, we investigated the regulation of subject and content by Ministry of Education in Japan and we reviewed teacher librarian textbooks. To answer question two, we created an environmental studies database that included geographical metadata, and then surveyed undergraduate students to learn how the database was utilized. In conclusion, we recommend that future studies of metadata examine both how metadata are defined and how metadata are used in particular situations
Teenagers in school libraries! What about the imaginaries and expectations of digital natives?
No full textOn an international scale, a new form of documentary mediation has merged, which is embodied in the structural and physical evolution of documentary spaces. In France, the school library (le "Centre de Documentation et d\u27Information": CDI) is under the responsibility of a teacher-librarian. He is in charge of teaching students information literacy along with managing the library. Students are welcome to the CDI when they do not attend classes and want to read or need to search information, but also in educational sessions led by the teacher-librarian. At a time when teenagers are referred to as "digital natives", what are their expectations in the school library? How to conceive school libraries so that to help youngsters achieve autonomy in the Information and Communication society
Embedded Librarianship and Blended Learning: An Enhancing Combination to Increase Effectiveness of Information Literacy Training
No full textThe library of the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences has wide experience in providing different kinds of training in information literacy. For a long time the formats for these trainings were mostly standalone library instructions and online training. However, slowly over the last few years a shift towards workshops that are integrated into courses of various study programs has taken place. The reason for this transition is in line with the philosophy of embedded librarianship. Embedded information literacy training should be more successful than standalone instructions, but what other factors influence its success and how to increase its effectiveness even further? The library of the Rotterdam University has examined this question by not only embedding a complete information literacy course into the curriculum, but also by selecting blended learning as an innovative educational model for it
School Libraries Dynamics : Crossing Borders Inside and Outside the Country
No full textHow can a school library shorten the distance between institutions, professionals, students and teaching methods? How can a Teacher Librarian and a School Libraries Inter-district Coordinator cooperate to conceptualize new strategies, expand students’ learning experiences and reinforcing their involvement with the school library? How important is it for students to engage in different reading activities with partners from other European countries? How can a “Reading Plus Project” evolve to a “National Merit Idea Project” and to a “Comenius Project”, where the role of the school library as an open door to intercultural competences is emphasized? How can we take advantage of the new technologies to modernize the school library and promote digital literacy? With this paper we aim to give an example of good practices in school libraries in Portugal, hopefully giving inspiration to others to overcome barriers inside and outside their country