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Schools AND LibrariesAlbert K. Boekhorst
IFLA Satellite Cape Town 2015
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School Library Types:
1. Mobile Library2. Cluster Library3. Classroom Library4. Centralised School Library5. School Community Library
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• 1995: 523 respondents• 2000: 61 respondents• 2005: 277 respondents
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Key factor for success
• the School Board• the management of the school• Teachers• Budget allocated to the school library• the School Working Plan• the Library Committee• The Library Staff• The technical infrastructure• The collection• Physical place in building©akb
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Statistics
• SPSS• ‘Averige School Library (mean, modus ….)
•ZERO• Okham Razor
•The person of the ‘librarian’
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School IN the Library
• Library is core of educational system• Needed is a clear statement on
• Mission, Vission and Strategy
• How to prepare students to become resposible participants in society• Information Literacy / MIL are critical • Management, Educational Staff and Librarians
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Becoming information literate
• Cannot be learned in a distinct subject• Integrated in any subject• Coordination between ‘teachers’ & ‘librarians’
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In each subject attention for:• Information problems: what are relevant problems in the subject?
• Information questions: how are questions in this subject formulated?
• Resources: what specific information resources are relevant for the subject?
• Selecton: which of the identified sources are relevant
• Process: what specific communication tradition are there regarding presentation, storing and dissemination
• ICT: what specific skills are needed to use resources and applications
• Evaluation: Does each step indeed lead to obtain the desired information and satisfies the information need
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• Aspects of information literacy should be given in such a way that they reflect the needs of the person at that time.
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