School Library Services Research Articles

Expanding LGBTQ+ Inclusivity: An Ecological Model of School Library Practice in Addition to Collection Development

This research explores the critical need for a holistic approach to LGBTQ+ inclusivity in school library services, moving beyond the traditional focus on collection development to address underexplored areas such as cataloguing practices, purchasing procedures, programming, policies, and community outreach. The school libraries often become a place of social stigma for LGBTQ+ students, and availability of fewer resources and institutional biases typically discourage them from accessing information and support from such libraries. For this purpose, this study will carry out research using a qualitative research design with the help of content analysis and case studies to identify the best practices and policies of selected school libraries in regard to addressing such matters. It sets much importance on cataloguing in such a way so that these LGBTQ+ resources, materials, etc. should be visible and accessible besides discussing budget limitations and community force behind acquiring the LGBTQ+ resources as a part of the library collection. This also emphasizes the requirement of an LGBTQ+ inclusive program with efficient community outreach that builds safe spaces for the student population LGBTQ+. The study further stresses the need for library policies and how librarians can become great advocates of LGBTQ+ rights and representation. A careful consideration of any aspect of library services described in this paper will help guide principles for making school libraries more inclusive and equitable. The implications are considered crucial for future research and practice, toward further development of library services to support the needs of LGBTQ+ students completely, which will enhance their well-being and academic success.

Parent Institutions and Innovations in School Library Management in Nigeria: A Conceptual Review

School libraries have become vital resources of information that assist pupils, students, and staff in primary, secondary, and other non-tertiary institutions to appropriately respond to their varied information needs. They can be seen as indispensable facilities established with the objective of providing learning resources to enrich curriculum, supplement textbooks and classroom instruction and give users unlimited opportunities for learning. For any school library to remain relevant in this digital age and current climate, it has to be innovative. It has to the concern of parent institutions, “owners” to adopt cutting-age strategies to instill innovation into the management of school libraries. It is obvious that when school libraries receive proper attention from parent institutions, the school library resources, services, facilities, and physical environment, etc will be adequately innovated for desired patronage. This paper presents the conceptual description of school library and its imperatives. Innovation elements and roles of parent institutions in the school library management are highlighted. Implications, tools, and skills for innovation in school library management are extensively examined. The paper reveals factors affecting parent institutions and innovations in school library management. In conclusion, the paper establishes that for school libraries take their pride of place as learning hub, innovation must be embrace with all seriousness and sincerity by all stakeholders, especially the parent institutions. This study recommends among others, adequate funding of public school libraries in Nigeria and retooling of school librarians for effective implementation of innovative strategies.

Portable Library Automation Systems Implementation and Training in an Elementary School

School libraries play a crucial role in literacy development by providing reading materials to students. Implementing library automation systems is an effective solution, enabling simplified cataloging, circulation control, and reporting. Automated systems streamline resource management and expand user access. The Senayan Library Management System (SLiMS), a freely available program developed to streamline library processes, is recognized as a potential option for enhancing a school's library feature and developing educational institution assets. The objectives of this community service were to implement a library automation system to enhance the school library features and services. Also, this activity was for system implementation experiences for the higher students. The community service initiatives were carried out in the SDN Gadog 2, Indonesia, between September and October of 2023. This concludes that SLiMS was successfully implemented, trained, and helpful as it enhances the flexibility of borrowing and accessing books.

Peran Manajemen Pengelola Perpustakaan dalam Meningkatkan Minat Baca Siswa di SMP Plus Maarif NU Parigi Kabupaten Pangandaran

This research is motivated by the development of reading interest and reading ability which is indeed very concerning at this time, how not, this is caused by the methods given to students and students in general are less or even unpleasant, most of the existing methods are only result-oriented not on process. This very low reading habit makes the ability of some students at school to be low. Libraries as educational institutions and information providers will have good performance if they are supported by adequate management, so that all institutional activities will lead to efforts to achieve the goals that have been proclaimed. The focus of his research is the role of library management in an effort to increase students' reading interest. This study uses a qualitative research method using a descriptive approach which is presented in the first and second chapters, each of which discusses the introduction and literature review, while the data exposure and research discussion is in the fourth chapter. The data collection technique used the method of interview, observation and documentation as well as collecting valid documents and data. Planning for school library service standards at SMP Plus Maarif NU Parigi includes; library material planning, human resource planning, facilities and infrastructure planning, service planning and budget planning. Implementation of library management includes; implementation of library material processing, implementation of organizing human resources, implementation of structuring library infrastructure, implementation of library services tailored to the needs and implementation of budget use Evaluation and supervision of libraries is carried out by school principals and vice principals in the field of curriculum.

From Teacher-Librarians’ Perspectives: Factors Deterring the Development of School Library and Information Services in Disadvantaged Rural Communities in Limpopo Province, South Africa

From Teacher-Librarians’ Perspectives: Factors Deterring the Development of School Library and Information Services in Disadvantaged Rural Communities in Limpopo Province, South Africa

The Role of Schools in Literacy in Elementary Schools

Literacy is closely related to an individual's ability to read, write, speak and understand information and solve daily life problems. The current literacy level of students is at a low level because there is still a lack of students being asked to read. Interest in reading is the desire and encouragement of students to like and enjoy reading activities. Based on the aim of this research, namely to determine the role of schools in literacy, this research uses descriptive qualitative research with data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation. The object of this research is SDN 194 Pekanbaru. In this research, three indicators were tested, namely the provision of infrastructure, the provision of school library programs and services. From these three indicators, the results showed that the role of school literacy has a fairly good average in improving students' literacy skills. From the results of observations made by researchers, it was found that the role of schools in literacy is to provide facilities and infrastructure for literacy at SDN 194 Pekanbaru, such as providing book reading corners in class, wall magazines, reading corners, posters with motivational words in class and also providing literacy programs such as: reading 30 before learning begins, a reading journal program which at the end of the semester, the best students will be given rewards and SDN 194 Pekanbaru also provides a library.

Knowledge and Skills for Life: School Libraries in Disadvantaged Areas of Northern Ireland

This study involved data collection and analysis from four distinct phases of research to establish the features of current provision of post-primary school library services in Northern Ireland; and how these services are being implemented in disadvantaged areas. The research also considers the challenges for school library provision, explores examples of good practice, and sets out recommendations for the future for both provision within schools and at a Northern Ireland policy level.

A Small Step for a Library, a Giant Leap for the Librarian: Benefits of Using a Book Locator in a School Library

This study presents the utilization of assistive technology for more effective school library services in the form of a library book locator to help students be more independent users of libraries. The survey presents the first few school librarians' experience in adopting the new tool. Through the findings of this survey, we would like to familiarize more school librarians with the book locator benefits for their students to independently search for material in the school library. Students are generally reluctant to learn library cataloging system rules, with the book locator they roam the library with ease. Our main research questions were: 1) Has the implementation of thelocator influenced the visit rate in your school library? 2) Are there any noticeable benefits of the locator pointed out by the librarians?

ANALISIS KUALITAS PELAYANAN PERPUSTAKAAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN PENGUNJUNG PADA PERPUSTAKAAN SEKOLAH KRISTEN BASIC

Competition in the field of educational services, one of which relies on the ability of school libraries to provide satisfactory service quality to library visitors as service users. To measure the tangible or intangible quality of service, the level of visitor satisfaction can be measured. Libraries should regularly measure visitor satisfaction as an evaluation material to improve the quality of their services. This study was conducted to determine the influence of tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy dimensions of service quality provided by the Basic Christian School library on visitor satisfaction. This study is a quantitative research model using the Service Quality method and linear regression. Service Quality is one of the methods used to measure visitor satisfaction with the quality of school library services. The measurement in the Service Quality method is divided into 5 dimensions: tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. In addition, regression analysis is conducted to determine the level of relationship between independent and dependent variables in this study. The research instrument used consists of 30 items of service quality and visitor satisfaction questionnaires adapted from Basuki (2019). The respondents in this study were 154 students from Basic Christian Junior High School and High School. The results of the study showed that variables with positive coefficients had an impact on increasing visitor satisfaction.

Conceptual Framework for Health Literacy Instruction in Malaysian International School Libraries

The study is anticipated to assist school libraries in creating and managing an effective programme to promote health literacy throughout the community. School libraries can better promote health literacy and healthy living by participating in these programmes. The research will adopt a mixed-methods strategy, combining qualitative and quantitative techniques. Expanding school library services to incorporate health literacy promotes their vitality and well-being. Furthermore, by integrating significant works of literature, a framework may be developed to guide the research and act as a reference for a library for developing health-related activities or programmes.

Improvement of SD Negeri 2 Bojongmengger school library services by Customer Relationship Management (CRM) design

The widespread COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the realm of education. The enactment of the Learning From Home (LFH) policy has reduced activities carried out in schools. The school library at SDN 2 Bojongmengger was also affected and began to have fewer visitors, even though limited face-to-face activities were re-implemented at school. Therefore, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) strategy is needed to properly maintain the school library's function and role. CRM strategy is an effort to attract students and teachers as school library customers to visit the library. The method used in this service is the service improvement method with the results of research and development. With the potential and problem analysis process steps, data analysis, and product design. Based on the results that have been implemented, the results show that the design of the CRM strategy in the school library can be carried out conventionally first by collecting needs data, data processing, collection development, user education, competitions, and rewarding after that it can be carried out developing CRM in a digital direction through the use of media Instagram.

“What Library?”

Although charter schools are a growing segment of the US education market, they are less likely than traditional public or private schools to have dedicated library facilities, staffing, or services. Currently there is little data about what services charter schools provide to support literacy, research, or technology skill building - services commonly provided by school libraries. Without these data it is unknown whether, how, or to what extent charter schools without school libraries ensure that their students have access to these crucial learning resources. This study collected data in 87 US based K-12 charter schools across 11 states using an online survey completed by school administrators. This survey addresses library services of charter schools both with and without school library facilities. The survey shows that most charters lack facilities and staffing to provide quality school library services. In charters that have a school library the data suggests the school benefits from more services to encourage reading for fun and information literacy instruction that can improve technology use and research skills. This study informs future research and advocacy for charter school libraries.

Effectiveness of School Library Services at SMK Negeri 1 Soppeng

Libraries have a very important role for the world of education. The library is not only used as a place to place books, but the library can be used as a place to learn and get sources of information. One of the types of libraries that exist is the school library. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of school library services at SMK Negeri 1 Soppeng. This research is a quantitative research with a descriptive research type. The sample in this study was 81 people using simple random sampling technique. Data collection techniques used are observation, questionnaires, and documentation. The results of the study show that library services at SMK Negeri 1 Soppeng are in the effective category. This research shows that the importance of library services and librarian services in serving the needs of users so that users can feel satisfied with the quality of services provided.

School Library Service for Pre-Kindergarten Students: An Analysis of Certification and Standards

Abstract Enrollments in publicly funded pre-kindergarten (pre-K) programs are on the rise in the United States with bi-partisan support for universal pre-K increasing. Hypothetically, pre-K students should be able to access the school library and receive services and instruction from the school librarian. However, it is unclear if school librarians have either the leverage to serve these pre-K students or the necessary guidance to do so. This document analysis study involved a systematic review of school librarian certification documents, school library standards, and early childhood standards for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Findings reveal uneven justification for pre-K student services and programming through school libraries. School librarians are certified to serve pre-K students in approximately half of the states, but few states have school library standards for pre-K, leaving school librarians with little direction about how best to instruct them. Implications for practice, policy, and research are discussed.

Hubungan layanan perpustakaan sekolah dengan minat baca peserta didik di SMAN 4 Kota Tangerang Selatan

Introduction. Providing school library services to increase students' interest in reading is still an important study for school libraries. Increasing reading interest in the SMAN 4 Tangerang Selatan Library is carried out by providing collaborative services to improve scientific communication. This research needs to be carried out so that the services provided by the library can accommodate all students in reading interest services and become basic research for school libraries in the South Tangerang area.Methodology. This study uses a quantitative approach, with a correlation coefficient test to answer the hypothesis. The population is 346 students, so a sample of 186 respondents is obtained using a simple random sampling technique. Questionnaires were distributed to 186 students with Likert scale scores with four alternative answers and documentation studies to complete data collection.Results and Discussion. This study found a relationship between library services and students' reading interest, as evidenced by the contribution of 24.6% between library services and students' reading interest. In comparison, the remaining 75.4% was explained by other variables not examined. The tendency of library services to increase reading interest is still in the moderate category.Conclusion. This study describes the school's efforts to increase student's interest in reading with the strength of the services provided by the library. Reading skills need to be trained so that the more the library can provide the facilities needed for reading, the more trained students will be.

School library reading support for students with dyslexia: a qualitative study in the digital age

PurposeThis paper investigates school library services in the digital age for students with dyslexia and explores the impact of current library services on students’ learning.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative study with semi-structured interviews was designed according to the LAFE (Look and listen, Assistance and accessibility, Format and fit, and Environment) framework for learners with dyslexia and the 5E instructional model and conducted with 11 school librarians.FindingsResults indicated that participants lacked knowledge of dyslexia for appropriate library services. Awareness, IT skills, school administration, funding and parental attitudes would influence the library’s tailored services to dyslexic children, despite the rich resources in these participants’ libraries, including paperbacks, digital resources and electronic devices. Adaptations are necessary to provide accessible services, especially by applying digital technologies, and school libraries can positively impact students’ reading interests, promote knowledge inquiry and strengthen information literacy skills.Originality/valueWhile students with dyslexia spend significant time in schools, limited studies focus on school library services in the digital age, especially in Asia. This study fills the gap by systematically exploring the issue with the 5E instructional model.

SCHOOL LIBRARY SERVICES AT UPT SMA NEGERI 5 ENREKANG DURING THE PANDEMIC PERIOD

The purpose of this study was to determine library services in this case circulation services, reference services, on-site reading services and ICT-based services as well as supporting and inhibiting factors in school library services. This research approach is qualitative with a type of description. Data collection techniques were carried out by interview, observation and documentations. Data analysis techniques using data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. Checking the validity of the data is done by trianggulation technique. The reserch results showed that : 1) the circulation service has a collection of 19,839 books, but does not yet have a non-book collection such as tape recorders, sound slides, video cassettes, sound films and many more. The system used in this library is an open service system. 2) The reference service has 587 collections consisting of dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps and others. In this service, users can obtain information and assistance regarding the existence of the collection needed. 3) on-site reading services, in this service the library provides 6 reading tebles placed in several corners of the room so that students get good lighting and air circulation. Howefer, this service is currently unvailable because students rarely use it. 4) ICT-based services, in the SMA Negeri 5 Enrekang library this service is not yet available because officers are still in the stage of entering library materials into the library application. While the supporting factors for library services are the personnel or the staff themselves, staff commitment and adequate books. While the inhibiting factors are the library collections which are still in hard copy form, lack of student interest and limited staff/librarians.

New Perspectives of Equity, Access, and Meaningful Use of School Library Resources and Services

ABSTRACT Data collected from a study of school libraries in Massachusetts provide source material that identifies barriers and enablers related to equitable access and meaningful use of school library resources and services. These quantitative and qualitative survey data supplied by school librarians across rural, urban, and suburban schools describe staffing, resources, instruction, and funding which suggest barriers and enablers related to equitable access and meaningful use. An in-depth analysis reveals underlying factors that determine policies and practices such as traditional library values, educational beliefs, and social justice principles that are operational in the access and use of school libraries.

Utilization of Assistive Technology for Effective School Library Service Delivery to Students with Disabilities in Nigeria

Disability is a part of the human condition. Everyone might experience disability either permanently or temporarily at some point in their life. It was estimated that about 25 million people live with one form of disability or more. This study explored the utilization of assistive technology for effective school library service delivery to students with disabilities in Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey design and used online structured questionnaires to collect data from school librarians. A total of 240 school librarians responded to the online survey across the 36 states in Nigeria. Data collected through online questionnaires were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation. The study revealed that, there is inadequate availability of assistive technologies for effective school library service delivery to students with disabilities in Nigeria. Also, the extent of utilization of assistive technologies for effective school library service delivery was very low except for braille technology and Hearing Aids. The major challenges associated with the utilization of assistive technology for effective school library service delivery to students with disabilities in Nigeria are lack of support from the government, inadequate assistive technology in the school libraries, ranked together with inadequate funding of the school libraries; and unstable electric power supply. The study recommended; Provision of adequate assistive technology in the school libraries by the government. Training of both students with disabilities and school librarians in the use of assistive technology. Developing adequate interest in inclusive school library service by the government. Adequate funding of the school libraries by the government. Adequate support from the government through provision of material and human resources. Provision of adequate support service on the use of assistive technology by the manufacturers or vendors. Provision of stable electric power supply through installing solar power systems or purchasing standby generators.

Principal's Leadership Style, Library Services Against Student Reading Motivation

Motivation to read is a process of driving behavior or the urge to read. Therefore, this article attempts to measure the role of school principals and library services in increasing reading motivation in elementary schools in Baubau city. This study involved teachers and elementary school students in the Lea-lea sub-district, Baubau City. The questionnaire instrument was used to obtain answers to the relationship between the leadership style of the principal, library services and students' reading motivation. The results of the observation found that there was a deviation in the reading motivation score of elementary school students from the average value, the level of deviation of the Principal's leadership style score from its average value and the level of deviation of the Library Service score from its average value. The design of this research is a quantitative study based on the random sampling method using the normality test of the estimation error and the homogeneity of variance test. The results of the study showed that there was a positive and significant influence between the leadership style of the principal and the reading motivation of elementary school students, there was a positive and significant influence between library services (X2) and reading motivation of elementary school students (Y) and there was a positive and significant influence between the leadership style. Principal (X1) and Library Services (X2) together with Elementary School students' reading motivation (Y).