School Library Research Articles

Pembudayaan Literasi Bahasa Dalam Meningkatkan Minat Baca Siswa Kelas III SDIT Baiturrahman Sepat

The importance of reading for students in carrying out their learning and acquiring knowledge encourages schools to create a literate school environment. Schools are obligated to provide facilities that support a reading literacy culture for students by enhancing their reading willingness. İt is crucial to develop school programs that boost reading interest and cultivate a literacy culture within the school. This research aims to provide an overview of the literacy program at SDIT Baiturrahman Sepat and an explanation of how this program enhances reading interest among third-grade students. The research utilizes a descriptive qualitative approach, with the school principal, third-grade teachers, and library personnel as the subjects. İnterviews, observations, and documentation are the methods employed by the researcher to collect data. The research findings reveal that the literacy activities at SDIT Baiturrahman Sepat have been effectively carried out with guidance from the Ministry of Education and Culture (Kemendikbud). This is evidenced by the school’s program that divides literacy activities into three stages: familiarization, development, and learning. The school endeavors to implement this program to enhance reading interest among the students of SDIT Baiturrahman Sepat. The impacts include students developing a fondness for reading, improved reading abilities, increased self-confidence, and creativity, as well as enhanced student academic achievements.

Library Service Management to Enhance Students' Reading Interest at State Senior High School 1 Secanggang, Langkat Regency

Library service management is the process of optimizing the contribution of human resources, materials, and budget to achieve the goals of the library or library management process based on management principles and theories. Meanwhile, reading interest is the ability to read and encourages the growth of reading culture and habits. Through reading, students can broaden their insights, sharpen their ideas, and enhance creativity. This research aims to explore the planning, implementation, and assessment of library service activities at State Senior High School 1 Secanggang, Langkat Regency. This study uses a qualitative descriptive research method. Data collection is conducted through observation, interviews, and documentation. The primary data sources for the research are interviews with the school principal, library head, library staff, teachers, and students. Secondary data consists of documents related to library service management in enhancing students' reading interest at State Senior High School 1 Secanggang, Langkat Regency. Data analysis techniques include data reduction, data presentation, drawing conclusions, and checking data validity by comparing interview data with the research object. The results of the research show that library service management in enhancing reading interest at State Senior High School 1 Secanggang, Langkat Regency, is well-established. The planning activities begin with meetings attended by the school principal, library head, library staff, teachers, and students. The implementation of library services is carried out by two library staff members with their respective schedules and is supervised by the library head. Assessment is conducted for the school principal, library head, library staff, teachers, and students.

Information Literacy Programmes at the Academic Level in the Field of Law

Purpose: In law libraries in the Republic of Croatia, only a small number of information literacy programmes have been recorded. This indicates the need to strengthen and promote more effective teaching of information literacy in the field of law. The aim of this paper is to analyse the published literature to gain insight into the existing knowledge regarding information literacy in the field of law over the past 30 years in the Republic of Croatia. This analysis aims to determine possible directions for development and to find more effective teaching methods for information literacy. Methodology/approach: The methodology used included a qualitative research approach, specifically content analysis of works published in the last 30 years concerning information literacy at the academic level in the field of law in the Republic of Croatia. Results: The development of information literacy at the academic level in the field of law can be observed in parallel with the development of information literacy at the broader academic level in the Republic of Croatia. The most significant changes can be seen over the past five years, both at the theoretical and practical level of law school library work. Research on information literacy in the field of law, initially primarily focused on user education, is deepening and expanding, both in terms of methodology and content, because of intense and dynamic changes in the information and educational environment. As a result, further directions of development should be guided by the need for more research on the essential literacy skills of the 21st century for all stakeholders in the educational process. Such research would contribute to a greater understanding of the most relevant content and methods to be included in information literacy programmes tailored to the specifics of the legal discipline. Research limitation: A literature analysis revealed numerous different terms related to information literacy at the academic level in the field of law, especially in works published in the 1990s, when the term “information literacy” was not established in the Republic of Croatia. Therefore, there is a possibility of unintentional oversight of specific works. Another limitation of the research is the role of one evaluator/researcher in implementing the content analysis of the publications due to possible subjectivity in the analysis. Originality/practical implications: This study is one of the first to offer detailed insights into the current trends in information literacy development at the academic level in the field of law over the past 30 years. On a practical level, the author aims to encourage academic librarians to create and implement formal information literacy programmes within the realm of law and its related libraries.

Eduard Rubenovich Sukiasyan and the Higher Library School

Eduard Rubenovich Sukiasyan and the Higher Library School

Children's Literacy Activities as a Realization of the School Library Revitalization Program at SDN 1 Moyoketen, Tulungagung Regency

Currently, the use of devices in children is increasing, accompanied by a decrease in literacy rates. From the results of the study, the level of literacy in children is quite low. To increase interest in reading in children not only requires the role of parents, but the place where they go to school also takes an important role in improving children's literacy. Low literacy of children can be overcome by carrying out various activities regarding literacy itself. Another alternative that can be done is to hold a literacy program in the school library. It aims to assist children in improving and growing their reading literacy as well as the realization of revitalization. This activity took place from July to August at SDN 1 Moyoketen. With the literacy program and library revitalization, it is hoped that it can make students more interested in visiting the library and reading the collections contained in the school library

Modal Intelektual Pustakawan dalam Penyebaran Informasi di Perpustakaan Sekolah Dasar

Intellectual capital has a role in disseminating information in libraries, this is because the process of disseminating information cannot only rely on library materials. The wider the intellectual capital owned, the more information that can be disseminated. Intellectual capital consists of human capital, structural capital, and relational capital. The librarian is the actor who disseminates information in the Elementary School Library, the information that is disseminated should be correct and can be accounted for. This study aims to identify the role of intellectual capital for librarians in disclosing information in elementary school libraries. This study uses a qualitative method with a case study approach. Selection of informants using purposive sampling technique. Data collection methods in this study were interviews and observation. The results showed that librarians' intellectual capital consisting of human capital, structural capital, and relational capital played a role in disseminating information in the SDIA 61 library. Human capital played a role in the information assistance process, structural capital played a role in the process of preparing information, and relational capital played a role in therapeutic techniques information and the type of information disseminated

PENELITIAN ANALISIS KEBUTUHAN PENGGUNA MELALUI DATABASE GOOGLE SCHOLAR: NARATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW

The problem of many unused library materials in a library may be due to the mismatch of the collection with the needs of library users. Some users are not satisfied with the library because the collection or information available in the library does not match what they want. So it is necessary to find out the needs of users so that all collections can be utilized properly by users because it suits their needs. The purpose of this research is to find out the analysis of user needs in the library. This research uses a narrative literature review method from references related to the topic of user needs analysis in libraries with a total of 10 references analyzed. Public libraries, national libraries, school libraries, college libraries, and special libraries will all be included in this study. The characteristics of library users differ depending on their information needs and background. In essence, the public are the main users of the library. People who utilize the library have a wide range of needs, including students, lecturers, teachers, staff, and the general public. User needs analysis activities conducted by libraries are done in various ways such as interviews, observations, case studies, and others. The community acts as the main user of the library. The community will assist the library in every user needs analysis activity. Therefore, the community will also determine the collections that must be in the library according to their respective information needs. This research will produce user needs analysis activities that have been carried out by various libraries with different users according to the type of library.Keyword:Analysis of user needs, collections, libraries

Blended Librarianship as a Fulcrum for Librarians’ Relevance in a Developing Country

The paper examined the emergence and important role of blended librarianship as a fulcrum of relevance for librarians in Nigerian universities. It x-rayed the global trends in blended librarianship vis-à-vis the Nigerian situation. Furthermore, the study considered perceived challenges libraries may be confronted with in deploying relevant ICT infrastructure geared towards transitioning from traditional to hybrid services provision for the successful implementation of blended librarianship. The paper recommended the design and implementation of an appropriate framework for the development of ICTs in Nigerian universities, urgency in the acquisition of new skill sets by academic librarians in Nigeria, while also calling on relevant stakeholders to review the current curricula of Nigerian library schools to reflect current realities in the work place.

IDENTIFYING STUDENTS' LEARNING MOTIVATION AT THE START OF FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN DENPASAR CITY

This research aims to identify the level of students' learning motivation as they return to face-to-face learning in Denpasar City. This study is important for educators in making policy decisions to develop appropriate learning strategies and optimize students' learning motivation. The research falls under the category of quantitative research, employing a survey method distributed through Google Forms. The sample for this study consisted of 32 respondents who were sixth-grade students in elementary schools. The sample was determined using random sampling technique, selecting two schools from each of the four districts in Denpasar City. The research findings indicate that the learning motivation of elementary school students at the beginning of face-to-face learning post-COVID-19 pandemic in Denpasar City is categorized as good. This can be observed from the average percentage of respondents' answers for all indicators, which is 77.62 percent. However, several issues were also identified, such as the lack of motivation among students to improve learning outcomes and the limited awareness of utilizing the school library for reading purposes.

Implementation of the library automation system in high schools in Surabaya City

Background of the study: High school-level school libraries in the city of Surabaya have begun to develop services and facilities, one of which is by building a library automation system. Problems arise about the orientation of the development carried out whether it aims to build benefits or only to meet the needs of the library. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation of the library automation system development that has been carried out by senior high schools in the city of Surabaya Method: The method used in this research is a quantitative approach focusing on the type of descriptive quantitative. The study used a sample of 60 respondents taken from a specified population of 266 high school library managers. The sampling technique used snowball sampling, then data collection using a questionnaire distributed via google form over three weeks. Findings: all variables used gave positive results because the value of the mode generated from each variable showed an answer which could mean that the respondents agreed with the variables that supported the implementation of the high school library automation system in Surabaya. Conclusion: This study resulted in the finding that the library manager has carried out the implementation because of the benefits generated by the library automation system.

On the Enduring and Fleeting Uses of the Teaching Statement

A teaching statement offers a written summary of one’s beliefs, approaches, and successes in teaching. In this article, I use the teaching statement that I wrote in library school as an autoethnographic artifact to consider my own development as a teacher, and to reflect on the teaching statement as a genre. How do we declare ourselves as teachers, and how does that identity develop and shift over time? I conclude with considerations of how a teaching statement can serve academic librarians.

The Fear of Inspirational Books

Banning books from public and school libraries has sharply increased in the USA in recent years. I analyze the phenomenon of book banning from the theoretical perspective of how books get ritualized in different textual dimensions. Book bans have a long cultural history in shaping literary and religious canons. Comparison with book burning shows some similar and some distinctive strategies behind book banning. Like book burning, book banning aims to draw public attention and to offend political opponents. In contrast to ritualized destruction of iconic books, however, book banning attacks the expressive dimension of reading texts by trying to prevent access to them. Whereas book burnings aim to offend opponents’ sensibilities, book bans aim to prevent inspiration to imagine different social arrangements and personal identities. That goal is apparent from the disproportionate focus on banning books with multi-cultural and LGBTQIA+ themes. The ban acts as a warning against embracing certain opinions and identities. However, analyzing book banning as ritual also draws attention to well-developed, ongoing traditions of counter-ritualizing by many libraries. They publicize banned book lists and encourage reading them during “Banned Books Week” and similar events. Through this ritual analysis of iconic and expressive texts, book banning emerges as a traditional site of cultural conflict over the means and goals of textual inspiration.

User Experience Research Techniques Facilitate Improvements for Access and Discovery Tools Managed by Technical Services Librarians

A Review of: Hill, K. (2020). Usability beyond the home page: Bringing usability into the technical services workflow. The Serials Librarian, 78 (1–4), 173–180. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361526X.2020.1702857 Objective – To demonstrate how user experience research techniques can be incorporated into technical services work. As proof of this concept, the author describes a case wherein a team of librarians, including one in a technical services role, deployed a user experience study to determine if students were able to successfully use LibGuides and the A-Z Database List to find subject-specific resources. The study also aimed to gauge the potential for several A-Z Database List interface redesign options. Design – A case study of user experience techniques applied to technical services projects, including a classic usability test of existing tools and an A/B/C comparison of potential interface redesigns. Setting – The library at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG), a public R2 university (doctoral university with high research activity). Subjects – Eleven student participants recruited through convenience sampling. Methods – The research team recruited study participants who were in the library at the time of the study, deselecting students from UNCG’s library school and those who were not currently affiliated with the university through an initial questionnaire. Eleven student participants were ultimately selected and led through a series of tasks related to finding subject-specific databases using the A-Z Database List and LibGuides. After the tasks for the A-Z Database List were completed, students were asked for their impression of two additional database list interfaces. Students were recorded throughout the tasks using the “talk aloud” method to provide researchers with insights on their thought processes and preferences. Following the study, researchers listened to the recordings, coding them as successful or incomplete and noting their observations for use in generalized findings. Main Results – Eight of eleven participants used the library’s main search box to locate a general resource for their major on the library’s homepage. When shown the A-Z Database List, ten out of eleven participants used the list to find a database for their major, while one used the link to “Research guides by subject” from that page. Comparisons of three A-Z Database List interfaces showed that most students preferred the Springshare Content Management System that allowed for filtering by subject area. When asked to find a research guide for their subject or major from the library’s homepage, nine out of eleven students clicked on the link labeled “Research guides by subject.” Starting from their subject guide, ten out of eleven could find a tab listing article databases. Nine participants noted that the number of databases listed on the guides was daunting. Conclusion – Results from the user experience study were used to support a redesign of the A-Z Database List using the Springshare Content Management System. The author regarded the experience as a whole as demonstrating how technical services librarians can become involved in user experience work and incorporate findings from usability studies into their management and design of tools that promote access and discoverability.

Don Brown and Japanese librarianship during the occupation period

Japanese library policy during the post-war occupation was primarily driven by the Civil Information and Education Section (CIE) of the GHQ/SCAP. Donald B. Brown was a head of the Information Division of CIE, in charge of occupational media policy. He had experience as a journalist of The Japan Advertiser in 1930s and as an analyst in the Office of War Information (OWI) in early 1940s. He led the dissemination of democratic ideas in the media sector, publicizing the purpose of occupation to the general public, and eliminating militarism/non-democratic ideas. Branch Library Bulletin was published 45 times from 1948–1949 and conveyed a variety of cultural activities such as documentary films, exhibitions, listening to music records, debates, English conversation classes, etc.Don Brown also emphasized the role of the library for disseminating democratic ideas. He played an important role in the foundation of CIE libraries in the early occupational period and in the establishment of the Japan Library School (JLS) at Keio University in 1951. 23 CIE libraries were founded in the occupational Japan and showed democratic model for post-war Japanese public library. Open shelf and free use were not popular in Japanese public librarianship in pre-war period. In order to operate CIE libraries more effectively, it was necessary for the Japanese themselves to operate those libraries, and a new educational institution should be established to train such Japanese staff. At that time, main training method for Japanese librarians was short course and no graduate school existed specializing library economy/library science. The JLS, led by Robert L. Gitler, was a major epoch in considering the development of education and training for Japanese professional librarian.

K-12 trade books’ representation of earthquake safety and protective actions: A content analysis

Meaningful learning resources for earthquake safety and survival have become an increasingly important topic among geoscientists, especially educators and researchers. Various members of the public, especially K-12 (ages 5–18) learners, continue to depend on scientific trade books available at their local public and school libraries for information about earthquake concepts. To our knowledge, no research has empirically examined how trade books represent earthquake safety and survival actions. In this research, we combine an iterative qualitative inductive and deductive analysis to explore the representation of earthquake safety and protective actions in 50 trade books. We categorize these actions into time-based practices related to preparedness before an earthquake, protective actions during an earthquake, and recovery after an earthquake. These trade books emphasize preparedness by means of building earthquake-resistant structures and urban planning, and efforts toward community resilience and keeping home supplies. The recommended personal protective action during an earthquake in the United States (“Drop, Cover, and Hold On”) is emphasized in the majority of the trade books, as well as other protective actions related to emotional actions and current technological automated actions such as earthquake early warning systems. Finally, the books highlight actions such as damage evaluation and support as ways to recover after an earthquake. Our findings highlight the issues between accepted earthquake safety and survival actions and the limited and/or inaccurate knowledge represented in some trade books. We provide interpretations of how presentation of limited or inaccurate information may increase confusion about appropriate protective actions. The inclusion of accepted and recommended protective actions in future trade books and the use of earthquake drills in public libraries as a supplement for trade book users may improve understanding and implementation of appropriate actions. We further demonstrate the potential of trade book contents in fostering earthquake education through library-community partnerships.

School Age Programs and Services Committee: Challenges Are Escalating: How to Prepare for Program Challenges

Book bans have garnered national attention this past year with a surge of challenges in both school and public libraries. But books aren’t the only front in the so-called culture wars. Library staff increasingly need to respond to challenges to programming, as well.The number of program challenges reported to ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has grown over the past ten years from one or none each year to a peak of sixty-nine challenges in 2019. And these are just the instances that have been reported to the OIF. Most challenges go unreported.Programs related to LGBTQ+ themes are the most likely to be challenged. Of the forty-two reported challenges in 2022, 81 percent were in response to LGBTQ+ events.

The construction of public policies for school libraries of the Municipal Education Network of Vitória/ES: perspectives and challenges

Apresenta um relato de experiência sobre a construção de políticas públicas para as bibliotecas escolares da rede de ensino do Município de Vitória/ES, demonstrando um panorama atual dela. Traduz a metodologia utilizada nesse processo e aponta conteúdos considerados de abordagem essencial e aplicadas à redação de documentos que atendessem às necessidades dos bibliotecários e da comunidade escolar. Destacam-se a Política do Livro, da Leitura e das Bibliotecas e as Diretrizes para Bibliotecas Escolares, que se convertem na primeira ação efetiva de institucionalização da Rede. Tais documentos foram desenvolvidos visando comunicar aos demais membros da comunidade escolar as potencialidades e desafios desse espaço frente às demandas sociais, educacionais e culturais. Conclui-se que as políticas públicas fortalecem as bibliotecas escolares e consolidam o trabalho do bibliotecário.

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SCHOOL LIBRARIES

The aim of this paper is to analyse some of the aspects of sustainable development in Croatian school libraries within three operational groups (direct educational activity, professional library activity, cultural and public activity) in order to improve the understanding of school librarianship. The new challenges brought by the digital maturity of school institutions (primary and secondary schools, dormitories) and the new Global Goals of Sustainable Development by 2030 have influenced the change in the work tasks and activities of school librarians, which are based on inclusiveness, visual identity and sustainability of schools/dormitories both within and outside the existing frameworks of action. The positive and negative effects of school library operations were also affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The research is quantitative, the method is an online questionnaire, and the data were statistically processed in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences - SPSS. The results show that a large number of library professionals are not empowered with the new professional skills of sustainable development, that they cooperate with colleagues from the school regarding the implementation of activities on sustainable development, that printed materials on environmentally friendly business operation and sustainable development are ahead of electronic and digital ones, that a smaller number of librarians are involved in projects, etc.

On the Issue of the Components of the Competency Model of a Teacher of a Higher Library School in the Conditions of Informatization

The special competencies of a teacher at a higher library school are differentiated into actual pedagogical (methodological) and knowledge of library technology. In recent decades, the technology of working with documents and readers has been reduced in favor of activities such as marketing and management. In recent years, theorists and practitioners of librarianship have been unanimous in the opinion that the lack of such qualifications in the nomenclature of library positions has a negative impact on the status of young specialists and their retention in the library. The purpose of the article is to theoretically substantiate the elements of the competency model of a teacher of a higher library school under informatization. The authors propose a model of teacher professional competence, which is a set of professionally significant competencies developed taking into account the integration processes of education and ensuring not only professional, but also personal growth of the teacher

What Can Student Theses Tell Us About the Educational Role of School Libraries in Croatia? A Thematic Content Analysis

This study examines Croatian LIS student theses, particularly those in school librarianship. These theses often discuss various educational interventions in school libraries. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, the research identifies prevalent themes, educational interventions, and the influence of non-LIS faculty departments on school librarianship. The findings show that most theses focus on school libraries during graduate studies, reflecting students' growing interest in the field. Since 2016, there has been a steady rise in the number of school library-related theses. Mentorship patterns indicate that mentors primarily come from theChair of Librarianship within the same department, and interdisciplinary collaborations are infrequent. Theses commonly emphasize presenting the work of school library institutions, but few detail specific educational interventions. Common methodologies include practice reviews and surveys, with prevalent themes focusing on information literacy, reading habits, and services for minorities. However, the study reveals limitations, with theses often lacking depth in reporting students' authentic experiences as teacher librarians. This underscores the need to improve reporting on educational interventions and encourage practical engagement. Enhancing the quality of reporting through narrative and reflective writing, qualitative research methods, and data analysis is recommended. In conclusion, the study provides valuable insights into Croatian student theses related to school librarianship. The findings can inform future thesis topics and mentorship decisions in the school librarianship field.