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Kay Elizabeth Wright; Olga Koz; Julie A. Moore – School Library Research, 2024
K-12 instructional settings diversified worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic response. Research is needed in examining school librarians' evolving roles during this era. Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, K-12 remote-synchronous learning was an instructional option in a progressive U.S. public school district. This new "school"…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Libraries, High Schools, Librarians
Megan Dempsey; Joan Dalrymple – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Using cross-institutional survey data from 407 first-year college students, differences in information literacy preparation and academic library experiences between community college students and students at four-year institutions are examined. Results show that first-year community college students are more likely to be novice library users,…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Academic Libraries
Valenza, Joyce Kasman; Boyer, Brenda; Mohamad, Gihan; Bushby, Rebecca; Elliott, Ewa Dziedzic – Online Submission, 2023
Purpose: This study examined a criterion-based sample of high school librarians who met AASL's definition of effective school library practice to uncover how they translated their professional practices during COVID-19. Methods: Three instruments were used to compare pre-COVID-19 school librarian practice with its evolution during two specific…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Libraries, Library Role, COVID-19
Tamara Cox – Knowledge Quest, 2023
The high-quality instruction offered in the school library and in collaboration with classroom teachers helps students understand and practice the content standards. School librarians should begin by collaborating within their school building and then thoughtfully expand those connections to neighboring schools, community organizations, and state…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Cooperation, School Personnel, Educational Quality
Leslin H. Charles – Journal of Information Literacy, 2023
As a part of a larger study titled, First Years Meet the Frames, this work explores the perceptions of first-generation students (FGS) on their readiness for college-level research as well as their first-year college experience with libraries and librarians. Although, by definition, these students lack the cultural capital normally derived from…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Readiness, Student Research, Social Capital
Narca, Josiah Ramuel G. – Online Submission, 2021
The purpose of this study is to describe the experiences of St. Scholastica's College Manila High School librarians in implementing library online services during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The researcher used a descriptive research design and employed Document Analysis and Thematic Analysis vis-a-vis the respondents' answers on the electronic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Libraries, Librarians, Library Services
Smith, Daniella LaShaun; Milburn, Stacie M.; Esener, Yildiz; Colby, Diana – School Library Research, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine variables related to teachers' perceptions of the impact of a one-to-one laptop program on learning. The participants were fifty-three high school teachers who taught at a school with a one-to-one laptop program. A mixed-methods design was implemented using a survey designed to determine the teachers'…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Library Role, High School Teachers
Barry, Maureen E.; Snyder, Robert J.; Mathuews, Katy B. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
High school students' transition to college-level research is often discussed among school library and media specialists and academic librarians. The authors conducted a survey to gather data about the academic library's role in the adjustment to college, with the intention to identify compelling or recurring themes and share the results in…
Descriptors: Motivation, Academic Libraries, Student Adjustment, Library Role
Toure, Chiquita R. – Knowledge Quest, 2018
After 13 years as a middle school language arts teacher, the author earned a second Master's degree to become a licensed preK-12 school librarian. She made the transition to the position of K-8 school librarian, then eventually transitioned to the position of head librarian at the local high school. She found herself challenged to create,…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, School Libraries, Librarians, High Schools
Altenburger, Elke – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2021
This multiple case study (Flyvbjerg, 2011; Stake, 2006) of three new rural high school libraries, located in two states in the U.S. Midwest, and the school communities they serve is part of a long-term research agenda grounded in a critical perspective (Anderson, 1989). The study is devoted to deepening the understanding of the relationships…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High School Students, Adolescents, Student Experience
Adams, Erikka – Knowledge Quest, 2018
When the author transitioned from being a public high school librarian to a librarian in a small, experiential learning-based independent high school, she learned that accepting the position meant accepting changing types of leadership, changing types of accountability, and changing expectations from a broader group of stakeholders. This paper…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, High Schools, Private Schools
Oyediran-Tidings, Stella O.; Ondari-Okemwa, Ezra M.; Nekhwevha, Kenya Fhulu H. – South African Journal of Education, 2019
Types of educational information needed by learners, their level of access and librarians' supportive roles in learning are pertinent to the attainment of quality education. This study seeks to identify the types of educational information needed by high school learners and the barriers of access. The study is underpinned by the jurisprudential…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Access to Information, Librarians, Barriers
Jaaskelainen, Kristal; Deneen, Musetta – Knowledge Quest, 2018
As the future arrives faster and faster one must ask continually, what do kids actually need from their formal education today and tomorrow? Continuous innovation of method and strategy must be integral to the practice of all teaching professionals. Equitable educators must take a look at the learners in front of them, when and where they stand,…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Teacher Collaboration, Independent Study
Lisa Emerson; Ken Kilpin; Angela Feekery; Heather Lamond; Rose O’Connor; Senga White; Catherine Doughty; Anne Macaskill; Anna Greenhow – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2023
The driver of this research arose from the findings from our earlier TLRI-funded research on academic literacy: that there was a significant disconnect between literacy expectations in the tertiary and secondary sectors, and that "information literacy" (IL) was a key to that transition. The research questions that directed this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Educational Change, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
McGrath, Kevin G. – Knowledge Quest, 2015
School library programs have measured success by improved test scores. But how do next-generation school libraries demonstrate success as they strive to be centers of innovation and creativity? These libraries offer solutions for school leaders who struggle to restructure existing systems built around traditional silos of learning (subjects and…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Innovation, Library Role, Library Services