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Download full textMartin Chukwudi Ekeh – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2024
This qualitative study explores the state of school media resource centres (SMRCs) and their impact on fostering scientific literacy among early-grade learners in Staff Primary Schools. Perspectives of primary school librarians were gathered through photovoice methodology and semi-structured interviews from four selected schools within Owerri…
Descriptors: Sciences, Multiple Literacies, Learning Resources Centers, Elementary School Students
Shuhidan, Shamila Mohamed; Majid, Mayasari Abdul; Shuhidan, Shuhaida Mohamed; Anwar, Norizan; Hakim, Azma Asnawishah Abd – Asian Journal of University Education, 2020
In the 21st century, the School Resource Centre (SRC) is essential as an innovative educational practice that supports teaching-learning in the digital age. Previous studies have highlighted the beneficial roles of an SRC in terms of collections, SRC programs, and the provision of a conducive learning environment to school communities. However,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Learning Resources Centers, School Libraries, Information Literacy
Al Musawi, Ali; Amer, Talal – International Education Studies, 2017
This study attempts to investigate the stakeholders' perceptions of quality and prospective improvements in the learning resources centres (LRC) at Omani basic education schools. It focuses on different aspects of the LRCs: organisation, human resources, technological, and educational aspects along with the difficulties faced by these LRCs and…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Questionnaires, Learning Resources Centers, Attitude Measures
Tuck, Kathy D.; Holmes, Dwight R. – National Education Association, 2016
This study analyzes data collected between 2000 and 2013 from the annual National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) Local Education Agency (School District) Universe Survey; the NCES Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS); and the U.S. Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Survey (SAIPE). The findings…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Media Specialists, Learning Resources Centers, School Libraries
Tuck, Kathy D.; Holmes, Dwight R. – National Education Association, 2016
At the request of New Business Item: 89 (NBI: 89) adopted at the 2015 NEA Representative Assembly, this study examines the extent to which students have access to public school library/media centers with qualified staff and up-to-date resources. The study explores trends in library/media center openings and closings as well as staffing patterns…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Media Specialists, Learning Resources Centers, School Libraries
Direct linkPribesh, Shana; Gavigan, Karen; Dickinson, Gail – Library Quarterly, 2011
Stephen Krashen believes that schools can counter the effects of poverty in at least one area: access to books. However, little research has been done to determine whether students living in poverty have access to school library services comparable to those attending schools with low concentrations of students living in poverty. We examined the…
Descriptors: Poverty, School Libraries, Library Services, Learning Resources Centers
Small, Ruth V.; Snyder, Jaime; Parker, Katie – School Library Media Research, 2009
In recent years, a number of statewide research studies have been conducted to determine the impact of school library media centers and their school library media specialists (SLMSs) on student achievement. Research studies in eighteen states have clearly established the relationship between well-staffed, well-funded school libraries on student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Program Effectiveness, School Libraries
Strizek, Gregory A.; Pittsonberger, Jayme L.; Riordan, Kate E.; Lyter, Deanna M.; Orlofsky, Greg F. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This report is intended to give the reader an overview of the Schools and Staffing Survey(SASS) data for the school year 2003-04 through tables of estimates for public, private, and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)-funded schools and their staff. The tables contain estimates from schools, teachers, principals, districts, and school library media…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Private Schools, Principals
Gross, Melissa – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2000
Discussion of imposed and self-generated queries focuses on a study that investigated imposed queries in the elementary school environment. Examines queries transacted in the school library media center and discusses the social construction of imposition, children's information seeking including the use of electronic resources, and future…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Futures (of Society), Information Seeking, Learning Resources Centers
Gates, Connie; Hendley, Gaby – 1979
This report presents the results of a survey to determine the loss levels of library materials at high school media centers and libraries in the Onondaga-Oswego County area of central New York State, and provides an annotated bibliography of literature dealing with loss prevention in libraries. A copy of the questionnaire and various analysis…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Books, High Schools, Learning Resources Centers
Connecticut School Library Association. – 1974
In December 1973 the Connecticut School Library Association sent questionnaires on school libraries and media centers to the principals of all public schools in the state. The results indicated that while schools in Connecticut have improved markedly in the areas of facilities and materials, there is a woeful inadequacy in the area of personnel.…
Descriptors: Learning Resources Centers, Library Facilities, Library Services, Library Surveys
Peer reviewedWaltzer, Margaret Allen – Catholic Library World, 1987
A survey of junior and senior high school libraries in the New Orleans area yielded listings of magazines subscribed to most often, the most popular magazines, and the best reference sources. Recommended magazines are listed by subject area; listings of periodical indexes and of magazine suppliers and jobbers are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, High Schools, Indexes, Junior High Schools
Gross, Melissa – School Library Media Quarterly, 1997
Discussion of information-seeking behavior focuses on a study of the imposed query, as opposed to self-generated queries, in an elementary school library media center in order to quantify its presence, to record characteristics of the users that carry them, and to identify the persons imposing them. The coding sheet is appended. Contains one table…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Information Seeking, Learning Resources Centers
Burks, Freda – School Library Media Quarterly, 1996
Presents results of a descriptive survey that analyzed high school library media center use in one area of north Texas in 1991 and was designed to determine the nature and extent of student use of library media centers and to describe the characteristics of users and nonusers. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Resources Centers, Library Surveys, School Libraries
Roberts, Sarah Jane – School Library Journal, 1987
Describes a study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education which identified 62 outstanding library programs and lists 22 model school library programs and 16 programs serving school systems. Topics discussed include the search process, selection criteria, school library programs, cooperation, innovations, technology, and the catalog that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Services, Library Surveys
