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Kleijnen, Ellen; Huysmans, Frank; Elbers, Ed – SAGE Open, 2015
The educational achievement of children from non-Western migrant families in the Netherlands and other Western countries lags behind that of natives, especially when it comes to language proficiency and reading ability. This literature review pinpoints what is known and what is as yet unknown about reducing learning disadvantages through school…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Role, Disadvantaged Youth, Children
PEB Exchange, 1990
The "information revolution" has brought in its wake a reassessment of the role and function of the traditional school library. The possibilities opened up by the new technologies have combined with new approaches to teaching and learning so that the library is no longer a mere repository of books to be visited when classes are over;…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Planning, Foreign Countries, Innovation
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Boekhorst, Albert K.; van Veen, Maarten J. P. – School Libraries Worldwide, 2001
Describes a study that examined the position of school libraries in the Netherlands to help secondary schools update their libraries and prepare them for a new role in learning. Explains the input-output research design that discusses organizational structure, library staff, financing, technical infrastructure, collection, collaboration, access to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Input Output Analysis, Learning Processes