Open AccessStatus of Non-Government Secondary School Libraries in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Zakir Hossain
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl7437
Subject(s) - newspaper , the internet , government (linguistics) , reading (process) , school library , information and communications technology , library science , medical education , business , political science , world wide web , computer science , advertising , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , law
The focus of this survey is to investigate the status of secondary school libraries in Bangladesh. From the online survey, 91 responses were received. In general, the survey revealed that a significant number of secondary schools have a school library but lack of reading materials and inadequate funding are common. Most of the school libraries provide traditional services such as book lending, in-house book and newspaper reading and only a few have ICT facilities and services, for example, computer, internet and online catalogue search. The finding of this survey has original value and suggestions may help to resolve issues that may adversely impact school library development in Bangladesh.