Open AccessRegional School Library Coordinators’ Visions of Quality School Library Programs and Their Role in Helping to Achieve Them
Author(s) -
Jeanne Buckley
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl8021
Subject(s) - vision , school library , government (linguistics) , quality (philosophy) , sociology , information literacy , literacy , political science , medical education , public relations , school district , library science , pedagogy , medicine , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , anthropology
A school library coordinator is a position of central leadership for district school boards. The visions of six Canadian school library coordinators about aspects of strong school library programs, and how their role helps achieve them are investigated in this qualitative interview-based study. Results showed that coordinators felt their roles of providing professional development and advocating for school libraries help create school library programs that improve student achievement. For the future, they envisioned a greater role for school libraries in education, with greater collaboration between school library, technology, literacy, and public library circles. A need for greater provincial government support for school libraries was identified. This study explored the values and hopes of school library leaders in Canada, and indicated that a coordinator can do much to support districts’ school libraries and media centers.