Open AccessSocial Information Science and the School Library
Author(s) -
Shifra Baruchson Arbib
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl8152
Subject(s) - section (typography) , school library , reading (process) , library science , sociology , mathematics education , psychology , computer science , political science , operating system , law
The paper discusses the correlation between Social Information Science and the school library by expanding the social activities of the school library and building a unique self-help section. This new section will include direct social information as well as belles lettres for support and encouragement A model of such a section was built in 1996 in a school library in Or Yehuda, Israel. It was very successful. Most of the pupils expressed interest in the new section: there was a significant increase in reading, mainly among the boys The subjects that most of the young readers were interested in were: general teenage problems, death, and sex. The new section became an attractive part of the library and of the whole school. Building such a section in schools will expand the activities of the librarian and increase the social contribution of the library to the community.