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School Wide Digital Devices And The Impact On The Role Of School Librarians, Laura Jeanne Haverkamp
School Wide Digital Devices And The Impact On The Role Of School Librarians, Laura Jeanne Haverkamp
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This mixed methods study examines what happens to the role of the school librarian when schools move to a 1:1 model where every student has a digital device. Using the literature to understand expectations for librarians, the researcher surveyed experienced South Carolina school librarians to determine how 1:1 computing was implemented and supported in schools and if the role of the school librarians has changed as schools transition to a digital environment. The researcher found that there was little uniformity in deployment and support of devices in 1:1 schools, but that librarians felt their roles had changed and their overall …