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What Is The Literacy Supportive Role Of The School Librarian In The United Kingdom?, Margaret K. Merga
What Is The Literacy Supportive Role Of The School Librarian In The United Kingdom?, Margaret K. Merga
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
© The Author(s) 2020. Building students’ literacy skills is a key educative purpose of contemporary schooling. While libraries can play a key role in fostering literacy and related reading engagement in schools, more needs to be known about school librarians’ role in promoting these goals. To this end, this article seeks to identify the nature and scope of the literacy supportive role required of the school librarian in the United Kingdom. It also investigates how this aspect is situated within the broader competing role requirements of the profession. Using a hybrid approach to content analysis including both qualitative and quantitative …
Expectation Management: Breaking Ground For A New E-Learning Librarian Position, Julie O'Keeffe, Ed Sanchez
Expectation Management: Breaking Ground For A New E-Learning Librarian Position, Julie O'Keeffe, Ed Sanchez
LOEX Conference Proceedings 2008
If your organization has batted around the idea of hiring an e-learning librarian, two sets of issues may come into play, as framed in questions below.
First Set: Who does an e-learning librarian report to? How does their role differ from other instructional designers on campus? Do they work at the reference desk? 9-5? How much do they contribute to projects in other library departments? Is an MLS important?
As we know, the environment for electronic-based learning changes rapidly. This makes creating a position for an e-learning librarian difficult, given that the job requirements and projects can morph from year …
Changing Times: The Changing Role Of Assistant Librarians In Dit's Aungier St. Library, Allison Kavanagh
Changing Times: The Changing Role Of Assistant Librarians In Dit's Aungier St. Library, Allison Kavanagh
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An examination of the changing role of subject librarians at Technological University Dublin's Aungier St library.
Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, February 2004, Lacuny
Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, February 2004, Lacuny
Meeting Minutes
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A Comparative Study Of The Definition Of Role Of School Library/Media Specialists As Defined By The Joint Committee Of Wsal-Wdavi-Wascd And By Practicing School Library Media Specialists Attending The 1971 Wdavi Spring Conference, Reginald Brian Sullivan
All Master's Theses
A study designed: (1) to determine whether the building level Role Definition produced by the ad hoc Joint Standards Committee was representative of the roles performed by the media personnel, and (2) to determine the role duties of district media personnel. The study showed the Role Definition to be representative and the district level proposal emphasizing administrative and coordinative responsibilities. It was recommended a future study be conducted to further the knowledge of the role/duties of district media personnel.