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International Trends and
Developments in School
Librarianship
Dr L. Anne Clyde
Professor
Faculty of Social Science
University of Iceland
School Library Manifesto
School Library Manifesto
School Library Manifesto
The IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto
Available in the following languages (April 2005):
Afrikaans
Amharic
Arabic
Catalan
Croatian
Czech
Dutch
English
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Icelandic
Italian
Khmer
Kiswahili
Latvian
Lithuanian
Nepalese
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Portuguese-Brazilian
Russian
Setswana
Slovenian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
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Xhosa
Chinese
Korean
School Library Manifesto
The School Library in Teaching and Learning for All
“The school library provides information and ideas that are
fundamental to functioning successfully in today’s society,
which is increasingly information and knowledge-based.”
“The school library equips students with lifelong learning skills
and develops the imagination, enabling them to live as
responsible citizens.”
School Library Manifesto
The Mission of the School Library
“The school library provides learning services, books and
resources that enable all members of the school community
to become critical thinkers and effective users of information
in all formats and media, with links to the wider library and
information network according to the principles in the UNESCO
Public Library Manifesto”.
“The library staff support the use of books and other information
sources, ranging from the fictional to the documentary, from
print to electronic, both on-site and remote. The materials should
complement and enrich textbooks, teaching materials and
methodologies.”
School Library Guidelines
School Library Guidelines
IFLA UNESCO School Library Guidelines
Available in the following languages (April 2005):
Bahasa Malaysia
English
Czech
French
Italian
Lithuanian
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish
Swedish
School Library History
School libraries are not new:
School libraries have existed in English schools since at least the
eighth century, and England was not the only country that had
school libraries more than 500 years ago.
What is new is a curriculum focus on preparation for lifelong
learning, resource-based learning and inquiry learning, all of which
depend to a considerable degree on students’ access to
information resources and services and the development of their
literacy and information literacy skills
School Library Documents: USA
Information Power:
Partnerships for Learning (1998)
American Library Association and
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Position Statement on
Staffing for School Library Media Centers (2000)
American Library Association
School Library Documents: Canada
Position Statement on
Effective School Library Programs in Canada (2000)
Canadian School Library Association (CSLA)
Students’ Information Literacy Needs in the 21st Century:
Competencies for Teacher-Librarians (1997)
Association for Teacher Librarianship in Canada (ATLC)
School Library Documents: Australia
Learning for the Future:
Developing Information Services in Schools (2000)
Australian School Library Association (ASLA) and
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
Standards of Professional Excellence
for Teacher Librarians (2004)
Australian School Library Association (ASLA) and
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
More Information: The IASL Website
School Libraries Make a Difference
The IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto:
The Mission of the School Library
“It has been demonstrated that when librarians and teachers
work together, students achieve higher levels of literacy,
reading, learning, problem-solving and information and
communication technology skills”.
School Libraries Make a Difference (2)
"A substantial body of research since 1990 clearly
demonstrates the importance of school libraries to
students education. Whether student achievement is
measured by standardized reading achievement
tests or by global assessments of learning, research
shows that a well-stocked library staffed by a certified
library media specialist has a positive impact on studen
achievement, regardless of the socio-economic or
educational levels of the community.”
Scholastic Research Foundation Paper (2004)
School Libraries Make a Difference (3)
Keith Curry Lance and Colleagues
The Colorado Study (1993)
Keith Curry Lance and Colleagues
Alaska (2000)
Pennsylvania (2000)
New Mexico (2002)
Baxter and Smalley
Minnesota (2003)
School Libraries Make a Difference (4)
Mapping Literacy Achievement
Australian Council for Educational Research (1997)
Assessment of School Library Service in a
Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria
A.S. Obajemu (2002)
Effective Schools in Reading
International Association for the Evaluation of
Educational Achievement (1992)
Information Literacy
What do we mean by information literacy?
“Information literacy is the ability to find, evaluate and
disseminate information using traditional, currently available and
evolving technologies for the purposes of investigation, education
and the solving of real world problems” (Canning, 1999)
The American Library Association (1998) defines an information
literate student as one who “accesses information efficiently and
effectively, evaluates information critically and competently, and
uses information accurately and creatively”.
Information Literacy (2)
Authors and Documents:
Ross Todd (1995)
Carol Kuhlthau (1993)
Mike Eisenberg
“The Big 6”
Focus on Inquiry: A Teacher’s Guide to Implementing
Inquiry-Based Learning
(Alberta Learning, 2004)
Dianne Oberg and Jennifer Branch
Literacy and Reading
The Literacy Trust
(United Kingdom)
IFLA Section of School Libraries and Resource Centres
IFLA Section on Reading
“Literacy for Life”, IFLA 2005 Preconference
Oslo, 12 August 2005
“Independent reading has been identified as one of the major
sources of building reading and writing fluency. Avid readers
typically engage in twenty times more independent reading
than do less frequent readers”
(California School Library Association, 2001)
School Libraries and Social Inclusion
The IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto:
“Access to services and collections should be based on the
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
Freedoms, and should not be subject to any form of ideological,
political or religious censorship, or to commercial pressures”.
“School library services must be provided equally to all members
of the school community, regardless of age, race, gender,
religion, nationality, language, professional or social status”.
IFLA Internet Manifesto:
“Users should be assisted with the necessary skills and a
suitable environment in which to use their chosen information
sources and services freely and confidently”.
Important Developments (1)
Information Technology and School Libraries
Access to information in the school library
Library automation
SCIS (Australia and International)
Access to information outside the school library (Internet)
Consortia for purchasing access to online services
Iceland: Hvar?is
Western Australia: WASLA
Organising information -- Working with information
Presenting information (the school library web site)
A basis for new services
Important Developments (2)
Evidence-Based Practice
As a means for improving professional practice in
school libraries:
Using evidence from research, from “best practice”,
and from documented professional practice
as a basis for planning school library services
and for advocacy
For More Information:
• Both the Manifesto and the Guidelines are available on
IFLANET at http://www.ifla.org/
• See the IFLA Section of School Libraries and Resource
Centres pages on IFLANET at http://www.ifla.org/
• The IASL web site “School Libraries Online” provides
material in support of the Manifesto and Guidelines, see
http://www.iasl-slo.org/
• See also my own web site at http://www.hi.is/~anne/