The Impact of the School District Library Supervisor: A Review of the Literature and an Agenda for Research and Action

Massey, Sheri Anita; DiScala, Jeffrey; Weeks, Ann Carlson; Barlow, Diane L.; Kodama, Christie

doi:10.1086/688029

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“…Many empirical studies relate the school library to students' academic success, development of life-long skills and nation building (Abdulsalami, Okezie, & Agbo, 2013;Juchnevic, 2014;Omeluzor, Bamidele, Ukangwa & Amadi, 2013), school libraries appear to be undervalued and teacher librarians have to demonstrate their worth to principals and the wider school community in order to receive support. In addition, school libraries are often among the first areas in schools to lose support when principals and other administrators are faced with decisions about where to invest their shrinking budgets (Massey, DiScala, Weeks, Barlow, & Kodama, 2016;Mokhtar & Majid, 2005). This situation has resulted in reduced access to information resources and services for students who have few options beyond the school library.…”

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“…This situation has resulted in reduced access to information resources and services for students who have few options beyond the school library. The attendant result is a negative impact on students' academic achievement and students falling behind in learning the information literacy skills necessary for success in an information economy (Lindsay, 2006;Massey, DiScala, Weeks, Barlow, & Kodama, 2016;Strong, 2014).…”

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The Influence of Teacher Librarians' Personal Attributes and Relationship with the School Community in Developing a School Library Programme

McPherson¹

2021

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The ability of teacher librarians worldwide to develop and maintain school library programmes has been severely constrained by a number of factors ranging from inadequate budgetary allocations, lack of support from principals and other key stakeholders such as Ministry of Education personnel. However, even with limited funding and support, some teacher librarians have used ingenious strategies to develop and maintain their library programmes. This literature review synthesizes international research obtained from peer-reviewed journals, theses and professional papers on the personal attributes that a teacher librarian should possess in order to influence the development of a school library programme and the types of relationships the teacher librarian need to have with key stakeholders to be successful. The literature examined spanned a time period mostly from 2000-2018. The literature review found that leadership, collaboration, communication and interpersonal skills were the dominant skills a teacher librarian should possess in order to develop and maintain a school library programme alongside a good relationship with the school community.

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confidence: 99%