School Libraries in the 21st Century: Global Concepts
Keywords:
School Libraries, School Librarians, School Library Media SpecialistsAbstract
The school library is a crucial learning source in a school. It plays the role in supporting the instruction and learning for learners in the 21st century. School libraries are evolving into learning laboratories or libratories. They provide the learning environments for supporting student’s learning and innovative thinking. The paper presents about school libraries in the 21st century in terms of the concept of modern school library, school library in the concept of learning commons, roles of libratorians, the development of school library, and school library media specialists and their roles.
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Lowe, C. (2001). The role of the school library media specialist in the 21st century. Teacher Librarian, 29(1), 30-33.
Moyer, M., & Baker, R. M. (2004). Re-designing a school library media center for the 21st century. Library Media Connection, 22(7), 24-25.
Myerberg, H. (2002). School libraries: A design recipe for the future. Knowledge Quest, 31(1), 24-25. Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education. (2018).
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Riedling, A. M. (2001). In search of who we are: The school library media specialist in the 21st century. The Book Report, 20(3), 28-32.
Srinitee, N. (2013). A study of administrative problems of the educational opportunity expansion school library under the office of the basic education commission Pathumthani area 2 (Master’s thesis). North Bangkok University. [In Thai]
Torrise, M. L. (2010). Role of the library media specialist in greening the curriculum: A community-based approach to teaching 21st century skills outside of the school library through the practice of urban agriculture. Library Media Connection, 28(4), 18-20.
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Published
2018-10-26
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Maitaouthong, T. (2018). School Libraries in the 21st Century: Global Concepts. TLA Bulletin (Thai Library Association), 62(2), 1–17. retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tla_bulletin/article/view/152198
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