Impact of Year-Round Education on Middle School Libraries
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- February 28, 2019
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Click, Rachel E.
- Affiliation: School of Information and Library Science
- Abstract
- This research study investigates the impact of year-round education on middle school libraries. Interviews were conducted with six media specialists practicing in year-round middle schools. Participant responses helped to determine how the year-round schedule affects the media staff; the delivery of services to students and faculty; and the library's collection, equipment, and facility. Findings indicate that the year-round calendar impacts many procedural aspects of scheduling and circulation. The interviews revealed how year-round media specialists developed new procedures. Communication and collaboration were also impacted. Here the media specialists took advantage of the forward-planning required by teachers to increase collaboration; they used technology in creative ways to increase communication with students and staff. Results showed that the year-round calendar increased "wear and tear" on the equipment, collection, and facility, as well as affected how equipment was checked out and stored. The interviews showed areas where the year-round calendar had little impact in the media center: staff size, ordering and processing materials, total books that students can check out, number of copies in the collection, and amount of lost or overdue books.
- Date of publication
- April 2007
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- In Copyright
- Advisor
- Daniel, Evelyn H.
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Extent
- 57 p.
- Access right
- Open access
- Date uploaded
- December 10, 2010
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