best practices in school libraries

in School Libraries S. L. Faisal

Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom

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Presentation outline Best Practices: Definition 21st Century Learning Areas of Best Practices

Management Resources Services & Activities Technology

Examples Conclusion

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“A method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved with other means, and that is used as a benchmark”.

What does it mean?

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21ST CENTURY LEARNING

Personal Learning Network Networked Student Networked Teacher Learning Systems


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Students

Facebook/Twitter


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The 21st Century School Library

Resources

Books Online

Resources

Library Periodicals

Newspapers

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Automation, Networking

Multimedia

Library Staff

Services

Databases Consortia

Collaboration Teachers Parents Administrators

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BEST PRACTICES

Inviting Environment Infrastructure Design Annual Library Activity Plan Library Periods/Flexible Automation (ILMS) Online Catalogue

Library Management



You are invited !


Design & Infrastructure

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LIBRARY PERIODS

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Story telling, Discussions, Self learning,…

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BEST PRACTICES

Central Library Classroom Libraries Department Libraries Library Committee

Library Administration


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CLASSROOM LIBRARY


PHYSICS


THINKING TOGETHER


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Principal

Secondary Teacher-1

Secondary Teacher-2

Secondary Teacher-3

From different subject backgrounds

Librarian

Student-1 (Class VII-XII)

Student-2 (Class VII-XII)

School Library Committee

Sub-Committees

Book Selection Sub-Committee

Stock Verification Sub-Committee

1. To develop the Annual Library Activity Plan (ALAP). 2. To recommend suitable budgetary provision for the

library. 3. To select books and other resources for the library

keeping in view the natural interests and needs of the children, their age group and intelligence.

4. To select books for teachers on various subjects apart from Academics.

5. To review library rules and formulate new rules for the library.

6. To make recommendations for proper functioning of School Library.

7. The Library Committee can invite other teachers/students to the meetings for their advice/suggestion.

8. This committee shall meet as often as possible but at least once in two months.

Functions (Terms of Reference)

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BEST PRACTICES Organization

Dewey Decimal Classification Colour Coding Book Issue Cards


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STUDENT’S BOOK ISSUE CARDS

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BEST PRACTICES Resources Special Collections

Fiction Biographies Competitive Exams Question Papers Career Guidance Ready Reference Students’ Project Reports Donated Books


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PHYSICAL & DIGITAL

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READY REFERENCE

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BEST PRACTICES Resources Periodicals Newspapers Multimedia CD/DVDs Children's Films

Digital Library (Greenstone) E-Books (Calibre) Web-based Resources

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MAGAZINES NEWS PAPERS

Multiple copies of Children’s Magazines

National Regional Business


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CHILDREN’S FILMS WITH A MESSAGE



GREENSTONE DIGITAL LIBRARY CALIBRE E-BOOK MANAGER

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BEST PRACTICES Services Reading Room Reference Circulation

Internet E-Reading Hub


Library Services


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Library Circulation

Books

Periodicals

Multimedia

Reference

Ready Reference Service

Current Awareness Service

Library Instruction

Reading Lists

Newsletters, Guidelines,..

Inter-Library loan

Digital/Virtual Reference

Library Blog

Career & Guidance

Readers’ Club

Digital Library

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Reference Services


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Reference

Ready Reference One copy each of dictionaries, encyclopaedias, atlases, thesaurus, yearbooks, almanacs, books of quotations, facts, records, first aid manuals, etc

This collection should be kept on a Ready Reference shelf near to the reading room and circulation counter to provide easy and ready access.

1. Current Awareness Service (CAS): Announcements in the morning assembly, display of new arrival lists on the bulletin boards, current content service (contents pages of journals are photocopied and circulated among the teachers), newspaper clipping service, etc.

2. Library instruction: Library orientation and user education programmes (know your library, how to find your book, internet search strategies, library tour, etc).

3. Preparation of Bibliographies and Class-wise reading lists

4. Publication of Library Newsletters/Bulletins, Library user guides, brochures, posters, etc

5. Virtual/digital Reference: Reference services through telephone,

e-mail, chat, SMS, etc 6. Inter-library loan: Libraries in a cluster may share their resources

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REFERENCE


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INTERNET


E-READING HUB

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LIBRARY ORIENTATION/INSTRUCTION

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POSTERS


BULLETINS, NOTICES

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USER GUIDES, BOOKMARKS, CERTIFICATES


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BEST PRACTICES Activities Competitions Author Meets Book Fairs Reading Programmes Information Literacy Sessions

Innovations Experiments


Library Activities


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1. Exhibitions and Displays: on important days (Independence Day, Republic Day, Children’s Day, Teacher’s Day, National Education Day, Women’s Day), birth/death anniversaries of important personalities (Gandhi Jayanti, Ambedkar Jayanti, etc)

2. Celebrations: National Library Week, International School Library Month, World Book and Copyright Day, World Children’s Book Day, Reading week, Hindi Fortnight, etc

3. Competitions: Reading, Story telling, Book review, Book jacket designing, bookmark designing, Book/Literary Quiz, Library lot, Poster designing, slogan writing, Fastest Book searcher, Smart web searcher, Spot poetry writing, Story telling, etc

4. Book Fairs: organized in collaboration with Governmental (NBT/CBT) and outside agencies.

5. Events: Meet the Author, Local Library visits, Book talks, etc 6. Awards: Best Reader Award, Reader of the Month, Best Book reviewer Award, etc 7. Publications: Library Bulletins, user guides , brochures, posters, etc 8. Teaching Information Literacy Skills : Activities based on the Library Information

Literacy curriculum (lectures, presentations, skill tests, hands on sessions, etc).

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‘MEET THE AUTHOR’: KHYRUNNISA A.

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NBT MOBILE BOOK FAIR

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BOOK FAIR

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BOOK FAIR

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MEET THE LEADER


INFORMATION LITERACY INITIATIVE

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BOOKMARK DESIGNING COMPETION


HARRY POTTER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

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IASL INTERNATIONAL BOOKMARK EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

Portugal, Croatia

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READER OF THE MONTH

Readers’ Club

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Objective

To develop reading habit and Information Literacy skills among students and teachers.

Constitution

Students: 1. President 2. Secretary 3. Class (VI-XII)

representatives Teachers: 2 (Two) teachers with

good reading habit Librarian: as Convener Members: (50-75)/ Selected as part of the

school’s club activity planning /separately

Activities

1. Competitions: Book review writing, reading competition, story telling, book jacket/book mark designing, literary quiz, spot poetry writing, slogan writing, poster designing, etc

2. Assembly programmes: weekly book review in the assembly in English and Hindi, enacting the famous characters from a book, etc

3. Awards: Reader of the Month / Best reader awards 4. Events and campaigns: Meet the Author, visit to a local library, drop

everything and read campaign, My dear Book (Book talks), reading week etc 5. Reading Audit: Annual reader surveys to analyze reading habit and reader

behaviours.

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Students rehearsing for a Library Assembly Programme

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MEET THE AUTHOR AT HOME

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STUDENT LIBRARIANS


STUDENT LIBRARIANS

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VISIT TO A LOCAL LIBRARY

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‘GIFT A BOOK & GET A FRIEND’

Library-social Connect Connecting children through Books and Reading


LIBRARY-SOCIAL CONNECT

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Book Reviews posted on the Blog

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Little Books

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www.faceabook.info One Minute Book Talks

FaB Challengers

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BEST PRACTICES Technology Web 2.0 (Library 2.0)

Blogs Social Networks Social Bookmarking Wikis Content Curation


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https://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com

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https://www.facebook.com/LibraryKVPattom/

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https://twitter.com/librarykvpattom

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http://mydearbook.wordpress.com

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www.faceabook.info

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http://homeworksonline.wordpress.com

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www.libraryjunction.net


KEEP READING !

Library in the NEWS

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Inviting the Learners Design Physical infrastructure

Central Library Class Libraries Department Library


AUTHOR SPEAK


CONCLUSION

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