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Role and Function of The School Library and Library Staff

The school library plays a crucial role in fostering independent and lifelong learning skills among students while supporting the school's curricular and extracurricular activities. The School Library Media Centre (SLMC) aims to provide equitable access to diverse resources, promote literacy, and develop a love for reading. Various types of libraries, including virtual, public, national, and academic libraries, serve specific community needs, with the school library focusing on the educational growth of its students.

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Role and Function of The School Library and Library Staff

The school library plays a crucial role in fostering independent and lifelong learning skills among students while supporting the school's curricular and extracurricular activities. The School Library Media Centre (SLMC) aims to provide equitable access to diverse resources, promote literacy, and develop a love for reading. Various types of libraries, including virtual, public, national, and academic libraries, serve specific community needs, with the school library focusing on the educational growth of its students.

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ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY AND LIBRARY

STAFF
The school library provides information and ideas that are fundamental to functioning successfully
in today’s information and knowledge-based society. The school library equips students with
life-long learning skills and develops the imagination, enabling them to live as responsible citizens.

The Role of the SLMC is to integrate its functions and services into the schools curricular and
extracurricular activities and supports overall aims and objectives of the school.

1.1 Objectives of the SLMC


● Stimulate the development of attitudes and skills in students that are required for
independent and lifelong learning
● Develop students who are literate
● Expand the range of computer research skills in students
● Provide access to a wide range of information through different formats, inclusive of the
internet for research
● Develop an awareness and a sense of pride in the literary heritage of our country
● Promote a love of reading
1.2 Functions of the SLMC
● Provide a wide range of print and non print resources pertinent to the curriculum
● Stimulates holistic development of the child by providing resources that will foster
overall growth and development
● Encourages reading and learning by providing resources that would develop lifelong
learning skills as well as foster independent learning.
● Facilitates project based activities and group work
● Provides environment that is conducive for studying and learning
● Provides access to ICT inclusive of the internet
● Ensures all students have equitable access to information
1.3 Role of the School Librarian
The school librarian is the professionally qualified staff member responsible for planning and
managing the school library, supported by as adequate staffing as possible, working together
with all members of the school community, and liaising with the public library and others.

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1.4 Types of Libraries
There are many types which will cater to the needs of particular groups of people or particular
segments of society. Each individual library should reflect the environment within which it is
located.

● Virtual Library – Virtual libraries are organised collections of digital information. They
are constructed collections organised for a particular community of users and they are
designed to support the information needs of that community. Virtual libraries can offer
resources from many resources and in many formats including audio visual. The items in
these virtual collections do not have to reside on one server but they share a common
interface to assist the user in accessing the collection. The emphasis in virtual libraries is
on organisation and access, not on physical collections.
● Public Library – Public libraries serve communities of all sizes and types. Within the
public library system there are various types of libraries with each serving a particular
purpose.
● National Library – Oversees the administration of all the libraries in the country (Central,
Branch and Mobile). It is normally funded by the government and has copies of all the
books and other published material of that country.
● Central Library – Usually located in the major cities and oversees the smaller branch
libraries.
● Branch Library – Located in smaller towns or villages. They serve a specific geographic
area and are accountable to the Central Library.
● Mobile Library – These are specially adapted vehicles that take library resources to rural
areas at a specified time every three weeks
● Academic Library – An academic library serves an academic or research oriented
community e.g. a college or a university. It is a post secondary institution that provides
the following:
o An organized collection of printed or other materials, or a combination thereof
o A staff trained to provide and interpret such materials as required to meet the
informational, cultural, recreational, or educational needs of clientele
o An established schedule in which services of the staff are available to clientele
o The physical facilities necessary to support such a collection, staff and schedule.

● School Library – A school library (or a School Library Media Centre), is a library within
a school where students, staff have access to a variety of resources. The goal of the
school library media centre is to ensure that all members of the school community have
equitable access “to books and reading, to information, and to information technology.”
A school library media centre “uses all types of media...is automated, and utilizes the
Internet (as well as books) for information gathering. The SLMC integrates its functions
and services into the school’s curricular and extracurricular activities and supports the
overall aims and objectives of the school.

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