A.P.M.M.D.B.Dayananda
Management of accommodation. Element s of effective school library accommodation include: • Function and use • Location and environment • Spatial requirement • Furniture and equipment • Administrative and office accommodation • Health and safety requirement It is vital that the requirements of pupils with special needs should be Berne in mind throughout, When evaluating or planning accommodation for the library. Function and use. The growing importance of the school library is reflected in the reliance placed upon it by teachers and pupils for both information and materials in the teaching of the national and other curricula. Location. The sitting of the library should be on one flour, preferably the ground, to ensure good disabled access and easy delivery of materials. Environment. As with location, the success of a library service are rise or fall on its environment pupils relate to environment pupils relate to environmental factors such as air conditioning, adequate lighting, Carpet colour , matching decor, well laid out furniture and equipment. Lighting. The balance between natural and artificial lighting in any school library will vary. Too much natural light causes difficulty with glare, particularly with audiovisual and ICT equipment , while too many windows can also mean heat loss and draughts. Signing and guiding. The advantage of a good site is maximized with adequate signposting from different pars of the school. Décor Display The library should provide good display and equipment for the following; • Promotion of information about e new materials. • Resources on chosen themes. • General information about evens and activities in the library and the school. • Work produced as a result of library projects and activities.A.P.M.M.D.B.DAYANANDA.
School library management. The school and its library. The child……shall be given an education which will promote his general culture, and enable him on a basis of equal opportunities to develop his abilities, his individual judgment and his sense of moral and social responsibility and to become a useful member of the society. UNICEF. What is a school library. We can a give more definition for that such as,
An organized collection of books placed in a school for the use of teachers or pupils, but usually for pupils. It may comprise books of reference and /or books for home reading ,and be in the care of professional librarian, teacher or teacher-librarian.
And also,
The school library resource center is not merely a physical in which various media are stored ;it is a concept, a tangible expression of the school; ethos and valus,its approaches to equality of opportunity, the moral and spiritual development of children and young people and its educational purposes. It has the potential to introduce young people to the world of literature and information and to enable them to develop skills that will enhance their lives and adults. The school library can provide staff and pupils alike with an unrivalled resource with which to support learning in school.
Who uses it? Users include pupils ,staff ,governors, and parents Throughout this document , we use the term “users” which will most commonly refer to pupils and staff ,other use may be for local community and for projects such as family literacy initiatives.
When we think about school library it is a primary education sourse for the all people.It is limit 5-18 years.
Can you refer what doctor Sakir Husen said for Mr Sahai,
“If you need to refer the school library withing short period and quickly you go and refer it,s library after that you can get a some idea about the the school.”
The role and contribution of the school library.
It is a central resource which supports the total school curriculum and ethos. It is an integral part of teaching and learning and learning and other activities in the school. It is a focus of information. It provides opportunities for the individual to read more widely and think more deeply. It is an essential partner in the development of life-long learning.
When we talk a good school library we should talk it’s management system. so,
What is the management.
“ The technique of organizing priorities , motivating staff , securing resources and evaluating performance in order to obtain the optimum efficiency and benefit from a library service.”
“Management is the art and science of formulating and evaluating cross-functional decision that enable an organization to achieve it objectives.”
How to think like a manager.
There is a difference between doing something your-self and telling somebody else what to do and how to do it. That difference is “management” the highly skilled , productive , employee who is promoted to supervise , often find this difference the most obstacle he must overcome to become successful in his new job.
When we think library corporation for the school we can separate for parts.
Service library
Hub of the Resource center
Activities
Center of informal education In 1937 Mr.Galik introduce the new management system. It has seven qualities .There are , 01.Planning. 02.Organising. 03.Staffing. 04.Derecting. 05.coordinating. 06.Reporting. 07.Budgeting.
Then school library management can separate five parts.There are,
Management of Human resource.
Management of accommodation.
Management of learning recourse.
Management of promotion.
Management of monitoring and evaluation.
Management of Human Resource.
School libraries provide students with a variety of resources ranging from traditional information sources such as books, non-book materials such as videos and other materials such as leaflets,ephemera,slides and finally ICT development such as computerized library management system.
Management of school libraries falls in to several categories.
Time and finance.
Library staff.
Recourses.
The school day.
Management of time and finance.
The librarian is responsible for the ongoing management of the library: daily administration , procedures and the timetabling of library staff and classes.
Role of the librarian.
The librarian is a head of department and therefore plays the full part in the management of the school.
As member of the management team at head of department level , the librarian is able to listen to understand and meet the needs of the various subject and phase department.
Any staff appraisal system includes the librarian.
A library committee or working party support the work of the librarian.
Library department documentation.
The librarian provides professional documentation to the senior management team in the same way as other head of faculties and curriculum managers.This involves various policy documents , reflecting the need of the whole school community.
A library policy.
A development plan.
Input into departmental library policies.
Stock selection policy.
Learning support policy.
An annual financial statement.
Financial management.
A financial report.
Identifies income.
Estimates regular expedite.
Estimate expenditure on new and replacement stock.
Highlights any future developments with appropriate costing.
Budgeting.
Good budgetary management skills will enable the library manager to be aware of financial commitments and expenditure at any given time and allow the librarian to demonstrate to others the financial position of the library. The school ,s budgetary cycle. Planning ahead. Identification of capital project and current expenditure. Identification of budget cost heads , including , books ,periodicals and news papers , non-book materials. Any come.
Staff management.
The staffing structure needs to be managed effectively to ensure the smooth running of the service. If a handbook has been produced , this provides details of work routines and relevant information for assistant : school structure list of names of staff , post of responsibility , job description.
Professional Development.
Librarians need to manage their own continuous professional development in cooperation with the school,s staff development officicer.
Managing Resource. Management of the school library day.
School librarians are continually working with pupils and liaising with teaching staff. Enabling teaching staff to attend inset, to participate in stock selection occasions, timetabling staff for learning skills session , reading periods in the library research exercises.
Reflect accurately workload in job description. Provide effectives insure cover. Be clear about health and safety and child protection requremenys. Enable the librarian to be included in well-publicized arrangements for disciplinary codes and procedures. Management of accommodation.
Element s of effective school library accommodation include: • Function and use • Location and environment • Spatial requirement • Furniture and equipment • Administrative and office accommodation • Health and safety requirement It is vital that the requirements of pupils with special needs should be Berne in mind throughout, When evaluating or planning accommodation for the library. Function and use. The growing importance of the school library is reflected in the reliance placed upon it by teachers and pupils for both information and materials in the teaching of the national and other curricula. Location. The sitting of the library should be on one flour, preferably the ground, to ensure good disabled access and easy delivery of materials. Environment. As with location, the success of a library service are rise or fall on its environment pupils relate to environment pupils relate to environmental factors such as air conditioning, adequate lighting, Carpet colour , matching decor, well laid out furniture and equipment. Lighting. The balance between natural and artificial lighting in any school library will vary. Too much natural light causes difficulty with glare, particularly with audiovisual and ICT equipment , while too many windows can also mean heat loss and draughts. Signing and guiding. The advantage of a good site is maximized with adequate signposting from different pars of the school. Décor Display The library should provide good display and equipment for the following; • Promotion of information about e new materials. • Resources on chosen themes. • General information about evens and activities in the library and the school. • Work produced as a result of library projects and activities.
Amount of space required
It is recommended that the amount of space required for the library is based on the need to provide accommodation for 10% school pupils at any one time .This should also include space for the library materials, Furniture, equipment and administrative accommodation.
Minimum and maximum teaching areas and amount of library accommodation. Pupils teaching areas,m2 Amount of library Accommodation required(10%)m2
800 3360 - 3660 900 3690 - 4020 1000 4020 - 4380 1100 4350 - 4740 1200 4680 -5100 1300 5010 – 5460 1400 5340 – 5820 1500 5670 – 6180
336 – 366 369 – 402 402 -438 435 – 474 468 – 510 501 – 546 534 – 582 567 -618
Furniture and equipment. As shelving is a major item of Furniture, great care should be taken ensure be available for 75 – 85% of the total school book stock. A member of factors should be considered. • Ends of bays may be utilized for displaying books • Desk units or pull – out shelves may be fitted to wall units. • Singing and guiding may be affixed to shelving. • Horizontal shelves should be capable of being fitted with book supports. Other recommended measurement include. • Height of bottom shelf from the floor • Length of individual shelves • Horizontal book shelving. General fiction and nonfiction stock 175 – 200 mm Over size books, reference and music score
- sloping shelving 300 mm 250 mm
Materials other the books Counts areas Issuing of materials Catalogues and index Seating areas Additional library space Computer workstations
Security The following are arrange of measure that can be taken. • Positioning of main counter near to both entrance and exit. • Installation of lockers/coat stands outside the library. • Placement of security mirrors. • Installation of CCTV surveillance. • Installation of an electronic security system.
Wealth and Safety
In the planning and refurbishment of any school library there are a number of health and safety consideration: We have to inform for these things:- fire Temperature, shelving ,furniture , Electricity ,Insure.
If we don’t have god knowledge about these things how librarian manage his library .so, as a librarian manage he should know how he manage the reaction for these bad things.
Management of learning resources. Change in education have made many and varied demand on school library provision. Assessing needs In order in maintain high standards of resource provision, stock need constant review and updating. Librarians should asses current stock in order to measure the adequacy of existing can be made. Selection policy Good quality stock and its regular use depend upon the relationship between the librarian and teaching staff, who work together in evaluating materials for = the library. • Curriculum demand : meeting curricular and extra – curricular needs. • Leisure interests , including fiction for the pleasure. • Differentiation : materials should avoid sexism and show cultural balance and access for all students , appropriate to their needs. • Equal opportunities : materials should avoid sexisms and show cultural balance and access for all students ,appropriate to their needs. • Evolution of resources should focus on accuracy ,bias , presentation and format • Currency of information is in an importunes factor. • Balance of stock between fiction and non – fiction and variety of media.
Collection development : aids to selection.
• Review journals are particularly useful as they may be circulated amongst staff to increase awareness’; some may now b e read on publisher “ online data base or on CD _ ROM. • Schools library services may have exhibition of stock pre - selected by librarians from which schools librarian may choose to buy : they may alternatively offer other sources of information about stock as well as providing advice to individual schools. • Exhibition of resources held at major library supplier . • Book shop when open days / evening are held . • Visits of publisher’ representations
Range of resources Resources users my reasonably expect to find in a large school library include: • Books , pamphlets , periodicals , newspaper. • Maps , charts , posters , Pictures .photograph. • Ephemera ,eg :- newspaper and other cutting • Topical files • Prospectuses , Catalogues. • School archives • AV multimedia packs.
Resources requiring major hardware include: • Satellite / cable television , TV text facilities < interactive video. • Multimedia CD-ROM computers, compact discs. • Computer Soft Wear , database • On line database , the internet Resources budget.
The librarian , with an over view of whole school needs , has a proactive role ,as budgeting for resoures provision takes time to plain with staff and involves.
Calculating costs Organization of resources. There should be central coordination of all schools learning resources , A centralized of all school learning resources , A centralized Catalogue lists all materials including collections held out side the library : while departmental libraries should be discouraged, if the catalogue has a record of all resources , them there is an awareness and some accountability without unnecessary duplication. Careers information Staff professional collection Video collection Local history and information Special collections
Information and communication technology (ICT) • Access to the internet • Access by pupils especially those of a young age • Supervision of pupils whilst interrogating internet sites • Cost – management Management of the monitoring and evaluation. Evolution is a central element in a school’s cycle or planning , operation and review. The key question is the extent to which optimum use is made of the librsry ,its resources and services offered , to promote learning. • the aims of the institution • the aims of the library • a guiding principle for library provision and services to which all staff and an subscribe • agreed minimum standards. The specific components which ensure a school library is relevant and effective are: • staffing • accommodation • organization • organization • resources • use • promotion staffing staffing will focus on :
experience of library staff
allocation of time Accommodation Accommodation will focus on ; • the sitting of the library in he school. • Available space • The organization of space • Extent province for different media. • Adequate lighting • Welcoming atmosphere
Organization and administration.
Resources.
Resources will focus on :
• An appropriate budget.
• Effective use of the library budget.
• Clear processes for selection.
• Evaluation of stocks supply.
• Materials being available at appropriate levels for pupils.
• Materials being available in appropriate formats.
Promotion.
Promotion will focus on,
• The extent to which pupils and staff are made aware of the library.
• A consideration of how attractive the library is methods by which the library is promoted.
Management of promotion.
In order for the library to be use and valued by the schools community , it is essential that its runs of service and facilities is actively promoted.
Areas to be promoted.
there are three main areas to promote:
• Range of resources.
• Facilities and services.
• Amis and objectives.
• Aims and objectives of the library.
Facilities and services.
• There should be a high awareness of current opening hours amongst all member of the school community.
• Advertise the information service, request service and interlibrary loan service the library provides.
• Offer to conduct staff insert.
Amis and objectives.
Make sure that the entire school community is aware of why the library exists.
• As a whole school resource.
• As a resource open to all
• As central part of the life of the school.
• As an essential part of the life of school.
• As a cost - affective learning resource.
Methods of promotion.
A verity of methods be used to promote the school library and the various services it offers.
Some methods can be used through the school year and become a constant feature of library life.
Teaching staff. • Set up a library management committee with representative from different department ,the committee can help to prepare development plans and monitor and report on progress. • At curriculum meeting ensure that the library’s role in the curriculum is considered. • At planning meeting ensure that library development plan implication are addressed. • The library should be a regular agenda item at staff meeting. Prepare library information sheets specially for staff, which highlight all the available services and facilities and update and reissue them regularly
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