LBGTQ+ Books Within Middle School Libraries and How Librarians Promote These LGBTQ+ Books to Students

This mixed methods study allowed the researchers to explore the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ+) materials available in public middle school libraries and to interview six middle school librarians about their perceptions on “caring about and caring for” in order to provide middle school students with LGBTQ+ books. The study took place in one Texas school district. The quantitative data came from the middle school libraries' online database to determine how many LGBTQ+-themed young-adult books were found in each of the 12 school libraries. The findings revealed that the middle-school libraries offered very few LGBTQ+-themed books for students to checkout. The qualitative data came from interviewing six middle school librarians. Their stories revealed two critical themes toward LGBTQ+ books within their school library: (1) librarians' perceptions and reactions to students' needs and (2) librarians' perceptions and reactions regarding silence within the district.

Implementing Makerspace in Nigerian School Libraries

The 21st century is a knowledge age where the only currency is knowledge; thus, to function in it, possession of 21st century skills is germane. The required skills are critical thinking, problem-solving, analytical, mathematical, communication and cooperative, leadership, and technical skills. In the same vein, 21st century libraries are evolving to instill the 21st century skills into learners through makerspace. Makerspace is an avenue for creating, making, tinkering, and inventing by trial and error based on the interest of the learners. This study, therefore, examines makerspace, school library and makerspace, the role of school librarians in makerspace, implementing makerspace in school library, challenges of hosting makerspace in school libraries in Nigeria, and recommendations.

Social Tagging and Secondary School Libraries

This chapter examines the Archive of Our Own (AO3) tagging system and backend design to determine how its successful elements can be implemented in a secondary school library setting. Specifically, it looks at social tagging on the platform to evaluate how effective a collaborative tag-based search system could be as a supplement to a traditional school library catalog. The author conducted field research and created an online library tagging template for school use. Google Forms are also used to generate content for the platform, which is designed for both librarian and student user groups. This work was carried out throughout the 2019-2020 school year. The author found that community care, subject knowledge, and “tag wrangling” are the key elements of the AO3 that can potentially be leveraged in a secondary school library environment to promote student engagement and reading for pleasure.

EFEKTIVITAS SISTEM LAYANAN PERPUSTAKAAN BERBASIS TIK DENGAN MODEL AMALIA DALAM MENINGKATKAN MINAT MEMBACA

Abstrak: Perpustakaan sebagai sumber belajar sekaligus sumber informasi bagi siswa dalam kegiatan membaca yang dimulai sejak tingkat Sekolah Dasar. Suatu media sangat diperlukan untuk memudahkan anak dalam belajar membaca dari awal hingga akhir pendidikannya di Sekolah Dasar. Media layanan perpustakaan berupa perangkat lunak di dalam penelitian ini telah diperkenalkan kepada siswa yang mengacu pada tahapan model AMALIA (Attention, Memoryzing, Accelerating, Literal, Improving dan Assets). Model AMALIA dilengkapi dengan kartu perpustakaan yang belum diterapkan sebelumnya di perpustakaan sekolah ini. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah terimplementasikannya sistem layanan perpustakaan berbasis TIK dengan model AMALIA dalam meningkatkan minat membaca siswa Sekolah Dasar di Tanjung Gading Kabupaten Batu Bara. Penelitian ini adalah suatu penelitian pengembangan (R & D) yang mengikuti tahapan-tahapan penelitian pengembangan, setiap proses tahapan yang ditempuh untuk membangun produk penelitian. Untuk mengetahui perbedaan minat membaca dilakukan pretest – posttest terhadap sampel 86 siswa Sekolah Dasar di Tanjung Gading Kabupaten Batu Bara. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa minat membaca siswa ke perpustakaan lebih tinggi setelah menggunakan sistem layanan perpustakaan berbasis TIK dengan model AMALIA dibanding dengan sebelum menggunakan sistem layanan perpustakaan berbasis TIK dengan model AMALIA. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian direkomendasikan agar manajemen sekolah dapat mengimplementasikan sistem layanan perpustakaan berbasis TIK dengan model AMALIA dalam mengelola perpustakaan Sekolah Dasar. Kata Kunci: Sistem Layanan Perpustakaan, Model AMALIA, Minat Membaca Abstract: The library as a learning resource and all at once as information sources for students related to reading activity started from the primary school level. A media is really needed to ease the students on reading study since the initial until more graduated at the primary school. The library service media by means of software has been introduced to students refers to stages AMALIA model (Attention, Memorizing, Accelerating, Literal, Improving and Assets). The AMALIA model is equipped with a library card that has not been implemented previously in the school library. The objective of this study was the implementation of an ICT-based library service system with the AMALIA model in increasing the reading interest of primary school students at Tanjung Gading of Batu Bara Regency. This study was educational research and development (R & D) which follows a step-by-step cycle, each step process used to develop the product. To prove, the difference in reading interest was conducted by using pretest-posttest 86 students sample of primary school in Tanjung Gading of Batu Bara Regency. The research result indicates that the reading interest of students to the library was higher after using ICT-based library service system with AMALIA model compared before using ICT-based library service system with AMALIA model. Based on the research result is recommended that the school management can implement an ICT-based library service system with the AMALIA model in managing the primary school library.

HOW BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS CAN SUPPORT SCHOOLS IN THEIR FUNCTION OF BUILDING CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CAPITAL – PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION

This text describes the difficulties in implementing those activities of the model which are directly aimed at children. Most of them are carried out at school, but require the cooperation of many institutions at the same time: a social welfare centre, school, library or museum. This is one of the challenges of implementation. Another difficulty is the development of mechanisms at school through which teachers will be able to recognise that a pupil's problems in learning or in his/her relations with peers are due to certain negative patterns at home, and as a result he/she cannot count on the kind of support that children of parents who are higher in the social structure receive. In other words, the measures designed are intended to support the school to the extent that it provides social capital to children from disadvantaged families. The very specific circumstances of testing the above-mentioned actions were not without significance. This coincided with the period of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic, which challenged the school's discharge of its basic duties towards its pupils. It is worth noting here that the school of the time of the pandemic has even fewer tools for equalising opportunities for children than in normal times.

PENGUATAN KOMPETENSI PENGELOLA PERPUSTAKAAN MADRASAH DAN SEKOLAH MELALUI DIKLAT BERKESINAMBUNGAN

Education and training for madrasah and school library managers in the city of Padang to manage existinglibraries should have an educational background in Library Science. In fact, the head of the library is ateacher in the field of study and the library manager is still honorary. Lack of attention from the leadershipso that library managers are not creative because there is no continuous education and training. Thequestionnaire was distributed by the service team to 74 schools and madrasahs in the city of Padang andonly 30 returned questionnaires, where the average school library accreditation score was very low andbelow the standard value of accreditation issued by the Jakarta National Library. This research-basedservice method is Participation Action Research (PAR) which involves parties from the Head of the WestSumatra Provincial Education Office, West Sumatra Provincial Archives and Libraries, the Head of theMinistry of Religion of Padang City is invited as a speaker. From the results of the education and trainingactivities, it is not clear that the policies that will be carried out by leaders and decision makers to advancethe library in a better direction.

Exploring status of library management technical aspects in Indian schools

PurposeSchool library is regarded as the heart and soul of the school. It acts as learning resource centre and support the school curriculum in all possible manners. The main aim of this paper is to document the factors associated with library management in selected school libraries in Varanasi, India.Design/methodology/approachSurvey method is used to conduct this research in which close-ended questions were provided to the school librarians. Simple random sampling was used to collect samples from secondary schools of Varanasi.FindingsIt was found that 34% school libraries affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education are managed properly and they are termed as first class library. Rest of the schools are not managed as per rules and regulations of school librarianship. Some librarians themselves are not properly aware of the significance of the library and hence the management is suffered accordingly.Practical implicationsThis research will help in exploring the existing status of library management in school libraries. The work is designed specifically for school libraries. Simple ranking system for school libraries will be helpful to make an exhaustive school ranking based on library management.Originality/valueThis research will bring on record the ground reality of school librarianship in India and the way they are managed. Simple ranking system for school library is given in this paper that will help to find out which school library is functioning properly or not.

Exploration of School Library Services for Students with Disabilities

To implement inclusive education, schools need to provide a range of services for students with disabilities. One component that must be adapted is the school library, which must also create an inclusive environment so students with disabilities can access it. This research aimed to examine and explore school libraries’ readiness to provide services for students with disabilities. This was qualitative research. The research was conducted in five school libraries in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. Data were collected through library accessibility checklist forms from IFLA, in-depth interviews, and documentation analysis. Ten informants participated, while documentation was examined from school-owned documents, websites, and school library profile videos. The results showed that only two school libraries were well prepared to provide services for students with disabilities, one of which already provided special services for people with disabilities. In contrast, other libraries have not provided services for students with disabilities because there is no need for internal schools. However, some of the school libraries have done mapping and planned the needs for developing disability services to optimize library services. Keywords: school library, library service, accessibility, students with disabilities

DESIGN OF A PROTOTYPE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL LIBRARY VISITORS USING RFID AND NODEMCU BASED ON THE INTERNET OF

Monitoring the identity of library visitors is a very important part. Usually to monitor students who are diligent in visiting the school library by providing books or guest books, the purpose of this study is to record the identity of students who visit the library electronically, in the study describes the monitoring system for library visitors with internet communication lines, database storage media by using descriptive method. The design of this system consists of a library card, RFID, Nodemcu, 2 x 16 LCD, and a web as an application used to process visitor identities or as a place to display information in real time. The web application design uses the programming language HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Forms (CSS), Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP), Content Management System (CMS) using a MySQL database while the test results show that this system can work well, with the The school library visitor monitoring system using internet-based RFID and nodemcu can make it easier for employees to view and process the identity of library visitors

Analysis of the Needs of Developing Teaching Materials in the Form of STEM-Based Web Modules Using Scaffolding

Since the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the world of education has been affected by the application of a learning system that is carried out in a blended learning manner. Therefore, this study aims to develop teaching materials in the form of a STEM-based web module using scaffolding to assist the learning process during the covid 19 pandemic. The development of a STEM-based web module using scaffolding is carried out using the ADDIE development model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation). Data were obtained through interviews with physics teachers. Based on the results of interviews with teachers at one of the senior high schools in Batanghari district, it is known that in offline learning, printed books from the school library are still used. Therefore, we need an electronic module that can be accessed anytime and anywhere to facilitate the learning process. So that researchers will develop a STEM-based web module using scaffolding on straight motion physics material for class X high school. The product produced is in the form of a web containing material for straight motion physics class X SMA/MA based on STEM using scaffolding