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Angelina Gibson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

R. G. Heseltine - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Anne Thompson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • The Great School Libraries Campaign
    Synergy, 2018
    Co-Authors: Anne Thompson
    Abstract:

    Although the United Kingdom has for many years viewed school libraries as a recognised part of school life they are not a statutory requirement. This has resulted in school Library Provision being patchy and varied in quality across the country. Without direction or funding from government it is only with the support of a head teacher who has a commitment to providing suitable funding and staffing that a school will have a successful Library at its heart. School libraries, if they exist at all, can often be an underused resource when in fact they should be a central part of the education strategy.

Anne Goulding - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Books to Rural Users: Public Library Provision for Remote Communities.
    New Library World, 2003
    Co-Authors: Sarah Haggis, Anne Goulding
    Abstract:

    Discusses alternative methods of providing a public Library service to one‐house stop clients of south Lincolnshire’s mobile libraries. A literature review revealed a lack of up‐to‐date cost information for alternative methods of service Provision. Four methods were selected for further investigation: books by mail; village shop libraries; extending the housebound service; and transporting clients to the Library. Annual cost and cost per issue were calculated and compared to the cost of the mobile Library. Staff and users were also surveyed for their opinions of the current service and the alternative methods proposed. The results of the costing exercises showed that transporting users to the Library was the most cost effective method but this was not popular with the current users of the service. Services considering replacing the one‐house stop mobile service will also need to consider issues including social inclusion, best value and the public Library standards.

Genevieve Hart - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Dual Use School Community Libraries
    IASL Annual Conference Proceedings, 2021
    Co-Authors: Genevieve Hart
    Abstract:

    The paper describes a case study of a group of six dual use school community libraries in one remote region of South Africa. The recent government sponsored LIS Transformation Charter has placed a spotlight on the backlogs in school Library Provision. The study, conducted in April 2009, investigates if shared libraries might help fill gaps and, if so, under what conditions. The background, research questions, methodology and site are described but only an outline of possible findings are provided here. A fuller picture will be ready for the IASL conference in September.

  • the drive for school libraries in south africa intersections and connections
    Library Trends, 2015
    Co-Authors: Genevieve Hart, Sandy Zinn
    Abstract:

    This paper traces the important developments in school librarianship in South Africa since 2007, during which time the drive to address huge backlogs in school Library Provision has gained momentum—largely, it argues, from the intersections of two phenomena: the Library and Information Services (LIS) Transformation Charter ; and Equal Education, a civic-action NGO campaigning on behalf of school libraries. South African youth face daunting challenges, and their schooling is perhaps where the heritage of apartheid is most visible. The lack of libraries, it is argued, has undermined the attempts at curricular reform since the late 1990s. The daunting backlogs in school Library Provision mean that innovative models of service will be needed that cut across existing divisions. Given the impact of the lack of school libraries on all sectors of LIS, the paper examines the recommendations in the LIS Transformation Charter that South African LIS should turn to the concept of ecosystem to provide the framework for concerted action.