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School library media specialists: An evolving profession in a pandemic
- Source :
- IFLA Journal. 48:41-49
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2021.
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Abstract
- In March 2020, Michigan’s school library media specialists, along with the entire educational community, found themselves facing unprecedented challenges brought by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic. As learning shifted online, the roles of school library media specialists shifted as well. Three southeast Michigan school library media specialists were interviewed to obtain their perspectives regarding the adaptation to distance learning, as well as how they predicted educational practices will evolve going forward. The educational practices of learning commons, guided inquiry, co-teaching, and information literacy were found to be particularly valuable during the shift to distance learning. The increased dependence on these practices during the pandemic will likely result in increased implementation of these practices when face-to-face learning resumes.
- Subjects :
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Educational community
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Distance education
Library science
School library
Library and Information Sciences
medicine.disease_cause
Information providers
Political science
Pandemic
ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION
medicine
Coronavirus
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17452651 and 03400352
- Volume :
- 48
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IFLA Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1d6420ea0f1ec3731d99e366f5565e21