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The Use Of Audio- Visual Technology In School Libraries And Students’ Academic Performance
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1.7.2 SCHOOL LIBRARIES
School
libraries are libraries found in primary and secondary schools whose
collection are simply for the young people. However the scope of school
libraries have expanded and so is the opinion of experts in the field on
what a modern school library should be. A school library is presently
referred to as a multimedia Center, Media Resource Centre, School Media
Centre, Instructional Resource Centre etc. The variation in terminology
not with standing. A school library is an information center located in
a school environment for ht purpose of providing information services
to support teaching and learning process of the school. To Iroha (1985) a
school library is a collection of wide variety of library materials and
resources housed in each school, centrally agonized by a staff
professionally to offer services to students and teachers that will
enrich and support the education programmes of the school.
From the definitions given, certain features of a school library are
discernible. It is an information center which contains both, books and
non-book materials and is organized and managed by a professionally
trained librarian or qualified teacher librarian who uses available
information resources to provide information to support teaching and
learning activities of the teachers and students.
The
school library in this era of information revolution and has taken
sweeping wave of globalization, has taken a new dimension in a media
content, function and services.
It is am media Resource
Centre and hence, emphasizes the provision and utilization of both print
and non-print and non-print media.
Essentially, a school library is aimed at achieving the following objectives.
a. Support teaching and learning within the school system
b. Promote the development of reading skills and encourage long term learning through reading.
c. Stimulate research and independent study
d. Provide opportunities for further reading and use classroom textbooks
e. Provide material for recreation and encourage students to read for pleasure.
f. Provide pupils / students with vocational information leading to choice of a suitable career.
1.7.3
Students: In this project, students is a generic term used to
designate school children in nursery, primary and secondary schools.
They are those who are taught by the teachers and they constitute a
greater number of users
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The age of digitalization and globalization has given unprecedented impetus to the development audio-visual technology. Audio-visual instructions in schools have therefore continued to accelerate students’ understanding and appreciation of learning.The value of audio- visual media is further underscored by their positive impact in school libraries, the libraries positive influence of the academic performance of students and the enhancement of teacher’s performance. Libraries are no ... Continue reading---
