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S. L. Faisal
Librarian
Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom
Thiruvananthapuram
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2. Presentation outline
ī Best Practices: Definition
ī 21st Century Learning
ī Areas of Best Practices
īą Management
īą Resources
īą Services & Activities
īą Technology
ī Examples
ī Conclusion
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3. âA method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those
achieved with other means, and that is used as a benchmarkâ.
What does it mean?
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/best-practice.html#ixzz3yL6mMjFx
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21ST CENTURY
LEARNING
ī§ Personal Learning Network
ī§ Networked Student
ī§ Networked Teacher
ī§ Learning Systems
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BEST PRACTICES
ī§ Central Library
ī§ Classroom Libraries
ī§ Department Libraries
ī§ Library Committee
Library Administration
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Principal
Secondary Teacher-1
Secondary Teacher-2
Secondary Teacher-3
From
different
subject
backgrounds
Librarian
Student-1 (Class VII-XII)
Student-2 (Class VII-XII)
School Library Committee
Sub-Committees
Book Selection Sub-Committee
Stock Verification Sub-Committee
1. To develop the Annual Library Activity Plan (ALAP).
2. To recommend suitable budgetary provision for the
library.
3. To select books and other resources for the library
keeping in view the natural interests and needs of
the children, their age group and intelligence.
4. To select books for teachers on various subjects apart
from Academics.
5. To review library rules and formulate new rules for
the library.
6. To make recommendations for proper functioning of
School Library.
7. The Library Committee can invite other
teachers/students to the meetings for their
advice/suggestion.
8. This committee shall meet as often as possible but at
least once in two months.
Functions (Terms of Reference)
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Library
Circulation
Books
Periodicals
Multimedia
Reference
Ready Reference Service
Current Awareness Service
Library Instruction
Reading Lists
Newsletters, Guidelines,..
Inter-Library loan
Digital/Virtual Reference
Library Blog
Career &
Guidance
Readersâ
Club
Digital Library
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Reference
Ready Reference
One copy each of
dictionaries, encyclopaedias,
atlases, thesaurus,
yearbooks, almanacs, books
of quotations, facts, records,
first aid manuals, etc
This collection should be
kept on a Ready Reference
shelf near to the reading
room and circulation counter
to provide easy and ready
access.
1. Current Awareness Service (CAS): Announcements in the
morning assembly, display of new arrival lists on the bulletin
boards, current content service (contents pages of journals are
photocopied and circulated among the teachers), newspaper
clipping service, etc.
2. Library instruction: Library orientation and user education
programmes (know your library, how to find your book, internet
search strategies, library tour, etc).
3. Preparation of Bibliographies and Class-wise reading lists
4. Publication of Library Newsletters/Bulletins, Library user
guides, brochures, posters, etc
5. Virtual/digital Reference: Reference services through telephone,
e-mail, chat, SMS, etc
6. Inter-library loan: Libraries in a cluster may share their resources
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BEST PRACTICES
Activities
ī§ Competitions
ī§ Author Meets
ī§ Book Fairs
ī§ Reading Programmes
ī§ Information Literacy Sessions
ī§ Innovations
ī§ Experiments
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1. Exhibitions and Displays: on important days (Independence Day, Republic Day,
Childrenâs Day, Teacherâs Day, National Education Day, Womenâs Day), birth/death
anniversaries of important personalities (Gandhi Jayanti, Ambedkar Jayanti, etc)
2. Celebrations: National Library Week, International School Library Month, World Book
and Copyright Day, World Childrenâs Book Day, Reading week, Hindi Fortnight, etc
3. Competitions: Reading, Story telling, Book review, Book jacket designing, bookmark
designing, Book/Literary Quiz, Library lot, Poster designing, slogan writing, Fastest
Book searcher, Smart web searcher, Spot poetry writing, Story telling, etc
4. Book Fairs: organized in collaboration with Governmental (NBT/CBT) and outside
agencies.
5. Events: Meet the Author, Local Library visits, Book talks, etc
6. Awards: Best Reader Award, Reader of the Month, Best Book reviewer Award, etc
7. Publications: Library Bulletins, user guides , brochures, posters, etc
8. Teaching Information Literacy Skills : Activities based on the Library Information
Literacy curriculum (lectures, presentations, skill tests, hands on sessions, etc).
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Objective
īļTo develop reading habit and Information Literacy skills among students and teachers.
Constitution
Students:
1. President
2. Secretary
3. Class (VI-XII)
representatives
Teachers: 2 (Two) teachers with
good reading habit
Librarian:
as Convener
Members: (50-75)/
Selected as part of the
schoolâs club activity
planning /separately
Activities
1. Competitions: Book review writing, reading competition, story telling, book
jacket/book mark designing, literary quiz, spot poetry writing, slogan writing,
poster designing, etc
2. Assembly programmes: weekly book review in the assembly in English and
Hindi, enacting the famous characters from a book, etc
3. Awards: Reader of the Month / Best reader awards
4. Events and campaigns: Meet the Author, visit to a local library, drop
everything and read campaign, My dear Book (Book talks), reading week etc
5. Reading Audit: Annual reader surveys to analyze reading habit and reader
behaviours.
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Students rehearsing for a Library Assembly Programme
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BEST PRACTICES
Technology
ī§ Web 2.0 (Library 2.0)
ī§ Blogs
ī§ Social Networks
ī§ Social Bookmarking
ī§ Wikis
ī§ Content Curation
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ī§ Inviting the Learners
ī§ Design
ī§ Physical infrastructure
ī§ Central Library
ī§ Class Libraries
ī§ Department Library
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