PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THEIR LIBRARIES

n Service of Their Communities : Public Libraries

Introduction It is no doubt a truism to say that public libraries are societal institutions that genuinely mirror the society in which they have been set up. In spite of the fact that they are normally established and funded by the local communities, their activities reflect the broader policies of a particular society towards its citizens. The contemporary society in which public libraries act...

Are Public Schools Really Losing Their “Best”

Most studies that have fueled alarm over the attrition and mobility rates of high-quality teachers have relied on proxy indicators of teacher quality, which recent research finds to be only weakly correlated with value-added measures of teachers’ performance. We examine attrition and mobility of teachers using teacher value-added measures for early-career teachers in North Carolina public schoo...

Information literacy in public libraries from the perspective of public libraries’ policymakers; an exploratory study

Purpose: The present paper aims to conduct an exploratory study on the status of information literacy in upstream documents and curriculums of Iran public libraries institutions for public libraries. Methodology: This is a developmental exploratory-qualitative study in terms of purpose. Research data were collected using in-depth, semi-structured interviews with policymakers and officials of p...

Analysis the privacy statement of the American Public Libraries and provide privacy statement for public libraries in Iran

Aim: The purpose of this study was to review the privacy statement of the American top public libraries and provide privacy statement for users of public libraries in Iran. Method: The research method is a combination of descriptive survey and Delphi library. The research community consisted of 25 American public libraries based on the rankings of the American Library Association's libraries. T...

Bicycle Access to Public Libraries: a Survey of Pennsylvania Public Libraries and Their Accessibility to Patrons Arriving Via Bicycle