Linking school libraries and literacy
Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 27 Jan, 2011Two reports that should be of interest, and very much related to one another:-
The first, from Equal Education, which aims to draw the attention of policy makers to the pressing need for libraries in every school across South Africa, by serving as a starting point for what will hopefully be refined and developed into a clear-cut implementation plan.
The second, a report from the National Literacy Trust (UK)exploring young people's reading habits and attitudes to their school library, and an exploration of the realtionship between school library use and school attainment.
This report has shown that most young people use the school library because because it gives them easy access to books, because it is a friendly space and because they believe that he school library, and by default reading, will help them do better at school.