�Don�t They Know How Important It Is?�

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dc.contributor.authorHart, Genevieve
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-14T08:05:13Z
dc.date.available2023-02-14T08:05:13Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe paper comes out of a month-long case study of information literacy education in two public libraries in a small South African town in the rural province of Mpumalanga, undertaken in October 2004. The participant observation study is the second phase of a twophase mixed methods study, which explores the capacity of public libraries in South Africa for information literacy education � in the context of the dire shortage of school libraries. The focus in the second phase is on the connections between public libraries and schools. However, the relations between the two libraries and their staff members are found to impact on these relations - with the study finding that historical context impacts significantly on library programming. The paper concentrates, however, on just two threads of enquiry: the views of teachers and principals in the seven schools of the town on the educational role of libraries as revealed in interviews; and pupils� use of the two public libraries in seeking information for their school assignments. The study reveals a lack of cognizance of the high level demands of information-seeking in libraries among the teachers. They tend to see the library as a warehouse from which things are �fetched�. The study finds a paradox � a gulf certainly exists between the public libraries and schools but the gulf comes from shared limited conceptions of the educational role of public libraries and of information literacy. The intense gaze of the participant observation contributes a nuanced understanding of the challenges for information literacy education in South Africaen_US
dc.identifier.citationHart, G. (2021). �Don�t They Know How Important It Is?�: A Case Study Of Information Literacy Education In A Small South African Town. IASL Annual Conference Proceedings. 10.29173/iasl7877.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2562-8372
dc.identifier.issnhttps//doi.org:/10.29173/iasl7877
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/8426
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Association of School Librarianship Conference Proceedingsen_US
dc.subjectTeachersen_US
dc.subjectInformation literacyen_US
dc.subjectRuralen_US
dc.subjectPublic librariesen_US
dc.title�Don�t They Know How Important It Is?�en_US
dc.title.alternativeA Case Study Of Information Literacy Education In A Small South African Townen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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