Linking Literacy and Libraries in Global Communities

174 Pages·2013·2.283 MB·English

by  Marlene Asselin, Ray Doiron

Linking Literacy and Libraries
in Global Communities
Marlene Asselin and Ray Doiron
Linking Literacy and Libraries in Global Communities
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Linking Literacy and
Libraries in Global
Communities
Marlene asselin
University of British Columbia, Canada
ray Doiron
University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
© Marlene asselin and ray Doiron 2013
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Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the authors of this work.
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
asselin, Marlene, 1949-
Linking literacy and libraries in global communities.
1. libraries and illiterate persons. 2. libraries and new
literates. 3. libraries and education. 4. libraries and
community.
i. Title ii. Doiron, ray.
021.2'4-dc23
The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
asselin, Marlene, 1949-
Linking literacy and libraries in global communities / by Marlene Asselin and Ray Doiron.
pages cm
includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4094-5284-3 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-1-4094-5285-0 (ebook) --
ISBN 978-1-4724-0276-9 (epub) 1. Libraries and community. 2. Libraries and community-
-Case studies. 3. literacy. 4. libraries and education. 5. reading promotion. i. Doiron,
ray. ii. Title.
Z716.4.a86 2013
021.2--dc23
2013017392
ISBN 9781409452843 (hbk)
ISBN 9781409452850 (ebk – PDF)
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ISBN 9781472402769 (ebk – ePUB)
Contents
List of Figures vii
Notes on Contributors ix
Preface xv
1 Libraries as Forces for Literacy and Learning 1
2 Building a Culture for Reading through Libraries 23
3 Supporting Learning and Literacy through Libraries 37
4 Libraries as Learning Commons 51
5 The Library as Community Learning Center 71
6 Libraries as Agents of Social Change 95
7 Mobile Libraries as Effective Solutions to Reading Access
and Reading Promotion in Remote Communities 103
8 Effective Practices in Reading Promotion and
Literacy Development 113
9 An Ecological Framework for Ongoing Community
Library Development 129
List of References 139
Index 149
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List of figures
1.1 Kabubbu Community Library, Uganda 5
1.2 Kabubbu Community Library, Uganda 5
1.3 Kabubbu Community Library, Uganda 5
1.4 Community Library, Axum, Ethiopia 10
1.5 CODE-Ethiopia local languages books 12
1.6 The complexity of multiple literacies 18
2.1 Interior of Philomena Heaton School Library 28
2.2 Interior of Philomena Heaton School Library 28
2.3 Reading promotion and reader development begin at an early age 31
2.4 Library display features children’s favorite book choices 33
3.1 Students search for information 43
3.2 Students work on inquiry projects at Ymmersta School, Finland 44
3.3 Ymmersta School Library, Finland 44
4.1 Floor plan of the school resource center 55
4.2 The Taman Rakan Primary School Library 57
4.3 Books used for reading programs 57
4.4 Students work on inquiry projects in the school library 68
4.5 Spånga gymnasium and grundskola, Stockholm 68
5.1 Kinango Community Library, Kenya 76
5.2 Students studying for exams and completing homework 77
5.3 Popular Mariano Moreno Library in Argentina 81
5.4 Popular Mariano Moreno Library in Argentina 81
5.5 Porto Trombetas location 84
5.6 Library map 86
5.7 Student in the library 91
5.8 Students in the library 91
6.1 Kuugin King Naay Library, Canada 100
6.2 Kuugin King Naay Library, Canada 101
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7.1 Queuing up for the mobile library 107
7.2 Interior view of the Joy of Reading Mobile Library, China 107
7.3 Example of a typical bibliobus (Japan) 110
8.1 Students reading and studying in an African reading room 117
8.2 Book displays are effective in reading promotion 119
8.3 Teachers and librarians prepare English and French learning stations 126
8.4 Avid readers in Tanzania 127
9.1 Community library development: An ecological framework 131
9.2 Library management committee meeting 135
Notes oN CoNtributors
Marlene Asselin is Associate Professor in the Department of Language and
Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada. She coordinates
the teacher librarian program and language and literacy education component of
the elementary teacher education program. She has research programs in new
literacies and social media, information literacy, the role of libraries in literacy
development, and teacher education and literacy education in Ethiopia.
Ray Doiron is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Education at the University
of Prince Edward Island, Canada. He has taught in teacher education programs
focused in early literacy, as well as graduate programs in school librarianship.
His research interests include the role of play in early child development, early
literacy, digital technologies, school librarianship, and the role libraries play in
reading promotion, supporting literacy, and building a culture for literacy.
Drs Asselin and Doiron wish to thank all of the librarians who contributed to this
book with information on their library and how it supports reading and literacy.
We asked each person to give a short biography so readers would know who the
contributors were. In a few cases, the person who wrote the case study on a local
library does not actually work in that library, but may have done so in the past and/
or has some professional connection to the library. The biographies are arranged
alphabetically by country.