The Role of the Principal
in an
Information Literate School Community


Findings from an
International Research Project


 by


Dianne Oberg
Associate Professor and Acting Chair
Department of Elementary Education
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Email: doberg@ualberta.ca
Lyn Hay
Lecturer
School of Information Studies
Charles Sturt University
Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Email: lhay@csu.edu.au


James Henri
Senior Lecturer
School of Information Studies
Charles Sturt University
Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Email: jhenri@golum.riv.csu.edu.au
 

This slideshow was presented as part of
the IASL Research Forum at the
AASL'99 Conference, Birmingham, Alabama
November 13, 1999
 
 

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Contents

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1.   The Role of the Principal in an Information Literate 
       School Community: Findings from an International 
       Research Project 

2.   Research methodology 

3.   International study - 7 nations 

4.   Instrument 1 - Principals Demographic variable 

5.   Instrument 1 - Teacher Librarians Demographic  
      variables 

6.   Instrument 2 - Perception & belief factors 

7.   Instrument 2 - Perception factors 

8.   Instrument 2 - Belief factors 

9.   Instrument 3  9 open-ended questions 

10. WWW data collection management 

11. Summary of data entry monitored online 

12. Automated coding of quantitative data values 

13. Compiled qualitative data as text file 

14. Response Rate 

15. Gender comparison 

16. Age comparison of Principals 

17. Age comparison of TLs 
 

18. Age comparison in South Korea 

19. Age comparison in Scotland 

20. Professional association membership in Australia 

21. Comparison of TL subscriptions 

22. Overall Means Scores Present & Future Perceptions 

23. Cross Country Comparisons Present Perceptions 

24. Cross Country Comparisons Future Perceptions 

25. Cross Country Comparisons Priorities 

26. Key strengths of the school library 

27. Challenges in school libraries 

28. Critical functions of school libraries 

29. Definition of information literacy 

30. Barriers to integration of info skills 

31. Looking forward South Korea 

32. Looking forward Scotland 

33. Looking forward Finland 

34. Looking forward Australia 

35. The Role of the Principal in an Information Literate 
      School Community: Findings from an International 
      Research Project

 
 

The Role of the Principal in an Information Literate School Community:
Findings from an International Research Project
Powerpoint/WWW presentation created by Lyn Hay
Created 18 November 1999.
Updated 24 November 1999.
Copyright 1999