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The Instructional Role of the Library Media Specialist as Perceived by Elementary
School Principals
VERA ConferenceCharlottesville, VA
September 18, 2008
Dr. Audrey ChurchLongwood University
Farmville, [email protected]
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Statement of the Problem Library media specialists are
teachers and instructional partners (AASL, 1998)
Library media specialists positively impact student achievement (Lance, Rodney, and Hamilton-Pennell, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005)
Principals are not knowledgeable regarding library media centers (Wilson and Blake, 1993)
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Rationale/Significance of Study Increased emphasis on
instructional role with publication of new standards in 1998 (AASL, 1998)
Higher student test scores when library media specialist takes active role in instruction (School Libraries Work, 2006)
Principal support, as instructional leader of school, is key (Hartzell, 2002b)
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Purpose of the Study Focus on elementary level Focus on instructional role Determine how elementary school
principals view teaching and instructional partnership roles
Determine origin of perceptions
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Standards Library Media
Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning, 1998
NBPTS, 2001 ALA/AASL—NCATE, 2003
Educational Leadership Standards for Advanced Programs in
Educational Leadership (National Policy Board, 2002)
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Role of the Principal Financial support (Campbell, 1991; Henri
and Hay, 1995) Staffing support (Oberg, 1996) Scheduling support (Hartzell, 2002b;
Oberg, 1996) Communication of importance of
program to students and teachers (Buchanan, 1982; Campbell, 1991; Hartzell, 2002c; Kolencik, 2001; Oberg, 1996)
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Principals’ Perceptions Only 18% described library media
specialists’ duties as instructional in nature (Naylor and Jenkins, 1988)
Traditional view of library media specialist roles (Dorrell and Lawson, 1995)
Major role—reference, research, keeper and circulator of materials (Kolencik, 2001)
Learning and teaching rated lowest of five roles (Alexander, Smith, and Carey, 2003)
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Source of Principals’ Perceptions
No discussion in teacher preparation or principal preparation programs (Buchanan, 1982; Wilson and McNeil, 1998)
Experience as teacher (Naylor and Jenkins, 1988; Hartzell, 2002a)
Experience as student (Alexander et al., 2003; Hartzell, 2002a)
Current library media specialist (Campbell, 1991; Naylor and Jenkins, 1988)
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Research Questions
1. How do elementary school principals view the library media specialist as a teacher of information literacy skills?
2. How do elementary school principals view the library media specialist as an instructional partner?
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Research Questions (continued)
3. What is the basis for elementary school principals’ views of the instructional role of the library media specialist?
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Methodology Research Design
Non-experimental, descriptive survey research
Sampling of Subjects Target population: 1177 Virginia
elementary school principals Sampling frame: 927 available email
addresses Proportional stratified random sample
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Instrumentation Survey developed based on Alexander et
al. (2003), Kolencik (2001), and McCracken (2000), using standards from field
Thirty-two questions, plus one open-ended question
Five-point Likert scale Content review Survey built using Inquisite and
administered through Virginia Commonwealth University
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Data Collection IRB submission and approval Pilot study Pre-notice email Email with survey link, embedded
Informed Consent Form Follow-up, reminder email Inquisite survey responses
exported to SPSS
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Survey Administration First Round:
May 11, 2007: pre-notice email to 500 June 19, 2007: survey closed; 64 responses
(14%) Second Round:
August 1, 2007: pre-notice email to 424 August 21, 2007: survey closed; 51 responses
(13%) 110 Usable responses, 13% response rate
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Findings:School Characteristics All eight regions of Virginia
represented in the sample 25.5% of respondents
characterized their schools as urban; 74.5% characterized their schools as non-urban
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Findings:School Characteristics Grade level configurations
PreK-5 42.2% K-5 26.6% Others: PreK-2, 3-5, K-6, K-7, PreK-6,
PreK- 7, PreK-4, 1-7 Enrollment
100-299 18.2% 300-749 72.7% 750-1499 9.1%
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Findings: Principal Demographics Almost 50% had 10 or less years
teaching experience: 28% had 6-10 20% had 5 or less
Four most common areas of teaching: English, math, social sciences, 66% in
each Science, 58%
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Findings:Principal Demographics Grade levels of classroom teaching
experience PreK-2 45% 3-5 67% 6-8 50% 9-12 24%
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Findings:Principal Demographics Years of administrative experience
1-5 14.5% 6-10 41.9% 11-15 23.6% 16-20 10.9% 21-25 5.5% Over 25 3.6%
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Research Question #1
1. How do elementary school principals view the library media specialist as a teacher of information literacy skills?
Twelve survey questions dealt with teacher role of library media specialist
Perceptions reported by frequencies
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Findings: Teacher Role
Teach students to…1. Use print materials 90.9% A or SA
2. Use electronic databases 87.3% A or SA
3. Use free Web sites 81.8% A or SA
4. Locate information within sources
94.6% A or SA
5. Evaluate information 86.4% A or SA
6. Take notes and organize information
74.6% A or SA
7. Respect intellectual property 93.7% A or SA
8. Practice ethical behavior 91.9% A or SA
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Findings: Teacher Role
Library media specialists should…9. Have access to standardized test data
80.0% A or SA
10. Use test data to develop information literacy instruction
82.8% A or SA
11. Provide staff development in areas such as effective Web searching and database use
86.4% A or SA
12. Provide staff development in areas such as intellectual property and copyright
86.3% A or SA
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Summary Thoughts Principals responding to the survey
endorsed the instructional role of the library media specialist as teacher of information literacy skills.
Areas of “less agreement”: Teaching students to use free Web sites (81.8%) Teaching students to take notes and organize
information (74.6%) Access to standardized test data (80%) Use of standardized test data for instruction
(82.8%)
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Research Question #2
2. How do elementary school principals view the library media specialist as an instructional partner?
Eight survey questions dealt with instructional partner role of library media specialist
Perceptions reported by frequencies
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Findings: Instructional Partner Role
Collaborate with…1. Teachers to teach information literacy skills in context of content curriculum
91.2% A or SA
2. Individual teachers to plan lessons to integrate information literacy skills into curriculum
85.4% A or SA
3. Teachers at grade levels to plan lessons to integrate information literacy skills into curriculum
91.8% A or SA
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Findings: Instructional Partner Role
Collaborate with…4. Teachers to teach lessons which integrate information literacy skills in context of content curriculum
89.1% A or SA
5. Teachers to evaluate work from lessons
73.6% A or SA
6. Play active role in school improvement process
94.5% A or SA
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Findings: Instructional Partner Role
Primary initiator of teacher-library media specialist collaboration at…
Individual teacher level?
School level?
Administrator? 11.8% 38.2%
Library media specialist?
67.3% 57.3%
Teacher? 20.0% 2.7%
No response? 0.9% 1.8%
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Summary Thoughts Principals responding to the survey endorsed
the instructional role of the library media specialist as instructional partner.
Areas to note: 91.8% of principals endorsed collaborating at grade
levels; 85.4% endorsed collaborating with individual teachers
Just 73.6% felt that library media specialists should evaluate student work
Primary initiator at teacher level—67.3% LMS; 11.8% administrator
Primary initiator at school level—57.3% LMS; 38.2% administrator
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Research Question #3
3. What is the basis for elementary school principals’ views of the instructional role of the library media specialist?
Origin of perceptions reported by frequencies
Responses to open-ended question for critical incidents examined by content analysis
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Primary Source of Knowledge of Instructional Role of Library Media Specialist
Coursework in principal preparation programs
1.8%
Interactions with LMS during teaching career
26.4%
Interactions with LMS during administrative career
65.5%
Readings from professional journals
2.7%
Other 2.7%
No response 0.9%
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Follow-Up Question Did you receive any sort of formal
training related to library media specialists in your principal preparation program? No 90.9% Yes 9.1% (n=10)
5 topic of discussion in several courses; 3 topic of discussion in one course; 1 entire course in school library media; 1 master’s was in library media
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Open-Ended Question “Think back to a situation or incident which
you have had with a library media specialist which helped to form your view of the role of the library media specialist in the school. The incident could be a positive one, or it could be a negative one. Please describe the incident.”
83 of the 110 respondents (75%) answered the open-ended question
Perceptions are formed based on both negative and positive interactions
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Negative Responses Information/content
Library media specialists’ lack of current technological skills
“librarian runs an organized library where students check out books and are read to…We are waiting for her to retire (next year) so that we can get someone who is truly a media specialist”
Library media specialists who do not see the need to teach research or information skills
“in my experience in this school division, LMS professionals do not initiate quality lessons with children, but merely manage circulation of the library”
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Negative Responses Relational/attitude
Lack of proactivity “too shy to bring the library to life…waits for me to
say order things…teachers complain about not having enough books on high and low levels”
Interpersonal skills/environment “My current librarian is retiring and the entire school
community is happy to see her go…she gives the impression that she just does not like children. She did not work well with other teachers.”
“The library should not be a place of hoops to jump through—it should be a welcoming place.”
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Positive Responses Relational/attitude
“eager to collaborate with classroom teachers in planning instructional programs for students”
“library was fun place for kids to go and they learned to be independent in the library by the librarian and teachers working together”
“She first made the media center welcoming to students and staff; she encouraged teachers to use her and the media center as a resource by initiating collaboration with a teacher in each department.”
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Positive Responses Information/content—Five categories1. Connections to SOL
“asked to meet with all the teachers to coordinate what she did to go along with the SOL they were teaching in the classroom”
2. Use of curriculum/pacing guides “uses the SOL data and our pacing guide to
help guide her lessons as well as to offer support to the teachers for their instructional planning”
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Positive Responses Information/content—Five categories3. Attention to standardized test scores
“library media specialist wanted to review the SOL scores in order to enhance the instructional program for the students”
4. Teaching research skills “collaborated with classroom teachers to develop
research skills for students…met with teachers the week before for planning and together they developed the media lesson that was supportive of the classroom instruction…students understood the connection that the media center was an extension of learning. It was not an isolated place we go with no connection to the live learning of the classroom.”
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Positive Responses Information/content—Five
categories5. Staff development in the area of
information resources “presented excellent information to
our PTA and staff about using online databases and why they are more reliable than search engines such as Google or Yahoo”
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Expectations for Library Media Specialists Expectations for instructional role of library
media specialist based on strong library media specialist with whom they worked: “In my first job as a teacher, I probably had the
chance to work with the best librarian I have seen…I judge all librarians by her.”
“I worked with a wonderful media specialist. She used lesson plans that coordinated with the grade level standard course of study and integrated regular classroom curriculum into the library experience…she has been the ruler by which I measure other media specialists.”
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Summary Thoughts Principals learn about the instructional
role of the library media specialist from library media specialists with whom they work, as principals and as teachers.
Perceptions are formed based on both negative and positive interactions.
Expectations of current and future library media specialists are based on these prior experiences and interactions.
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Delimitations and Limitations
Delimitations Elementary schools in Virginia Web-based survey
Limitations Self-reported perceptions Low response rate Non-response bias
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Implications for Current Practice
University educational leadership preparation programs
University school library media preparation programs
Professional development Conference sessions Responsibility on practitioners Need for public relations,
marketing, and advocacy
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Recommendations for Further Research
Replicate study in other states or at national level
Conduct additional study of elementary principals’ actions
Conduct similar study with secondary principals
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For more information, contact…
Dr. Audrey ChurchAssistant Professor and Coordinator
School Library Media ProgramLongwood UniversityFarmville, VA 23909
Full dissertation is available through VCU’s James Branch Cabell Library at
http://etd.vcu.edu/theses/available/etd-01182008-191312/