Being essential: Library values, educational beliefs, and social justice principles that improve and sustain school libraries

Carol Gordon

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2022), Research into Practice

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2022)

Being essential: Library values, educational beliefs, and social justice principles that improve and sustain school libraries

Research into Practice

Published 2022-09-23

Dr Carol A. Gordon⁺⁻

Dr Carol A. Gordon

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Essential
School
Library
Values
Principles

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Being essential: Library values, educational beliefs, and social justice principles that improve and sustain school libraries. (2022). Synergy, 20(2). https://www.slav.vic.edu.au/index.php/Synergy/article/view/627

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In a further exploration of The Essential School Library concept Dr Gordon considers the values and principles that underpin quality, essential school library services. The article has a particular focus on the data from the 2018 ‘Massachusetts School Library Study: Equity and Access for Student of the Commonwealth’.

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