School Libraries: Technology Information Resources for Teachers
This pilot study involves 2 focus groups comprised of teachers, librarians, administrators and district directors from 2 New Jersey High Schools discussing the role of the library in their respective school environments. The specific focus of analysis is on how teachers use libraries/librarians to meet their information needs with regards to technology. An additional focus is to identify the constraints (first order and second order barriers) on teachers in meeting their information needs with regards to technology (with the library as the information resource). It was found that teachers use librarians as a central information resource when it comes to technology; various barriers to this information resource are identified . A preliminary typology was constructed that could be used to identify further areas of research on the information needs of teachers with regards to technology in school environments. (this is an abbreviated abstract).
Presider: Angela Rand, University of South Alabama