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http://dx.doi.org/10.4275/KSLIS.2018.52.4.137

A Qualitative Study on the Awareness of Makerspaces Operation among School Library Professionals  

Jung, Youngmi (동의대학교 인문사회과학대학 문헌정보학과)
Kang, Bong-Suk (대구 서부고등학교)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science / v.52, no.4, 2018 , pp. 137-161 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is identify the awareness and opinion of school librarians and teacher-librarians on the school library maker space. To do this, we used a semi-structured questionnaire to interview and analyzed in-depth telephone interviews of 7 school library professionals qualitatively. The recognition of makerspaces, the necessity of transforming school libraries into makerspaces and maker education, preparations and difficulties of implementation were investigated through the interview. As the result of interview analysis, school library professionals recognized that school library makerspace is essential to fulfill the users needs and important to enhance the library services. Also, school library professionals felt that it is desirable for the school library to function as a center for the in-school maker education program. Other important issues of the makerspace in school library were also identified. The key findings of this study are expected to be used as a momentum to activate the maker education centering on the school library.
Keywords
Makerspace; Maker Education; School Library; STEAM; Industry4.0;
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