School libraries in Bavaria Demands Role of State

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School librariesin BavariaDemandsRole of
State

• Martin Sachse, OStR

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PISA 2000 / PISA 2003

• Weiß, Manfred / Steinert, Brigitte (2001)
  Institutional guidelines and their active
  realization The perspective of the head
  teachers. In PISA 2000. Ed. German
  PISA-Consortium. Opladen Leske Budrich, pp
  427-454
• A positive remark Meanwhile, many schools have a
  school library on their own, even though the
  situation in secondary schools is much better
  than in primary schools. More than 2/3 of the
  Hauptschulen have a classroom library. p 442

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Equipments and measures to promote reading in
German schools () p 442
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PISA 2003
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PIRLS / IGLU
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PIRLS / IGLU-E
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PIRLS / IGLU
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Innovations and conclusions The Bavarian school
libraries

• Development of new curricula.
• Hauptschule Realschule
  Gymnasium
• Promotion of day care schools that hold classes
  all day.
• Lessons of repetition and intensification.

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Announcement of the Bavarian state ministry,
November 17th, 2003Working at and with school
libraries in Bavaria

• Introduction importance of promoting reading at
  and with school libraries UNESCO-manifesto
  development of school libraries into multimedia
  centers of information, knowledge and
  communication
• Connection with the announcement of August, 7th,
  2003 Media education and IT at school

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Announcement of the Bavarian state ministry,
November 17th, 2003Working at and with school
libraries in Bavaria

• Purpose of school libraries
• Joy of reading independent learning finding
  information, judging and working with it working
  at and with school libraries as a duty of all
  subjects (incl. mathematics, biology, )
• Amalgamation of all libraries at school.
• Co-operation with public libraries.
• Encouragement of children who emigrated from
  foreign countries.

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Announcement of the Bavarian state ministry,
November 17th, 2003Working at and with school
libraries in Bavaria

• Equipment
• Making suitable rooms available, establishment of
  places for reading and working, financing
  equipment in the long term.
• Integration and founding of associations
  supporting libraries.

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Announcement of the Bavarian state ministry,
November 17th, 2003Working at and with school
libraries in Bavaria

• Tasks of representatives (1)
• Responsibility for equipment.
• Making an inventory and a catalogue.
• Establishing the stock, conserving and expanding
  the collection.
• Organizing the borrowing of media.
• Support of and didactical-methodological advice
  for teachers.
• In-school training courses.
• Co-operation with public libraries.

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Announcement of the Bavarian state ministry,
November 17th, 2003Working at and with school
libraries in Bavaria

• Tasks of representatives (2)
• Training, among others at the Bavarian Academy
  for teacher training (Dillingen).
• Support by other employees and persons (incl.
  pupils and parents).
• Teaching and learning at and with the school
  library
• Promotion of reading competence.
• Working on projects.

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Reading promotion and school libraries
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• School libraries in Bavaria
• FAQs and didactics of school library
• Representatives Tasks and workplace
• Qualification of representatives
• Equipment
• Establisihing the stock, conservation
• Administration and OPAC (Online Public Access
  Catalogue)
• Software
• Systematic organization
• Rules of library
• Co-operation with public libraries
• Contact addresses

School libraries
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Manual

• Organization
• Co-operation school
• library / public library
• Equipment and
• administration
• Educational
• possibilities
• Glossary
• Literature
• Addresses, Links

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Development of materials and concepts for German
(reading and writing) as a duty of all subjects

• Project of the Standing Conference
• of the Ministers of Education and
• Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the
• Federal Republic of Germany (KMK),
• leadership Bavaria (ISB).
• Collection and development of representative
  examples.
• More than 10 publications, e. g. Reading
  competence in sciences or Reading competence at
  school School libraries and co-operation with
  publishers

? ProLesen ( ProReading)
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Thank you very much for your kind attention!

• For further information and for receiving this
  presentation please write to
• Martin.Sachse_at_isb.bayern.de