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School Libraries As An Effective Instrument For Achieving Academic Excellence
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1.7 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1) Has any impact of such library on its patron?
2) Does reading culture and skills acquired impact on the performance of the students?
3) To what extent do the collections imparts knowledge on the users?
4) What are the services provided by the school library?
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
1)
According to the new Lexicon Webster Dictionary, school is a community
of those who teach and those who are taught, especially one of the
education of children, usually housed in a building design and equipped
for this purpose. The purpose to be achieved is transmission of
knowledge, cultural and social values which are acceptable from one
generation to another. Also all these should be recorded and preserved
in book and other information carrying media, which are collected and
preserved by the library for the users to make use of.
2) Library
is defined as a room or building housing a collection of books usually
arranged according to some plan. Such collection of book on related
topics issued by a publisher.
3) Education: Is a process of
teaching training and learning especially in schools to improve
knowledge and develop skills. Example Nursery, primary, secondary and
higher education.
4) School libraries are an information agency,
they provide ready access to this information and is indispensable to a
pupils or students advancement or self development. The right
information at the right time, at the right place to improves the
ability of a student, pupils or teacher.
5) Questionnaire: It
defined as set of question relating to the aim of the study and the
hypothesis to be tested to which the respondents are expected to answer
in writing.
6) Sampling techniques: Is a techniques or method
used to minimize error and bias in the study. It also the method that
all the elements have equal probability of being selected for
investigation.
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