Examining awareness and utilization of digital content in Japanese schools via library administrators at elementary, junior high, and high schools

Authors

  • Yashio Uemura
  • Takenori Yamazaki
  • Eizaburo Yamazaki
  • Misaki Igarashi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/iasl7232

Keywords:

electronic resources, information technology, digitalization, reading

Abstract

The authors decided to focus on electronic resources within school libraries and examine current conditions and see what awareness there is of the broader issue of the digitalization of school libraries. we propose taking the survey results and focusing on school library administrators, examining their awareness and utilization of digital resources and how they relate to "reading" in general. Currently, digital resources are not available in about 70% of school libraries. However, nearly 50% of school library administrators indicated they would like to utilize digital resources. Additionally, it was found that around 70% of school library administrators consider reading of digital content to fall within the category of "reading".

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Published

2021-10-12