Effective School Library Applications As A Transformative Force for Change in School Community

Abstract

FMV Erenköy Işık High School-Science High School Library is a place for learning that provides an environment for academic, social, cultural and personal development of all individuals who make up the school community. School library provides services to the school community through activities such as reading projects, symposiums, extended essay studies with International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB DP) students and information literacy program with 9-science 1 class students.  

Information Literacy Program includes 4 different sessions and based on Big6 skills. Literacy skills and digital citizenship, research steps, academic honesty and reporting processes provide students with the opportunity to improve their knowledge of literacy skills, which is one of the most important elements of 21^st century competencies. Evaluation of the program was carried out by implementation some technological applications (QR code, kahoot), pre-test and post-test surveys.