Using the Image Drawing Method to Examine Student Perceptions of School Libraries

Abstract

This study examine, changes in the pictures university students drew of their school library over time while taking a course focusing on explaining the importance of school libraries. The results revealed an increase in the tendency of pictures to depict librarians; However, even so, librarians featured in only 12 of the 32 pictures drawn by the students. Since the importance of librarians was a focus of the course, there appears to be a need to improve the curriculum.