Social Information Science and the School Library

Abstract

The paper discusses the correlation between Social Information Science and the school library by expanding the social activities of the school library and building a unique self-help section. This new section will include direct social information as well as belles lettres for support and encouragement A model of such a section was built in 1996 in a school library in Or Yehuda, Israel. It was very successful. Most of the pupils expressed interest in the new section: there was a significant increase in reading, mainly among the boys The subjects that most of the young readers were interested in were: general teenage problems, death, and sex. The new section became an attractive part of the library and of the whole school. Building such a section in schools will expand the activities of the librarian and increase the social contribution of the library to the community.