Institution:
Ministry of Education and Science (MEC). National Centre for Educational Information and Communication 

Madrid

Address:
Centro Nacional de Información y Comunicación Educativa
C/Torrelaguna, 58 
28027 Madrid
Tel.: 91-377 83 00
Fax: 91-368 07 09

Contact persons
(authors):
Natalia Bernabeu
Programa de Bibliotecas Escolares CIDE
General Oraa, 55
28006 Madrid
Fax: (91) 563 18 42
Mª Jesús Illescas,
Inés Miret, Joaquín Selgas (advisors of the Curriculum  Development Centre) 
Mª Jesús del Rio (advisor of the General Subdivision for Teachers Training)

Main contents



Introduction
"In this document  a set of proposals is presented,  whose objective is to establish an intervention framework general and consistent with regard to school libraries. ... the text is structured in 5 chapters:
·    The concept of school library, where features, functions and necessary requirements are fixed so that the school library achieves its educational goals.
·    The school library within the MEC [Ministry of Education and Science] management,  where the main initiatives that have been adopted in the last ten years for the promotion of school libraries are analysed.
·    The school library in the countries of our surroundings, where the models chosen by other countries are studied [...]
·    Conclusions, where data contributed from the perspective of how to draw up a plan adapted to the Spanish educational context are valued. 
·    Proposals aimed at defining a school library model fitted to the Spanish circumstances and establishing  action lines in order to promote the development of this model in the educational centres.
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... it has tried to provide a large framework for establishing a consistent intervention in the field of school libraries..." (p. 5-6)

I. the Educational reform and school libraries

II. the school library and its new conception

1. The school library: its objectives and functions

2. What respects assure that the school library works well
"The school library responsible has to promote and facilitate the exchange, spreading and  dissemination  of all types of information (administrative-legal, pedagogical and educational, cultural).
- To offer resources and chances for learning
The school library responsible cooperates with the other teachers on curriculum planning and development, in a teaching-learning process based on a plurality of educational resources. He/she suggests strategies, approaches and uses, spreads knowledge and promotes use of the all available  didactic materials.
In collaboration with the other teachers, he/she promotes independent and responsible learning... in order to tackle interdisciplinary issues and develop and implement cross-cutting themes.
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- To participate in the training of pupils on using information sources 
"The school library responsible organises, together with the teaching team, activities related to information use, with a disciplinary or interdisciplinary focus. He/she helps pupils identify, locate, select  documents pertinent to the search objectives. He/she initiates pupils  to learn and interpret  the different document types according to their  nature, support, level of arrangement, standard etc... Together with other teachers, he/she has to promote and develop the rearrangement of the retrieved information, enhancing its critical analysis. 
- To promote reading as entertainment and leisure medium" (p. 16)

3. Support services

III. The school library within the Ministry of Education and Science management

1. Administrative legal framework

2. Actions undertaken for the establishment  or development of school libraries

3. Educational documentation services

4. Collaboration within public libraries and school libraries

IV. The school library in the countries of our surroundings

V. Conclusions

VI. Proposals

1. Support network for school libraries

2. Action areas for setting up the network

3. Development phases of the program and concrete actions