Impact of Library on Students Achievement

THE IMPACT OF LIBRARIES ON STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT Presented to the ability of the De expoundment of management sciences IQRA University Gulshan C adenineus In the fulfillment of the course Writing question Report BBA Morning Program Submitted to Dr. Imran Khan By Faiza Salam (6067) Spring (2013) add-in of Contents summary 1. 0 Introduction 1. 1 Background to the train 1. 2 Statement of problem .. 1. 3 Objective of the interpretation 1. 4 interrogation Questions 1. Signifi tidy sumce of the vignette 1. 6 Limitations and delimitation of the believe .. . 1. 7 Review of related lit epochture . 1. 8 research Methodology . 1. 9 Sampling Technique . 1. 10 Research Instruments 1. 11 Instruments Reliability 1. 12 Ethical considerateness 1. 13 Research action .. 1. 14 Data Analysis and Statistical Tools 1. 5 Findings .. 1. 16 intervention .. 1. 17 Recommendations based on findings . 1. 18 Recommendations for future findings .. 1. 19 final stage References Appendices T he force of depository library on Students Achievement Abstract Keywords program subroutine program library, field of operation, education, facilities, computers, achievement, naturalize-age childs 1. 0 Introduction This interrogation is about The tinct of library on learners achievement.To mean solar day libraries argon essential for the take, colleges, and universities beca function it has much than extend to on the savants achievement. Now students be visualiseing to a greater extent leave behindingness to appeal to a greater extent entropy which is helpful or useful for the students in their achievement. In this instruction or providing to a greater extent libraries in the institutions is also enhancing the students and instructors. By, get more valid tuition related to a subject which helps the students to be more confident about their works. In this earthly concern can give more cartridge holder in getting issueledge.In library, thither ar adequa te books, magazines, CDs which are very supportive in collecting information and computers in library are very essential deduct of library because of as per imp all everywhereishment and requirement of the students. 1. 1 Background to the instruct It has been said that books are the friends of a person. They erect to the meditateer with in cleverness knowledge and polishes his being. This interrogation study is providing an overview or evidence that how libraries support students training and findings based on the quantitative students survey responses. Historically, public libraries beat a strong tradition in Anglo-American societies.Libraries were first introduced in North American societies. And now libraries are the essential part of roughly(prenominal) society or any institute. Todd and kuhlthau describe that the study on the carry on of library on students achievement is the duplication of the get together States study in 2003, students through Ohio school librar ies, and this research is conducted by the philia for international scholarship in school libraries at Rutgers, The state university of refreshed Jersey (as cited in Lyn Hay, 2004). In recent years a bang-up deal of activity in libraries has been dedicated to design, implementation and breakment of the library.Many of the library providing to the students online attack catalogs (OPACs). It is also providing access to the internet journals belongings and enable outside user to decide that which journals are hold by the library and what are the search engines (Moore, 2000). Furthermore, any library program in which if there is sufficient staff, bounteous re microbes and adequately equipped so, in this way students can easily access to the achievement in spite of socioeconomic and education levels of community (school libraries work 2004, p. 6). Library history was an accepted chastisement at library in every developed country. Now days with the rearment of the information te chnology public can easily access to whatever they want related to their subject. People were rarely attending the library, some prison term facilitators or professors became the mean of information regardless of the library. Many of the authors has already been done in researching the history of the library but there is abundance of scope for more (Harrison, why library history? )In additional, in this era library is the essential part of any institution because people are utilise to searching in a peaceful environment and where is the enough verities of books, magazines, articles and a lot of worldwide knowledge. 1. 2 Statement of the Problem intimately likely, students are interested in the unconditional learning environment that supports students learning. Libraries are acting almost master(prenominal) role in the achievement of the student. Gradually, student success is in the achieving a good grades and library many cartridge holder help a student for borrowing a boo ks and related items.The verifying and peaceful environment of the library attracts the learners attention towards achievement. We need to know that how library is satisfying a good role in students performance and success. 1. 3 Objective of the excogitate The quarry of my research sound projection is to find out the impact of library on the students achievement and how students are getting the library as a useful and helpful for them in achieving their targeted goal or to know the students interest and extra recitation habit. Through this study we can determine the pointor which helps good reader and poor reader. 1. 4 Research Questions i) In the perception of students what role libraries plays in schoolman and well-disposed life? (ii) How the libraries are helpful in acquiring command over knowledge and implementing in practical life? 1. 5 Significance of the Study The significance of the study is to examine the splendour of library in institutions for the students in th eir success. This study determine the students perception about the libraries impressiveness and it is also help to chthonian stem that in recent years library has become very infallible for students in aspect of providing facilities, valid information and sufficient knowledge related to any subject.As more time is exhausted in using internet and social gathering students have no more extra interlingual rendition habits. 1. 6 Limitations and Delimitations of the Study This study is peculiar(a) to the students of universities in Karachi. The limited respondents of the research are about 45 almost. This study is restricted to complete in a given time period. This is an academic research only. 1. 7 Related to Literature Review The recap is taking on the behalf of previous research of Australian school library Association. It was conducted in time period of four weeks November and December 2004.This study was about the kin between libraries and students achievement. Williams an d Wavell stated that some netherstanding is necessary to express the value of school library, this review also demonstrate the received findings and consequences (Chan, 2008). In the previous researches this study shows the positive relationship between school libraries and students academic achievement. It is the fact that so many studies, in surroundings thousands of schools and universities are providing a persuasive evidence for the value of libraries (Cahn, 2008).In the get together sates the Australian librarian becomes a library media specialist and in England and Scotland, the traditionally role of librarian does non include. Reynolds and Carroll (2001) stated that a librarian is a specialist in a special class room, who needs to be very experienced and expert and must have specialist teacher librarianship training. The term specialist, library teacher or library professional is used to avoid the confusion or determine the staff of the library (as cited in Lonsdale, 2003 ).According to the fling (2001a), Lance nonice that Alaska is the first study that verifies the importance of the library teacher as a teacher of information, literacy and their impact on the students achievement (as cited in Lonsdale, 2003). This study is so far conducted to show the benefits of the school libraries where the students have positive and involved environment for increasing the reading habits and getting the most possible benefits closest to their achievement by canvass the results of those schools where libraries are non-existence.Since 2000, ten major studies (in Alaska, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Texas, Oregon, Massachu fit outts, Scotland, Michigan, Iowa and New Mexico) have observed the positive impact of libraries on students achievement. Particularly, the great part of the research has been taken in the united sates (Lonsdale, 2003). The authors of Colorado study applied their methodological analysis across different states of USA. In a study performed in Ala ska, it was put up that librarians are the information empowered, because librarians are playing three roles they are teachers, information specialist and administrators who motivated or empowers the students and others teachers to gather the more and more information and meet academic achievement (Lance, Hamilton-Pennell & Rodney, 1999). Furthermore, libraries are playing most eventful role in providing the broad range of reading resources and for those students who cannot afford to buy sensitive reading materials day by day and for those parents who cannot provide their children such range of reading materials.Libraries are without any nonrecreational or free of cost facilitating those who have strong reading habits. If literacy is not outrankd in the perfect structure and if newly obtained literacy skills will not frequently used and improved, so there are more panoramas that literacy skills can b convert in illiteracy in this way the huge participation in educational in stitutes will be wasted.Singh (2003) points out the importance of the library in the literacy level and achievement of students most of the libraries are not providing support to the neo literate, unless they are provided the efficient support to provide to the readers an effective reading materials otherwise they may again fall in the course of study of illiterates. Library is playing a vital role in providing learning and reading materials (Singh, 2003) Obviously, it is much better to have a single set of books in a classroom rather than to have nothing.In order to improve or to enhance the reading habit among students, for this they must have to provide a wide range of attractive reading materials. These needs should b changed time to time to keep the interest of the students. Alternatives models should b designed to enhance the library based resources. Library models that provide verities of books are very customary among the students. According to Krolak, libraries are the p erfect place that provides to students an effective and attractive environment. They have easy access to the run their needs related to reading habits.A lucky library has number of books, newspaper, audio and videos, magazines etc. Mostly libraries are centrally located and easily accessible by the students and general public. Libraries are the place which provides very friendly and peaceful environment, with work oriented and all the time available with qualified staff. Some students have bad memories of schools and have electronegative attitude towards study. They are encouraged to come libraries and enjoy the non-reading activities to watch videos and to yoke the discussion groups, it would be the first step to back to the study (Krolak, 2005).Moreover, Lance et al. (1999) using three analytical techniques i. e. cross tabulation, comparison of means, correlativity. Library media program are characterized as a predictor of academic achievement. It is also examined that great power be in send out effect on academic achievement. After evaluating the direct and indirect effects of librarians on students academic achievement. Perhaps, the outstanding factor that affects the impact of libraries on students achievement is correlation of the libraries and librarian that is explosion of the information. Particularly, this relationship is based on digital resources.If there would be a quality of digital or media resources students or general public can be more interested in study, or this much information would be available on internet in this way the role of library even become more important than in the past (Lonsdale, 2003) Henri (1999) described the term information literature school communities as an admittedly unclear collection of the factors, attributes, goals are necessary in an environment in which focus is on the learning and that unclearness is due to the complexness of school communities and developing the nature of literacy information.As a result , it is most likely that literacy information cannot be concise because it is more like a large version. This has implication on the development programs (as cited in Moore). In addition, libraries are being most important in terms of supporting literacy and they may also play a role in the development of the society. It is stated that The granting immunity to read is essential in our countrys democracy. But it is continuously under pressure and for this private sectors and public authorities are doing many efforts to removing the barriers in the reading society or to abate the limit access to reading materials.To increase or edit the contents in schools to label the moot views, to make the list of the most important books and authors and to clean the libraries. Then, some actions evidently rise from a view that these efforts are not valid that the alter and containment are needed to counter the threats to safely or national security, to remove the rebellion of the politics and corruption of ethics. We as individual need to stand up for this and as librarian and publishers it is the responsibility that they need to come up with the new and disseminating ideas.And they wish to declare the public interest in preserving the freedom to read. (Alabamas school library media handbook for the 21st ampere-second learner, office 1, p. 3) Moreover, libraries are more essential 1. 8 Research Methodology in that respect are deuce kinds of methodology, one is quantitative and other is qualitative. Quantitative or qualitative research selection determines the method is to be applied to psychoanalyze data (Dawson, 2002). in this study, quantitative methodology will be use because it will collect, analyze and interpret data by recording statistical data.This study will conducted in over Karachi through the questionnaire survey and the amaze is to make specific from generalization based on study of a couple of(prenominal) variables those will b examined through close d-ended questionnaire. Those outcomes will be explored, analyzed and sight after identification of the factors from researches. 1. 9 Sampling Technique Sampling is an important element to consider with respect of time saving with tight deadlines to meet. As there are few people involved in this study so the data can be organized in so suitable and manageable way.Results will be available quickly as sample is relatively small. Selection of sample involves deciding which technique is fascinate in order to select more good. Mainly, there are two basic sampling techniques which are sampling technique and non-luck technique. In probability sampling technique each member of population has equal chance of selection. On the other hand, non-probability defines that the selection is unknown. In this study, non-probability technique is using and under non-probability technique convenience sampling is considered and 50 respondents participated in the survey. . 10 Research Instrument Data coll ection through questionnaire has advantages to some extent over other methods. As this study is based on quantitative methodology so the instrument will must n questionnaire. Questionnaire can manufacture in three types i. e. open-ended, closed-ended and mixture of both (Dawson, 2002). Questionnaire is consisting on set of statements against respondents were asked to crown of thorns only one option. 1. 11 Instruments Reliability 1. 12 Ethical Consideration In any research, most importance and consideration is given to ethics.In formation of questionnaire, care was taken to ensure that question that asked were ingenuous and straightforward. As far as possible, ambiguity of question asked were avoided. Questions that required more clarity were so modified to provide simple and precise meaning. The respondents should be must participate voluntary and all the respondents have right to look at from study anytime and no researcher is allowed to force their respondent to participate. I mpact of Library on Students Achievement Dear Respondent,I am conducting a research on The Impact of Library on Students Achievement. It will be a great support for me if you could spend fifteen proceedings in filling out this questionnaire, which is based on 15 questions. beguile help by kindly respond to this questionnaire as accurately as possible. The information gathered will be used for academic research only. Thank you for your time to complete the questionnaire. Your participation will be kept confidential. A Demographic Profile ( entertain tick v one that leave to you) 1. What is your age? . Under 20 b. 20-23 c. 24-27 d. 28-31 e. 32-35 f. Over 36 2. What is your gender? a. male person b. Female 3. What is your profession? a. Student b. Professional/Business c. Unemployed d. Others 4. Which part of country do you live? a. Urban b. Rural B please rate the importance of the following consideration 5 points Likert scale. Where 1= powerfully disagree 2=disagree 3=agree 4=st rongly agree Sr. No Items Strongly Disagree Disagree break Strongly Agree 1 The library has helped me to learn more fact about my topic. 2 The library has helped me workout the main ideas I bring in library. 3 The information I have found in library has helped me become more interested in my topic. 4 The information in the library has helped me decide what I need to do new with my topic. 5 The library has helped me to know how to use different kind of source like magazines computer CDs. 6 The library has helped me to talk more in the class discussion. 7 The library has helped me to think harder about my project assignment. 8 Things I have learnt in library have helped me study at home. 9 The library has helped me when I do not date something. 10 The library has helped me when I have personal concern and issues. 11 The library has helped me to get better grades in quizzes and exams. 12 The library has helped me sprightliness mo re confident about my topic. 13 The library has helped me feel more confident for asking assistance. 14 The library has helped me more interested in computers. 15 The library has helped me get more organized with my ideas. 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