The Role of Library and Media Teachers in Malaysian School Resource Centre

Abstract

Library and media teachers should be clear with the role of school resource centre has a direct relationship with the implementation of the curriculum and co-curricular programmes at the school level. Thus, many tasks that needs to be focused to ensure that school resource centre facilities can be leveraged by students and teachers.This study explores the role of library and media teachers in Malaysia. The findings are intended to help library and media teachers to improve their image. Consequently, corrective necessary measures should emerge, capable of improving the overall educational environment in Malaysia schools system. An anonymous survey was sent to the 50 library and media teachers in the Terengganu, Malaysia. 100% respondents completed the questionnaire. The study revealed that all schools in Malaysia not employ full-time and adequately trained professional school librarians and often teachers without proper professional library or information science training manage their school resource centre. As these teachers are also expected to take full teaching load and other tasks assigned by their school management, they have limited of time to the school resource centre.Evidence from the results of studies shows the impact of school library programmes on academic performance provide support on the need for professionally trained and credentialed school library media specialists.

Keywords: Library and Media Teacher, School Resource Centre, Teacher Librarian, School Libraries