Roles of School Librarians in the Philippines

Dear School Librarians,

This is an international joint research Project about the roles of teacher librarians in their schools.

Your participation is extremely valuable for the successful completion of this Project & for the overall development of the teacher librarian profession in Asia.

The questionnaire is completely anonymous & the collected data will be used solely for this study.

Thank you for your participation.


If you should have difficulty in answering some of the questions, please feel free to contact:

*For enquiries: Patrick LO via SKYPE (at: Wotan455@hotmail.com) OR email: Wotan455@hotmail.com





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1. Part I. General information




1. Gender

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2. Age

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3. What is the highest degree you have obtained in librarianship?

Please select one or more items.

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4. In what type of school do you work?

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5. How many teachers (in total) are employed in your school?

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6. How many students (in total) are enrolled in your school?

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7. What type of school library do you currently work for?
(K12 schools are schools including both primary & secondary schools).

Please select only one answer.

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8. What is your official job title?

Please select only one answer.

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9. How many years (in total) have you been working in a school libraries?

Please select one option.

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10. What is the total number of staff, i.e., including yourself, employed in your school library?

Please select answers for all full-time &/or part-time staff.

  None 1 2 3 4 or more
Certified Librarian OR Teacher Librarian employed full-time in the library
Certified Librarian OR Teacher Librarian employed part-time in the library
Library Assistant OR Clerical Staff employed full-time in the library
Library Assistant OR Clerical Staff employed part-time in the library

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11. Number of book titles in printed format (i.e., including all collections: fiction, nonfiction & reference, etc.)

Please give an approximate number

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12. Number of periodical titles (i.e., including journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.)

Please give an approximate number.

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13. Number of AV titles (CDs, DVDs, HVRs, audio tapes…)

Please give an approximate number.

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14. Total number of online databases or E-resources subscribed.

Please give an approximate number.

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15. Number of E-books titles available.

Please give an approximate number.

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16. If your library collects some other types of resources, please specify what they are & give an approx. number of items. (If NOT, please SKIP this question).

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17. Does your library have any of the following technologies?

Please feel free to select more than one items from the list below.

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18. What is an average number of items (books or other resources) borrowed from your library daily?

Please select only one option.

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19. What type of class visit schedule applies to your school library?

Please select only one answer.

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20. What are the major reasons for the students to visit the school library?

Please feel free to select one or more answers.

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21. What is an average number of classes visiting your school library monthly?

Please give an approximate number of class visits.

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22. If you teach Information literacy and research skills how many lessons do you teach per month?

Answer this question only if you teach IL and research skills. If not, please SKIP this question and proceed to the Question #24.

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23. If you teach Information literacy & research skills, what is an average number of students in your classes?

Answer this question only if you teach IL & research skills. If not, please SKIP this question & proceed to the Part II, Question #24.

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