본 연구는 미국 지역 교육구 학교도서관 담당관의 지위 및 역할을 소개하고 이를 우리나라 실정에 맞는 인력으로 활용하고자 함에 그 목적을 두었다. 연구 진행을 위해 문헌조사법, 관찰법, 설문조사법과 인터뷰법을 시행하였으며, 그 결과 사서교사의 업무를 강화시키고, 지역 내 학교도서관을 효율적으로 관리, 지원함에 있어서 학교도서관 담당관의 역할이 절실히 요구됨을 확인하였다. 따라서 우리나라에서도 지역별 학교도서관 담당관 직위의 비치를 통해 학교도서관 활성화를 꾀할 수 있음을 확신한다. 설문조사의 결과, 학교도서관 담당관의 전공은 문헌정보학이 중심이 되어야 하며, 문헌정보학에 대한 해박한 지식 뿐 아니라 테크놀러지 지식, 교육자로서의 자질, 관리자로서의 리더쉽, 커뮤니케이션 기술, 사서교사를 대변하는 대변인으로서의 자질이 요구되었다.
This study is about the position and role of the school district library media director in the USA in order to introduce and promote this position in Korea. It will help support the “Master Plan for Promoting School Library: Making Good School Library" launched by the Korean Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development. For the research, the position and role of the school district library media director was researched by literature review, observation, questionnaire, and interview methods. Establishing the position of the school library media director in districts is necessary to promote school libraries in Korea. Finally, it suggests that the major of the school district library media director is library and information sciences. The school library media director should have technology knowledge, educational skills, leadership as an administrator, strong communication skills with their school librarians, advocator skill as well as have a wide knowledge in library and information sciences.
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