Linking School Libraries and Literacy
This paper presents additional information from our 2009 survey of young people’s reading and writing – for more information see the full reportYoung People’s Reading and Writing: An in-depth study focusing on enjoyment, behaviour, attitudes and attainment to be published October 2010.
To support the School Library Commission’s evidence base, this short paper explores what young people think about school libraries – do they use them? If yes, why? If not, why not? It also outlines how school library usage differs according to background demographics and reading attainment, and how it relates to wider enjoyment of reading, attitudes towards reading and reading frequency.
The results are based on an online survey of 17,089 pupils aged 8 to 16 from 112 schools, which we conducted in November – December 2009.
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