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Emerging Technologies or Technophobia in School Libraries Survey: Technology and Learning in School Libraries in Croatia

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This paper describes the results of a survey entitled "Technology and Learning in School Libraries” which was conducted among three hundred and twenty school librarians in Croatian schools during April and May 2014.The aim of the research is to show the relationship between standard indicators of ICT in elementary and secondary school libraries and the information literacy practices that are being developed in the learning process. Topics discussed: Information and Communication Technology and its usage by school librarians, Involvement in the educational process: promotion of multimedia, digital and Information Literacy, and the biggest challenge for the inclusion of technology in the learning process in libraries and/or schools. The research can contribute to the increase of the involvement of ICT in the educational process within the curricula of the Librarian-information program. The conclusion offers possible strategies for collaborative learning.

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Udina, K. (2014). Emerging Technologies or Technophobia in School Libraries Survey: Technology and Learning in School Libraries in Croatia. In: Kurbanoğlu, S., Špiranec, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D., Catts, R. (eds) Information Literacy. Lifelong Learning and Digital Citizenship in the 21st Century. ECIL 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 492. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14136-7_31

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