Evaluation of School Libraries According to IFLA Standards: (Case Study: Elementary Schools of Shiraz)

In this paper besides reviewing the condition of school libraries in Shiraz in elementary schools, they are compared in accordance with IFLA standards. Statistical sample in this research is 175 elementary schools in Shiraz selected randomly among 510 elementary schools in Shiraz. Of this, 76 boys’ schools and 75 girls’ school and 24 mixed schools were selected. Data collection instruments was a 45-question questionnaire that according to the nature of this research, for data analysis descriptive statistics including frequency, frequency percent and mean. The return percent of the questionnaire is 91.42%. The studied libraries are not in accordance with IFLA standards for school libraries in space, equipments, human resources, budget, set of books and etc criterions. The positive point in behavior of the authorities in these libraries is their hope to reflect the results of these researches and change in the condition of school libraries that is optimistic for improving the current condition.

School libraries, IFLA standards, Shiraz, Iran.