The Principal Roles in Making an Excellent School Library

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201221.027How to use a DOI?

Keywords

principal role, excellent library, school library

Abstract

This research aims to describe the role of principals in realizing an excellent school library. The research was conducted in the Prapanca Library State High School 2 Bantul. Informants in this research consist of the principal, the head of the library, the library staff, and the teacher. The data collection using interviews, observation, and documentation techniques while the data validity using the source and techniques triangulation. Data is processed using interactive analysis techniques that include data collection, data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results of this study show that the role of principals in realizing an excellent school library is shown in three aspects. First, as an innovator, it means being able to develop all components of the school library that have an advantage based on accreditation criteria and participate in competitions at the national level. In policymaking, the principal has not engaged all existing staff. The most dominant role in achieving these achievements is the principal’s policy in funding for library development of 10% of the School Revenue and Expenditure Budget Plan (RAPBS). Second, as a motivator, it means that the principal always prioritizes innovation activities, provides technical guidance for library staffs, gives confidence to library staffs in the implementation of their duties, rewards achievement, provides verbal disciplinary penalties for those who break the rules, and conducts regular monitoring and evaluation activities to improve the performance of library workers. The briefing and technical instruction activities have not been thorough, so that there is a work implementation that still encounters obstacles. Third, as the creator of culture and working climate. The principal emphasized to the library staff to provide excellent service to the students, instill the values and norms that all school residents must adhere to, establish intensive communication with all school residents and the surrounding community, and strive to preserve the local culture by providing a cultural space containing a collection of library materials about regional culture and regional clothing mannequins. Currently, the immersing of values and norms has not been thorough for the citizens of the school, so there are still violations of agreed values and norms.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Meilina Bustari
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/22
TI  - The Principal Roles in Making an Excellent School Library
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Yogyakarta International Conference on Educational Management/Administration and Pedagogy (YICEMAP 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 123
EP  - 127
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201221.027
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201221.027
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