The Institutional Framework of Literacy: Reconceptualizing the Role of School Libraries in Secondary Education

Abstract

This study looks at how schools handle reading skills, especially how school libraries are often not used to their potential. In developing places school libraries are seen as just storage rooms instead of lively places for learning and growing reading skills. Using ideas from institutions and society this paper sees school libraries as learning centers that are key for building thinking skills doing research on one’s own and getting a wide range of reading abilities in secondary school students. The study checks the rules building setups and cultural habits that stop libraries from working well in secondary schools. The results point out that putting libraries into the main lesson plans improving digital tools and giving more power to skilled librarians are vital steps to bring secondary education into the modern age. In the end the paper gives ideas for leaders and policymakers to change school libraries so that a stronger system, for lasting reading skills and student success can be built.