Abstract:
School libraries should be properly monitored and enriched with well-trained teacher
librarians. It would be an immense strength to achieve the development goals of the country.
However, previous literature highlighted that there is a lacuna towards the attention of
school libraries and training needs of teacher librarians. Present study is aimed to present
the outcome of a capacity building program conducted for teacher librarians of the Akuressa
educational zone of Sri Lanka. Present study summarises new concepts that 51 teacher
librarians learnt, and aspects that they are confident in implementing as prospective
activities in their schools. It can recommend conducting capacity building programs
frequently with proper monitoring and dissemina
community. Depending on the feedback of the participants and results, it can suggest that
conducting capacity building programs in a cyclic manner is better than conducting
instructor-led trainings occasionally. Similarly, the outcome of the present study can be
monitored, and the next outreach activity can get insights from the experience learnt from
the present capacity building program. At the same time, policy makers and educational
authorities must pay enough attention towards the wellbeing of school libraries and the
quality of teacher librarians in the country.
