The Beginning of School Library Reform in Post-War Japan : 1945-47

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  • 戦後日本における学校図書館改革の着手 : 1945-47
  • センゴ ニホン ニ オケル ガッコウ トショカン カイカク ノ チャクシュ 1945 47

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In this study, the school library reform in the early years of the American occupation of Japan, from the end of WWII to May 1947, was examined through historical papers found in both the US and Japan and through interviews with pioneers working in school libraries at the time. According to the papers, which discussed educational reform, formation of the new subject curriculum, the formulation of the Enforcement Regulations of the School Education Law, and the invitation of the school library consultant, both the Japanese and the Americans in the head offices recognized the need for school libraries in the fall of 1946. According to the accounts of the interviewees, teachers and students began to seek facilities for reading support before the spring of 1947. Then, the arrival of Graham in the spring of 1947 as the school library consultant made the movement of the school library reform the collaboration of both the concerned Japanese and Americans. Graham worked to educate and enlighten Japanese educators and librarians about the school library, for example, through their editing of the School Library Handbook, and took a leadership for beginning the reform.

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