The reality of employing school libraries in the educational process in Jordan from teachers and librarians’ perspectives

The study’s objective is to investigate the reality of library activities within the curriculum, the frequency of library classes in school schedules, and identify the levels of use of libraries and their contribution to education. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used. The total library activities within the topics taught in the first ten stages were no more than 92 activities. There is no structured methodology for distributing library activities in the curriculum in all grades. Thus, the employment of libraries in the educational process was weak. Also, the link between libraries and the curriculum prescribed was weak. The study contributes to filling the gaps between the concept of school library education and the reality of school libraries in the educational process. The study recommended that the library activities be sufficiently included in curricula for all grades to allocate library classes in the weekly program for learning library skills.