Last year, 93 percent of all students had access to a school library. But the average staffing is 11 hours per week, which means that the libraries are only available for about 2 hours per day.
Of 3,283 school libraries, only 76 percent have some form of staffing, despite the fact that from July this year, there is a law on staffed school libraries.
Additionally, two out of three of the employees in school libraries lack a degree in library and information science. If the government does not act, the law will become a paper law, says Anna Troberg.
In DIK's new library report, it is stated that every third school librarian reports that they have a position that is shared between several different schools, and that some are responsible alone for up to six schools. It is also stated that school librarians on average have sole responsibility for 705 students – while DIK's recommendation is that there should be one full-time employed school librarian per 300 students in elementary school and 400 students in high school.
KB's survey has been answered by 6,239 school units, which is 96 percent of the country's total number.
