SMART SCHOOL LIBRARY
INDICATIONS FROM THE PORTUGUESE CASE
Keywords:
School libraries, information literacy, Smart Library, RBE Portugal, digital transformationAbstract
The school library has been evolving in response to the demands of contemporary society, integrating education, technology, and information, and playing a key role in the development of information and digital literacy. This study aims to characterize the convergence of pedagogical, digital, and political-institutional guidelines in the consolidation of a smart school library model. This is a qualitative, descriptive study based on a documentary analysis of institutional documents from the Portuguese School Library Network (RBE), employing thematic analysis for data organization and interpretation. The results indicate that the pedagogical dimension stands out for its integration into the curriculum and the critical education of students, the digital dimension for the incorporation of technologies and innovation into services, and the political-institutional dimension for the presence of guidelines and instruments that support these practices. It is concluded that there is an interconnection among the analyzed dimensions, highlighting the consolidation of a smart school library model aligned with current demands, which is still under development and requires future empirical research.