Abstract
In this paper, drawing on the school library initiative of Seizaburo Nagayama, a supervisor at Ryukyu Islands' Ministry of Education, and the opinions expressed at the first Educational Research Conference, I confirmed that the Okinawa Educational Institution had received suggestions regarding information for the reformation of Okinawa school libraries. Using the report on the initiative published in the journal Ryukyu-bunkyo-jihou (1952-1972) and the opinions expressed at the 1955 Educational Research Conference and published in the journal Okinawa-Education (1955-1971), I clarified the influence and the "School Library Handbook (1948)" of the Ministry of Education, the "Standards for School Libraries (1949)" of the Ministry of Education and Kenji Matsumoto's essentialist theory on the process of school library reformation in the Okinawa Educational Institution. It was suggested the school library cooperation, for Nagayama. School library information was accepted, and the school library was understood as a standard for facilities and character formation of "the Theory of Zenjin-education".
