スウェーデンの読書活動推進政策の展開

学校図書館へのアクセスと機能を中心にして

抄録

This paper examines the policies of school libraries within Sweden and recent trends in book-reading activities in order to obtain some suggestions for promoting book reading among children and youth within Japan. In the 2010 revision of Sweden's Education Act, every school is required to provide access to a school library. However, as there are no explicit definitions of school library or access to school libraries, relevant statistics vary according to the definitions used when data collected. While the Royal Library of Sweden evaluates facilities, such as the number of books and staff, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate assesses school libraries in terms of their functionality. Both government promotions of book-reading and municipal support for school libraries can be understood as securing children's educational rights. These findings are discussed in the context of school libraries and promoting book-reading within Japan.