Husain  Hashim, Shamila Mohamed  Shuhidan, Mohd Sazili  Shahibi, Azma Asnawi Abd  Hakim, 
    Aligning the Roles of School Resource Centers with Student’s 21st Century
Skills Development in Malaysia: A Collaborative Approach,
    The Social Sciences,
    Volume 12,Issue 1,
    2017,
    Pages 29-34,
    ISSN 1818-5800,
    sscience.2017.29.34,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.29.34)
    Abstract: The 21st century skills are embedded in the Malaysian school curriculum to optimize the knowledge,
skills and competencies of its people in preparation to face the challenges of the competitive world ahead.
Consequently, the education trend has some how created a new gap that the school resource centers should
capitalize their potentials beyond the traditional ways, so as to venture into new roles. As none of the library
and media teachers who are professionally employed on a full-time basis, there are several issues arise
pertaining to a lack of time, knowledge and competencies that have caused further shortcomings in the service
provision processes including the delivery of information literacy programs. Taking into consideration of the
scenarios, it is proposed through this research a collaborative approach, enabling the library and media teachers
to create a strong partnership with classroom teachers and principals to fulfill the needs of teaching and
learning of the Malaysian education systems.
    Keywords: School resource center;21st century skills;collaborative approach;library and media teacher;teacher-librarian;school library