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The purpose of this research is to identify school administrators' approaches to information management in schools. Qualitative research method was used in the study. In the study, the maximum diversity sampling technique was used in determining the study group. The study group of the study consisted of fifteen school administrators working in primary schools in the province of Odunpazarı in Eskişehir province in the 2016-2017 school year. A semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher was used as data collection tool in the research. The interview form developed as a means of data collection in the survey was finalized in line with the expert opinion. In the analysis of the data, the content analysis technique was used and in the analysis process of the obtained data, the interview records were deciphered and analyzed. According to research findings, school administrators use more than one source to obtain new information about their duties, while most of them use internet and share information with colleagues, school administrators have new ideas about the information they have and this is done with the most experienced people, school administrators have the most archival system in order to keep information in their schools and then they record the information in writing and visually okul yöneticileri, bilgilerini çalışanları ile paylaşmakta, this sharing is realized mostly by talking in chat environment, school administrators thought to create information teams, information workers and information managers to use information more effectively, but most of the schools did not have such an application. This suggests that school administrators are adequate in acquiring, using and sharing information, but not enough to create information teams, knowledge workers and information managers to use the information more effectively. In order to use information more effectively, school administrators need to be given the necessary training and support to build information teams, information workers and information managers in schools.

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