The Welten Institute of the Open University Netherlands and Meles Meles School Library Service host the 44th Annual International Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship incorporating the 19th International Forum on Research in School Librarianship: The school library rocks — living it, learning it, loving it!
Subthemes
· The school library as a space and place: meeting, sharing, discussing. Collaborative learning and growing.
· The school library as learning environment: 24/7 access to materials, resources, teachers, electronic learning environment and more.
· The school library as laboratory: experience and discovery in science, arts and media‐education
· The school library as a window to the world: reading, writing and communication
The International Association of School Librarianship http://iasl-online.org annual conference is taking place in Maastricht, Netherlands from June 28 – July 2, 2015 and we are calling for submissions of abstracts for papers and posters. The conference theme – The School Library Rocks: living it, learning it, loving it reflects the focus on pupils and students in libraries and in promoting school media centres in schools worldwide. Find out more by visiting the http://www.iasl2015.org website, emailing [iasl2015@meles.nl], liking our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/iasl2015/ or following us on Twitter @iasl2015.
Aim & Scope of the conference
School librarianship, Information & Media Literacy and Lifelong Learning.
The conference aims to bring together researchers, information professionals, media specialists, educators, policy makers, employers and all other related parties from around the world to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss current issues, recent developments, standards, techniques, challenges, theories, and good practices.
Objectives / Goals (but not limited) of the Conference are
· Advocate the important role of the school library function in compulsory education in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, rest of Europe and globally
· Bring together stakeholders and influence the decision-making process for the implementation of school libraries and school library training
· Professionalise school librarians, teachers and other stakeholders
· Promote exchange and sharing of information on school librarianship
· Promote IASL and its role in school librarianship in the region
· Offer a platform physically and online for school library professionals to meet, create networks and make friends
· Arouse bustle and an atmosphere of ‘revitalisation’ of the school library
· Give all participants a backpack full of information, ideas, friendships and positive feelings to take home with them
We kindly invite school and teacher librarians, researchers in the field of school librarianship, educators, teachers, principals, school administrators, educational technologists, and all interested in the field of education, libraries, (media and information) literacy to submit a proposal for a paper, poster or workshop linked to our general theme and / or one of the subthemes.
Important Dates
First call: October 15, 2014
Abstract submission: December 1, 2014
Notification of acceptance: February 1, 2015
Full paper submission: April 1, 2015
Paper Submissions
The conference will be composed of several types of contributions, such as full research papers, professional papers, posters, workshops. Papers have a time allocation of 30 minutes (20 minutes for presentation, 10 minutes for questions); workshops 90 minutes and for posters there is a 90 minutes dedicated timeslot for short introductions and poster sessions during the lunch breaks.The conference includes a dedicated research strand of multiple timeslots (depending on the number of papers). Abstracts should be submitted per email submissions-iasl2015@ou.nl using the templates attached to this call by December 1, 2014. This call will also be available through the Conference website. At least one of the authors should register online via the Conference website and take part in the conference to present the paper. The proceedings of the conference will become available online for all participants of the conference.
Looking forward to your contributions to and participation in the Conference.
Submissions Contact submissions-iasl2015@ou.nl
General contact iasl2015@meles.nl
On behalf of the organising committee IASL 2015:
Welten Institute Open Universiteit Nederland | http://www.ou.nl/web/welten-institute
Meles Meles SMD | http://onderwijsmediatheek.nl
Lourense H. Das, Conference Director IASL 2015