Thanks to the Association des Professeurs Documentalistes de l’Éducation Nationale (A.P.D.E.N.) there is now a French translation of the School Library Guidelines (2nd ed.)
They are now available in seven languages: Chinese, English, French, Hungarian, Portuguese, Norwegian and Swedish.
The proposal for a new book on school library education has been approved by IFLA and by the publisher DeGruyter Saur. The co-editors, Dr. Barbara Schultz-Jones (USA) and Dr. Dianne Oberg (Canada), will be issuing a call for chapter proposals later this month. Planned publication date June 2018. https://www.ifla.org/node/11803?og=52
The IMLS-funded Supporting Librarians in Adding Data Literacy Skills to Information Literacy Instruction project is a two-year project running from October 2015 through September 2017 to develop data and statistical literacy skills so librarians can better support critical comprehension skills in their students.
Over the course of the project, co-PIs Kristin Fontichiaro and Jo Angela Oehrli have partnered with data experts and with curriculum experts to identify mini-lessons, strategies, and “rules of thumb” that librarians can nimbly weave into their instruction. The project recognizes that librarians’ time (and that of their classroom colleagues) is limited and looks for the high-leverage practices with the greatest impact on student comprehension.
Here’s what you can get NOW
An online conference – see schedule: July 20-21, 2017<http://datalit.sites.uofmhosting.net/conference/schedule/>) and scroll down for last year’s conference archive!
Handbook<http://datalit.sites.uofmhosting.net/book/> of resources and strategies – chapters can be downloaded separately
Data Literacy ALA Poster Session for addressing fake news<http://datalit.sites.uofmhosting.net/2017/06/28/ala-poster-data-literacy-strategies-for-addressing-fake-news/>
The IASL School Library Research SIG invites you to the following sessions at the 2017 IASL Conference and Research Forum! California State University Long Beach 4-8 August
Saturday, August 5 2:00-3:30 pm.: A session on Doctoral Studies: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (and Then Some)! Presenters and mentors: Jennifer Branch-Mueller, Barbara Schultz-Jones, Melissa Johnston, Nancy Everhart, Ross Todd, Mihaela Banek Zorica, Albert Boekhorst, Karen Gavigan, Dianne Oberg.
Monday, August 7, 2:00-3:30 pm: A session on Education for Teacher-Librarianship: Anywhere, Anytime. Learn about collaborative PD, teaching with technology, teaching ethics, e-learning communities. Presenters: Karen Gavigan, Ross Todd, Barbara Schultz-Jones, Jennifer Branch-Mueller.
https://iaslconf2017.org/2015/09/25/welcome-to-the-2017-iasl-conference-and-research-forum/
The first volume in the IASL-Libraries Unlimited joint series, International Perspectives on School Libraries has been published
Here’s the link for more information and for making a purchase.
http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A4748P
The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS), the Information Literacy Section and the School Libraries Section, invite interested professional to submit proposals for the open session to be held during IFLA WLIC in Wrocklaw, Poland, from 19-25 August 2017.
Theme: ‘Media is Message: Critical use of Video in the Digital Age’
Full details here at http://2017.ifla.org/cfp-calls/avms-joint-with-infolit-and-school