Monthly Archive for January, 2014

Report on primary education access

A new UNESCO report suggests it’ll be more than 70 years before all children have access to primary school. Here is the link to the UNESCO report http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/efareport/reports/2013/ Here is a summary from the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25811704 – it will be a 70-year wait before some children will be able to attend […]

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International Book Giving Day

Information about Book Giving Day Feb 14: http://www.thebookchook.com/2014/01/lets-celebrate-digital-learning-day-2014.html bookmark http://bookgivingday.com/2014/01/25/a-bookmark-for-potential-existing-bookworms/, bookplates http://bookgivingday.com/bookplates/, and http://bookgivingday.com/2014/01/19/a-promise/Thanks

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British study on pleasure reading impact

A study  carried out by the Centre for Logditudinal Studies, at the Institute of Education (one of the colleges of the University of London) supplies evidence that children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better at school than their peers.  Strong reading ability affected children’s scores in maths, […]

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French libraries access campaign

Vous êtes déjà plus de 8000 à avoir signé l’appel Ouvrons + les bibliothèques ! Aidez-nous à dépasser les 10000 au plus vite ! Les témoignages d’usagers, les marques de soutien de professionnels et les initiatives locales se multiplient. Lors de ses vœux à la presse le 21 Janvier dernier, […]

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Astrid Lindgren Award timetable

March 25: Announcement of the 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureate (s) at the National Library of Sweden at 1:00 pm CET. The announcement is broadcast live on www.alma.se/en and streamed live to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy. March 27: A presentation of the laureate at the Swedish Institute […]

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Studying students book

Foster, N. (2014). Studying students: A second look. Chicago: ACRL. This book presents ethnographic projects at the University of Rochester that examine how college students learn how to use technology and produce research papers. It also discusses the library’s role in the academy.

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Adult literacy bibliographies

Here are ALADIN Bibliographies on Adult Learning and Literacy in French, Arabic and Spanish that can be found in the ALADIN Adult Learning Links. ALADIN Bibliography on Adult Learning and Literacy in the French Speaking Countries (2005-2013) A list of titles in the area of adult education, literacy and lifelong […]

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