In the UK, there was some talk of replacing librarians with students (!) so Scotland has launched a national strategy for school libraries. I thought this document would be of interest to many of us. Vibrant Libraries, Thriving Schools: A National Strategy for School Libraries in Scotland 2018-2023: https://scottishlibraries.org/media/2108/vibrant-libraries-thriving-schools.pdf Thanks […]
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Recently 3 more translations of the Guidelines have become available: Bahasa Melayu (Malay) Deutsch (German) తెలుగు (Telugu) That makes that the Guidelines are now available in 12 languages: English Deutsch (German) Français (French) 中文 (Chinese) Bahasa Melayu (Malay) Magyar (Hungarian) Norsk (Norwegian) Português (Portuguese) Română (Romania) Svenska (Swedish) Türkçe (Turkish) […]
Read full post…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. https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/9512?og=52
Read full post…IASL 2017 CONFERENCE FINAL REPORT Submitted by Dr. Lesley S. J. Farmer A successful IASL conference was held at California State University Long Beach August 4-8, 2017. To that end, the planning began more than two years ahead. California School Library Association (CSLA), California School Library Foundation (CSLF) and […]
Read full post…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
Read full post…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 […]
Read full post…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 […]
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