The Midyear Meeting of the School Libraries Section Standing Committee will be held in Zagreb (Croatia) from 21-23 April 2016. The programme can be downloaded here. .
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The programme as proposed by the School Libraries Section for WLIC 2016 Colombus was approved by the IFLA Professional Committee. ‘Inclusionary practices to support school libraries’ The conference theme aligns well with the section’s new school library guidelines, which were developed to assist school library professionals and educational decision-makers in their […]
Read full post…The 2nd edition of the IFLA School Library Guidelines is a bit hit. At the moment translation processes are in progress in: Chinese, French, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese (Pt) . If you are interested in joining a team or to start a translation in your language, please contact Albert Boekhorst.
Read full post…Austin, Texas was a happening place in April with both IFLA and IASL events drawing people from around the world. IFLA’s standing committee reviewed the new School Library guidelines, and brainstormed ways to disseminate information: get UNESCO endorsement, create a brochure on the guidelines, provide a guidelines booklet, translate the […]
Read full post…UNESCO’s Open Access Curriculum is Now Available The complete set of five Open Access (OA) modules for researchers and four OA modules for library schools is now available online. These curricula will soon be converted into self-directed e-learning tools, which will enable users to self-assess their knowledge on Open Access […]
Read full post…International Literacy Day, 8 September 2014 Happy International Literacy Day everyone. Comment on an Australian listerv: I AM glad to be literate, yet it’s often something I take for granted. I wonder how many of us fall into the same category? In Australia the statistics are a bit frightening. According […]
Read full post…nhancing librarians’ ICT skills for research enablement in African universities: a Carnegie-funded CPD programme Applications for the fourth intake of the Carnegie-funded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme, which is aimed at enhancing ICT skills for research enablement in African universities opened on 1 February 2015 and closes on 13 […]
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