Video Booktalking
Very cool video booktalking by one of my school librarian grads. Great model! Share wildly! https://youtu.be/Xiq4wg9ka_s Lesley Farmer
Read moreVery cool video booktalking by one of my school librarian grads. Great model! Share wildly! https://youtu.be/Xiq4wg9ka_s Lesley Farmer
Read moreThanks 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 moreIASL 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 CUE co-sponsored the conference with […]
Read moreThe 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 moreMany schools in Singapore have been very creative in finding ways to encourage their students to read. In doing so, they have nurtured a whole school reading environment in which teachers are reading role models, books and eBooks are widely available, and time (yes, curriculum time even!) is set aside for leisure reading. In doing […]
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreThe 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, […]
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