The Hungarian School Librarians’ Association (KTE) Spring 2014 Conference has been dedicated to an actual field, an obligatory for all the teachers (including teacher librarians): how to create the teachers’ portfolio document. The conference was held on 3th April at the National Educational Library and Museum with about 130 participants from all over the country, especially from our capital city, Budapest.

After the words of welcome said by our president, Klára Szakmári, two main lectures were given by two pedagogical experts about the teachers’ portfolio document and the special aspects of the teacher librarians’ one. After a short coffee break, participants could choose of several practical workshops to help them on the way to create their own portfolio.

As the last point of our busy conference day, School Librarians’ Association  gladly presented the 7th volume of the book series “Little KTE Books.”Our association has been publishing books and publications since 1995, according to the mission and everyday work of the school libraries and teacher librarians. This 7th volume presents lesson plans for teaching library-use in the primary and secondary schools. supporting  the teaching methodology of library use, presenting work of outstanding libraries and addressing the history of our association.

We had a nice day together, hoping that many of our colleagues could have get effective support to their everyday work and especially in creating their portfolio document.

 

Veronika Kámán

Responsible for international relations

SLA Hungar

The Zimbabwe Library Association (ZimLA) will hold its 48th AGM and Conference with the theme, ‘Working smarter and adding value: Library services in a new paradigm.’ The event will occur at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from June 24-27, 2014. Delegates will discuss opportunities for creating successful 21st century libraries that contribute to the most effective ways of information access and use in the Zimbabwean communities. Expected participants will be from all types of libraries within and outside of Zimbabwe. [email protected]

Venue: The A’Zambezi River Lodge, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Tel: +263 – 013 – 44561

April 23 is World Book and Copyright Day, which is celebrated by UNESCO: http://www.unesco.org/new/wbcd

Madhu Bhargava, Dean of libraries-G.D.Goenka world School
Director Asia- International Association of School Librarianship
writes:

Our students are participating in UNESCO’s competition of Book Covers making (http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/ERI/pdf/WBCD_concours_EN.pdf)
Some more ideas for everyone:

Connect with other ISL members for collaborations on World Book and Copyright Day and Earth Day.
We are also talking to an IASL member school in Mangolia to work together on World Book Day and Earth Day.
We have invited ‘Tata Energy Resource Institute’, India to come and conduct an interactive session on Green cities: Green schools and put up an exhibition of books for students. Their publications are excellent resource for school children.
Our students have participated yesterday in poster making competition on Green Schools. All entries would be exhibited on 22-23 April for the whole school community to view.
Our students are also reusing newspaper and old issues of magazines to create interesting envelops with a slogan on Green schools. These would be used to carry books given by TERI.
Paper Reuse: We have gathered one side blank stationary to be converted into a notepad. All students and teachers will get a notepad on WBD/Earth Day.
All members from anywhere in the world are welcome to join us or share what they are doing on these days.

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Did you know that April 2014 is the 29th Anniversary of School Library Month? Originally called School Library Media Month when the legislation was signed into law, the name was changed in 2010 to reflect the professional title change from School Library Media Specialist to School Librarian. You can read all about the history of SLM at http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm/history.

The AASL School Library Month Committee has worked very hard to bring attention to the importance of how “Lives Change @ your school library. On the SLM Website (http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm) you can find links to SLM Spokesperson Jeff Kinney’s PSA’s, our Professional Development four week Webinar Series, the Author Gallery featuring over 145 quotes from authors and illustrators about how school libraries changed their lives and a Tip of the Day Calendar, with tips reflecting author quotes.

Two very important things to take note of are the Student Video Contest and the Declaration to the Right for School Libraries. Students are encouraged to submit short (3 minutes or less) videos showcasing this year’s theme, “Lives Change @your library.” http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm/2014/video

The Declaration for the Right to School Libraries has been adapted with permission from ALA President Barbara Stripling’s “Libraries Change Lives,” with emphasis specifically on school libraries. http://www.ala.org/aasl/slm/2014/declaration. If you have special signing events or any SLM celebrations, please send your photos and videos to Jen Habley ([email protected]) so that AASL can share them on their Website and through Social Media.

Russian School Library Association (RUSLA) is happy to invite you to the 43^rd Annual International Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), incorporating the 18th International Forum on Research in School Librarianship, to be held in Moscow, Russia on August 25 – 30, 2014. Registration will be open on 12 March 2014, for more information, please, visit the Conference website: http://www.iasl2014.org

The theme for the conference is “School Library in the knowledge society: use of cognitive technologies, form creative person.”
We look forward to your reports and presentations, which should clearly relate to one or more of the Conference sub-themes:
•             School library as a cognitive resource for the development of education
•             New brands of school library: information culture and e-environment in the context of cognitive sciences development
•             School library on the map of cognitive future
•             School library in a rapidly changing world
•             School library as a forming center of personal information culture
•             The world of school libraries’ worlds: searching for harmony, intelligence, technology, culture
•             School librarian – an agent of change in modern educational approaches to teaching
•             New approaches in the all-life learning system of teacher-librarians

Proposals are invited from librarians, principals, teachers, educators, researchers, and others directly involved with the development or management of school libraries. Others who share an interest in advancing the field of school librarianship, including publishers, vendors, authors, illustrators, architects, psychologists, economists, and journalists, are also welcome to submit proposals.

Proposals for presentation should be one of the four types:
·         Workshops (90 minutes or 180 minutes) on a focused topic related to the conference theme, where participants are actively involved in the learning process. They may comprise small or large group discussions, collaborative activities and exercises, or opportunities to practice applying the concepts that are presented. Workshops are not intended to be extended lectures, but are hands-on learning opportunities.
·         Professional presentations (20 minutes each) on a topic related to the theme of the conference, which represent descriptions of programs, projects, activities, and/or innovations that are of relevance to a diverse audience and contribute to their professional development.
·         Research presentations (20 minutes each) on a topic related to the theme of the conference, which represent findings from investigations (either complete or in-progress, but not proposals) that would be of interest to an international audience.
·         Posters (a designated time will be set for presenters to display and meet viewers) of projects or research on a topic related to the theme of the conference.

At the Conference you will find interesting cultural program, warm welcome of Russian school librarians, school visits, trade exhibition of Russian and international literature for children and youth as well as media production.

In addition, we would like to know what kind of themes of Pre-conference workshops would be most interesting for you. Please, let us know if you have any idea and requests regarding these workshops. You can send your messages to [email protected] or [email protected]. We would to make the Conference program more interesting for our guests, therefore we promise to take into account all your wishes.

Moreover, in the context of this event RUSLA is glad to offer you a new initiative. We invite to the Conference the best school librarians from all over the world to take part in our event “School librarian of the year”. They could be current winners of your competitions for the best school librarian, or bright leaders of the school of librarianship in your country. At the Conference they’ll participate in the award ceremony and receive a decoration, stating they rank among the best school librarian of the world. Please note that we are waiting for only one candidate from each country.

In the framework of this event we would like to organize the exhibition of the best school librarians’ banners. All banners should be in English and demonstrate the candidates’ innovative projects and best practice. Each candidate prepares the digital model of the banner and sends it to us before 01 June 2014. We’ll print and hung all your banners in the Conference venue. It would be appreciated if you also could provide us short video about the banner’s content.

Besides, in the context of preparation for the Conference, RUSLA in partnership with Dr.Luisa Marquardt, Director Europe for IASL, would like to hold joint International Round Table for development of conception of European delegation’s participation in IASL Conference -2014 . This meeting will take place in Rome this spring and we would be glad to see all of you in the lineup for this event.

In any case, we are looking forward to your answer and would be very glad to receive your creative suggestions for the IASL Conference interesting realization.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Tatiana Zhukova
President of Russian School Library Association

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

ECIS Librarians 7th Triennial Conference
25 – 28th September 2014 • Waterloo, Belgium
Share your expertise, ideas, information and knowledge with your colleagues.
Please complete the following presenter’s form found at
http://tinyurl.com/ecislibrary