I can read, therefore I am. I can: be smart and become smarter; communicate with others; solve problems, understand and connect with new challenges; participate in family, workplace and community life; use a range of technologies; think for myself and with others; keep my culture alive; share with others; be creative and laugh. I have […]
Read moreUN Concludes Post-2015 Negotiations in New York On Sunday 2nd August, after more than three years of negotiations and intense involvement from many stakeholders, including IFLA, the Member States of the United Nations agreed the final version of the post-2015 Development Agenda – now known as 2030 Agenda. The new 2030 Agenda is a framework of 17 […]
Read moreWe have IFLA School Library Guidelines lift off! The approved final version of our IFLA School Library Guidelines is available at: http://www.ifla.org/publications/node/9512?og=52 Please share the link with your colleagues and beyond. Our 2 years of hard work, numerous workshops, various meetings and international feedback has culminated in this final document. We know there will be revisions in […]
Read moreALISE’s Gender Issue SIG and Special Libraries Association’s Education Division is cohosting a free 1-hour webinar August 14 at 1:30pm EDT on Gender construction in youth literature. Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/1737632258821230337, This webinar will cover the construction of gender in our culture and how that construction is enabled by literature for children and adolescents. Our purpose […]
Read moreOn 21-23 October,2015, Madrid (Spain) and Marília (Brazil) will cosponsor an Iberoamerican Conference on School Libraries. For details, go to http://fontes.marilia.unesp.br/eventos/index.php/cibes2015/CIBES2015/index
Read moreWelcoming Spaces: Serving Teens on the Autism Spectrum $155 YALSA members / $195 ALA Members / $215 nonmembers Monday, July 13 – Sunday, August 9 This four-week course, valuable to all library staff, library graduate students, and volunteers, will introduce participants to: * Understanding common behaviors seen with Autism and related sensory processing disorders * […]
Read moreA new OECD report on youth, skills and employabilty comments on the struggle young people have in gaining entry to the workforce. In some OECD countries, one in four 16-29 year olds is neither employed nor in education or training. Find the report, OECD Skills Outlook 2015, at http://www.oecd.org/education/oecd-skills-outlook-2015-9789264234178-en.htm A United Nations global survey, MyWorld2015 Analytics, aims […]
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