Western Balkan Information Literacy Conference: JUNE 17th-20th 2015 Juni na Uni 2015. – Hotel “Opal” Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Conference website: http://www.wbilc2015.kbbi.ba/en/ Call for Papers Theme: Information & media literacy for lifelong learning: digital citizenship for a digital age. In this Information Age the rise of digital and social media tools has brought with it […]
Read moregaming is an increasingly interesting topic among (mainly public) librarians in Italy. While there is much on videogames collection development, organizing a gaming event etc., there is not as much on educational aspects, implications on both sides (school and library). Martina Marsano (current M.Ed. student), discussed her final work on the topic of videogames and […]
Read more‘Qatar Digital Library‘ is a free digital archive of cultural and historical heritage of the Gulf developed by Qatar Foundation, Qatar National Library and The British Library. Below is a paragraph straight from the site about what you can find in it. WHAT CAN I FIND IN THE QDL? Content currently available on the QDL […]
Read moreLA has been working with the international library community—as well as civil society and member states—to develop its position on the creation of the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and help ensure that crucial elements such as access to information are included in the UN post-2015 Development Agenda. Throughout this process, it is important that libraries are seen as […]
Read moreHere are the call for papers for the School Libraries Section for the IFLA 2015 conference. http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/node/1008 and http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/node/1007
Read moreThe Canadian Library Association’s Leading Learning Project has been selected to receive the Ontario Library Association President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement at our Super Conference in January 2015. The President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement acknowledges an outstanding action or contribution that has in a major or unique way enhanced or furthered librarianship in Ontario. The […]
Read moreThe CLELE (Children’s Literature in English Language Education) Journal – http://clelejournal.org/journal-profile/ – has just published a very interesting paper, written by Stephen Krashen and Janice Bland, which promotes the need for school libraries in multilingual education. http://clelejournal.org/category/current-issue/ and http://clelejournal.org/article-1-2/ .
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