IASL Europe Director Luisa Marquardt took part in the UIA Round Table – Europe, that was held in Dublin on Nov. 13-14 (see programme here: http://www.uia.org/roundtable/europe-2014). UIA is the acronym of the “Union of International Associations”, established in 1907 by Paul Otlet (one of the founders of information science) and Henri La Fontaine (Nobel Peace […]
Read moreStudents of Library and Information Science (LIS) are invited to take part in the upcoming 81st IFLA Congress, 15–21 August, 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa <http://conference.ifla.org/> with a paper presentation. The Calls for Papers <http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/calls-for-papers> have already started, but more will follow soon. The IFLA/ekz LIS Student Paper Award <http://www.ifla.org/set/student-paper-award> will honor students of Library […]
Read moreA recent report from Britain notes the importance of school libraries. “In a society where one in three homes has no books owned by the children in them, it is essential that youngsters can find them elsewhere.” “Recent research emphasises this importance. A study by the Institute of Education (2013) found reading for pleasure ‘to […]
Read moreVoici a publication in French on the culture of information. The publication is edited by Vincent Liquete, who has attended several IASL conferences. http://www.cnrseditions.fr/communication/6979-cultures-de-linformation.html
Read moreNew competition: the CILIP Blogger Challenge Our new competition is looking for interesting writing and ideas about important library, information and knowledge issues. The winner will receive a tablet. It’s open to everyone – you don’t need to be a CILIP member and you don’t have to live in the UK. As we need to […]
Read moreSeveral entities provide free webinars of interest to school librarians. Here is a sampling: http://www.webjunction.org/find-training/free-events.html http://www.slj.com/category/webcasts/ http://lj.libraryjournal.com/category/webcasts/ http://education.sla.org http://www.ala.org/onlinelearning/schoollibraries (see are fee-based) https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ld/workshops/webinars/index.html http://www.follettsoftware.com/webinars.cfm http://ideas.demco.com/category/webinars/ https://oclc.org/events/webinars.en.html
Read moreAre you involved in an interesting project or in an area of work that you would like to discuss with or show to other congress attendees? Why not present your work in the IFLA Poster Sessions? Format & Presentation Your topic could be described on a printed poster or by photographs, graphics and pieces of […]
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