IFLA School Libraries Section Midyear Meeting, London (UK) April 7 & 8, 2014 Headquarters of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) MINUTES 7 April 2014, 09:15 am to 16:30 pm 8 April 2014, 09:15 am to 13:00 pm 1. Introductions: Barbara Schultz-Jones, Chair and Treasurer; Dianne Oberg, Secretary; Tricia Adams, Web […]
Read moreFADBEN MANIFESTO 2012 (en français après) Teaching information-documentation and information culture Our connections to knowledge, to others and to the world have been disrupted by digital information technologies in a way that cannot be reversed or predicted. This new informational paradigm stretches over numerous fields – economic, scientific, political or educational – of our […]
Read moreAn anticipated event in the calendar of school librarians and school library researchers will occur in August 2014. The 43rd International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) conference and 18th Forum on International Research in School Librarianship will be held in Moscow from 25 – 30 August with the theme: “The school library in the knowledge […]
Read moreGuided Inquiry is an instructional framework designed to support students while engaging in inquiry learning tasks. The new Australian Curriculum requires students to develop skills and understandings as critical inquirers of their world across a number of learning areas. In other words, inquiry underpins disciplinary thinking. One of the key elements of inquiry is partnerships. […]
Read moreMary Snyder Broussard, Rachel Hickoff-Cresko, and Jessica Urick Oberlin. (2014). Snapshots of Reality: A Practical Guide to Formative Assessment in Library Instruction. Chicago: American Library Association. Through ten practical chapters, Snapshots of Reality works from the assumption that classroom-based assessment does not have to take away from invaluable instruction time, nor does it have to […]
Read moreALIA stralia Library and Information Association) has released the Elending Landscape Report 2014, which identifies worldwide public library initiatives to secure ebooks for borrowers. The report—prepared by Brussels-based Civic Agenda—is intended to help identify practical elending solutions for Australian public libraries. This is the latest step in a project, delivered in collaboration with the National […]
Read moreA new book on library spaces and equipment has been recently published (end of 2013) in Italy: Vivarelli, Maurizio, ed., Lo spazio della biblioteca : Culture e pratiche del progetto tra architettura e biblioteconomia [i.e., The library space : project cultures and practices between architecture and library science] Milano : Editrice Bibliografica, 2013. 536 p. […]
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