March 25 Announcement of the 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award laureate (s) at the National Library of Sweden at 1:00 pm CET. The announcement is broadcast live on www.alma.se/en and streamed live to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy. March 27 A presentation of the laureate at the Swedish Institute for Children’s Books in Stockholm. […]
Read moreThe Information Literacy Network of the Gulf, in partnership with Sultan Qaboos University (Oman), is offiering a day of informational presentations on February 12th, 2014 from 9:00am to 3:30pm. A series of speakers will present on the practical implementation of a range of technology resources used to support research skills instruction and information literacy in […]
Read moreAll members of the IFLA School Libraries Standing Committee are invited to participate in the 2014 Mid-term meeting in London, UK in April. The main focus of the meeting will be on the revision of the 2002 IFLA/UNESCO School Library Guidelines. Detailed information about the meeting can be found under Events at http://www.ifla.org/events/19
Read moreBook Giving Day which will be held on 14 February 2013 – http://bookgivingday.com/ . Read how you can celebrate this special day. The poster is available in a number of different languages.
Read morethis draft report from UNICEF concerns the protection of children online. http://business-humanrights.org/media/documents/itu-unicef-guidelines-child-online-protection.pdf
Read moreWorld Read Aloud Day is on March 5th! http://litworld.org/worldreadaloudday
Read moreThe Library of Congress is pleased to announce details about its summer programs for K-12 educators. Institutes The application for the Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute is now available. The five-day institute provides educators with tools and resources to effectively integrate primary sources into K-12 classrooms. Teachers and school librarians of all grade levels […]
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