Astrid Lindgren Award timetable

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. […]

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Oman Information Literacy event

The 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 […]

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Book Giving Day

Book 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.

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Library of Congress summer program

The 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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