Launch of the website “Profession : prof doc” about French teacher librarians

The A.P.D.E.N (Association of French teachers librarians of State secondary schools) is very pleased to announce you the launch of the website called « Profession : prof doc » (in english : « Profession : teacher librarians »). The website is available on : http://professionprofdoc.educapass.fr/ This website is intended for those who wish to know more about French professeurs documentalistes, to update their […]

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Replacing librarians with students in UK

In the UK, there was some talk of replacing librarians with students (!) so Scotland has launched a national strategy for school libraries. I thought this document would be of interest to many of us. Vibrant Libraries, Thriving Schools: A National Strategy for School Libraries in Scotland 2018-2023: https://scottishlibraries.org/media/2108/vibrant-libraries-thriving-schools.pdf Thanks to: [email protected]

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New translations of the Guidelines

Recently 3 more translations of the Guidelines have become available: Bahasa Melayu (Malay) Deutsch (German) తెలుగు (Telugu) That makes that the Guidelines are now available in 12 languages: English Deutsch (German) Français (French) 中文 (Chinese) Bahasa Melayu (Malay) Magyar (Hungarian) Norsk (Norwegian) Português (Portuguese) Română (Romania) Svenska (Swedish) Türkçe (Turkish) తెలుగు (Telugu) If you are […]

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New translation of Guidelines

Thanks to the Association des Professeurs Documentalistes de l’Éducation Nationale (A.P.D.E.N.) there is now a French translation of the School Library Guidelines (2nd ed.) They are now available in seven languages: Chinese, English, French, Hungarian, Portuguese, Norwegian and Swedish. https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/9512?og=52

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IASL 2017 CONFERENCE FINAL REPORT

IASL 2017 CONFERENCE FINAL REPORT Submitted by Dr. Lesley S. J. Farmer   A successful IASL conference was held at California State University Long Beach August 4-8, 2017. To that end, the planning began more than two years ahead. California School Library Association (CSLA), California School Library Foundation (CSLF) and CUE co-sponsored the conference with […]

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New book on school library education

The proposal for a new book on school library education has been approved by IFLA and by the publisher DeGruyter Saur. The co-editors, Dr. Barbara Schultz-Jones (USA) and Dr. Dianne Oberg (Canada), will be issuing a call for chapter proposals later this month. Planned publication date June 2018. https://www.ifla.org/node/11803?og=52

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