The Canadian Library Association is pleased to announce that Richard Beaudry and Gail Chaddock-Costello have been chosen as winners of the 2016 Award for the Advancement of Intellectual Freedom in Canada for their demonstrated leadership and exceptional courage in resisting censorship and opposing violations of intellectual freedom in school libraries and schools. Mr. Beaudry, long-time teacher librarian […]
Read moreThe first translation of the ‘IFLA School Library Guidelines, 2nd edition’ is realised by the Swedish team and is available in PDF and Epub format via viahttp://www.ifla.org/publications/node/9512?og=52
Read moreThe ´Call for Papers´ for the joint session of the Academic and Research Libraries, Metropolitan Libraries and School Libraries Setions at the World Library and Information Congress: 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly, 13-19 August 2016, Columbus, Ohio, USA is available here .
Read moreThe Ontario Library Association (OLA) is thrilled to recognize several individuals and organizations that have greatly contributed to Ontario’s libraries. From library advocacy to program development, the recipients of OLA’s 2015 awards have supported school, academic and public libraries with outstanding innovation in their communities. Awards will be presented to recipients during the annual OLA […]
Read moreNational Education is a quarterly refereed journal published in Turkey.The table of contents and abstracts are published in English as well as in Turkish.You can link to the journal at http://dhgm.meb.gov.tr/yayimlar/Milli_Egitim_Dergisi.html Click on the cover the contents, and the journal is available. One of the authors, Ayse Yurksel-Durukan, is an IASL Regional Director. Barbara Schultz-Jones […]
Read more“CORA stands for Community of Online Research Assignments. CORA is on online, open-access platform of librarian and faculty contributed assignments, lesson plans, and activities that engage with information literacy concepts and practices and is intended to be a collaborative space for adapting and experimenting with research assignments. What assignments are appropriate for sharing in CORA? […]
Read moreThe IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People – http://www.ibby.org/) has just released a .pdf file of the books which are on the Honor List 2014 http://www.ibby.org/270.0.html – the actual list is here: http://www.ibby.org/fileadmin/user_upload/HL_2014.pdf . This useful list contains acclaimed books (published in 2014) for young people in many different languages.
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