Global Perspectives on School Libraries: Projects and Practices

✍ Scribed by Luisa Marquardt (editor); Dianne Oberg (editor)

• Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 344
• Series: IFLA Publications; 148
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Education for all can be more effectively provided through the services, programmes and activities of the school library tailored to the needs of the school community. This inspiring book can foster the school librarian's professional development for school library enhancement. It aims at providing amazing topics, methodologies, approaches and experiences. It presents projects and practices addressing the challenges of supporting basic literacy, including contexts where many children cannot or do not access formal instruction on a regular basis. These may inspire education authorities, public librarians and other cultural professionals who work closely with schools and communities.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Foreword Messages from the Sponsoring Associations
Introduction School Libraries: Joint Efforts for a Key Role
Part 1 School Library Education and Implementation Models
A Self-Evaluation Model for School Libraries in Portugal
Building a Model School Library at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Piyungan in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Developing Understanding of Information Literacy within the Croatian School Environment
Personal Learning Networks and Participatory Culture: Getting Teacher-Librarians Connected in the 21st Century
A New Operational Culture: The Case of the School Library in the Information Society Project in the City of Oulu, Finland
Assessing School Library Learning Environments
Part 2 Promoting Literacies through the School Library
Reading Opens all Doors: An Integrated Reading Program at Genazzano FCJ College, Australia
Fun with Readathon: Helping Namibian Children to Love Books
Developing Information Literacy through Primary School Libraries in Nigeria
GiggleIT and Global Citizenship: School Libraries, Literacy and Laughter
‘Body in the Library’: A Cross-Curriculum Transliteracy Project
HIV/AIDS Corners in Botswana Schools and Libraries
Part 3 School Libraries for All
School Libraries and Human Rights
Camels, Burros, Elephants, Boats and Trucks: Bringing Books and Literacy to Children in Remote Communities
Botswana’s Book Box Service to Primary Schools
Participation of Croatian School Librarians in Teaching Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Lubuto Library Project: Bringing Knowledge to Zambian Children
Part 4 Expanding the Reach of School Libraries through Technology
Providing Web Based Online Reference Resources for Schools: An Alberta Success Story
The Belgrano Day School Model Project: Using Mobile Technology in a School Library in Argentina
Information Literacy on the Move: Mobile Learning with Netvibes, QR Codes and More
Web 2.0 and our School Library at the Hamilton and Alexandra College in Victoria, Australia
Part 5 Government Initiatives for School Library Development
The School Library as a Tool to Empower Literacy and Improve Schools: A Swedish Government Initiative
Focus on Reading Education and Information Literacy: The Norwegian School Library Program
Seize the Day! Developing School Libraries in Finland
A Long Walk to Significant School Libraries for All: Government Policies in Portugal, 1986-2010
Part 6 Organizations for School Library Advocacy and Development
ENSIL: Advocacy of School Libraries in the Educational Context
SLA: Using Evidence to Move Forward in the UK
RuSLA: Policymaker for School Library Development
IFLA SLRC: Developing Policy and Guidelines
IASL: Sustaining the Vision for 40 Years
Afterword
Index