Global perspectives on school libraries : projects and practices / edited by Luisa Marquardt and Dianne Oberg ; foreword by Randi Lundvall and Diljit Singh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marquardt, Luisa.

Oberg, Dianne.

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Section of School Libraries and Resource Centres.

International Association of School Librarianship.

Series:

IFLA publications ; 148.

IFLA publications, 0344-6891 ; 148

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School libraries.

School libraries--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Saur, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

A self-evaluation model for school libraries in Portugal / Glória Bastos, Elsa Conde, and Rosa Martins

Building a model school library at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Piyungan in Yogyakarta, Indonesia / Labibah Zain, Marwiyah and Sri Rohyanti Zulaikha

Developing understanding of information literacy in the Croatian school environment / Sonja Špiranec and Mihaela Banek Zorica

Personal learning networks and participatory culture : getting teacher-librarians connected in the 21st century / Jennifer L. Branch and Joanne de Groot

A new operational culture : the case of the school library in the information society project in Oulu, Finland / Eeva Kurttila-Matero, Maija-Leena Huotari, and Terttu Kortelainen

Assessing school library learning environments / Barbara Schultz-Jones

Reading opens all doors : an integrated reading project at Genazzano College in Melbourne, Australia / Susan La Marca, Sandra Hardinge, and Lyn Pucius

Fun with readathon : helping Namibian children to love books / Andree-Jeanne Tötemeyer

Developing information literacy through primary school libraries in Nigeria / Virginia W. Dike, Margaret N. Ngwuchukwu, and Grace U. Onyebuchi

GiggleIT and global citizenship : school libraries, literacy, and laughter / Kathryn Massingill Manck, Patricia Carmichael, and Barbara Combes

Body in the library : a cross-curriculum transliteracy project / Judy O'Connell

HIV/AIDS corners in Botswana schools and libraries / Margaret Baffour-Awuah

School libraries and human rights / Marian Koren

Camels, burros, elephants, boats, and trucks : bringing books and literacy to children in remote communities / Ray Doiron

Botswana's book box service to primary schools / Margaret Baffour-Awuah

Participation of Croatian school librarians in teaching children with intellectual disabilities / Ivanka Stricevic and Ivana Peric

Lubuto library project : bringing knowledge to Zambian children / Stacy Langner, Jane Kinney Meyers, and Mary M. Wagner

Providing Web-based online reference resources for schools : an Alberta success story / Diane Galloway Solowan

The Belgrano day school model project : using mobile technology in a school library in Argentina / Ana Ester Rossaroli

Information literacy on the move : mobile learning with Netvibes, QR codes and more / Sarah Pavey

Web 2.0 and our school library at the Hamilton and Alexander College in Victoria, Australia / Margaret Simkin

The school library as a tool to empower literacy and improve schools : a Swedish government initiative / Helle Barrett, Bibi Eriksson, and Maria Gunnarsson-Contassot

School libraries in reading education and the promotion of information literacy : the Norwegian school library program / Siri Ingvaldsen

Seize the day! : developing school libraries in Finland / Liisa Niinikangas and Esa Poikela

A long walk to significant school libraries for all : government policies in Portugal, 1986-2010 / Maria José Vitorino

ENSIL : advocacy of school libraries in the educational context / Lourense H. Das

SLA : using advocacy and evidence to move forward / Tricia Adams

RusLA : policymaker for school library development / Tatiana Zhukova

IFLA SLRC : developing policy and guidelines / Randi Lundvall

IASL : sustaining the school library vision for 40 years / Dianne Oberg.

Notes:

Sponsored by the IFLA School Libraries and Resource Centres Section and the International Association of School Librarianship.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613399137

9781283399135

128339913X

9783110232219

3110232219

OCLC:

743693597