Global action on school library guidelines
By: Edited on behalf of IFLA by Barbara A. Schultz-Jones and Dianne Oberg
Series: IFLA publications -- volume 167
Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9783110362435; 9783110362664; 9783110395853
Subjects: Aims and objectives; School libraries; Standards
Description: A good school library is core to teaching children to enjoy reading and to appreciate and assess diverse kinds and sources of information. This book celebrates the new IFLA School Library Guidelines and how they can be put to use around the world. Each chapter describes innovative initiatives for improving school library services, including mission and policy; educational and cultural programmes and services; human resources; digital and print resources; use of technology; promotion and advocacy; evaluation and assessment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: International school library guidelines : a brief history / Dianne Oberg; title: Development of the new international school library guidelines / Barbara A. Schultz-Jones; title: Developing national standards for school libraries in Canada / Carol Koechlin and Judith Sykes; title: Guidelines and standards for school libraries in Catalonia, Spain / Mònica Baró, Teresa Mañà and Àlex Cosials; title: National standards for school libraries in Poland : are they working? / Bogumila Staniów; title: Norway's school library development and school reform 2001-2014 : guidelines by grants and lifts / Johan Koren; title: The learning commons : from planning to practice in a school system in South Carolina, USA / Jessica Kohout and Karen W. Gavigan; title: School library learning standards in Portugal : leading the way / Elsa Conde, Isabel Mendinhos and Paula Correia; title: School libraries for all : from concept to reality in Sweden / Karin Ahlstedt, Inga Andersson, Jenny Lindmark, Sofia Hög and Bo Westas; title: Teacher librarians and the Australian professional standards for teachers / Margo Pickworth and Jenny Uther; title: Applying an ecological model for library development to build literacy in rural Ethiopian communities / Marlene Asselin, Alemu Abebe and Ray Doiron; title: Developing a curriculum in information and documentation for secondary schools in France / Florian Reynaud, Martine Ernoult, Danielle Martinod, Magali Bon and Valérie Glass; title: Developing a K-6 note taking continuum in a school in Western Australia / Alison Mackenzie and Marilyn Hand; title: Guiding the preparation of school librarians in the United States, 1984-2014 / Gail K. Dickinson and Audrey P. Church; title: Preparing next-generation school librarians : school library education in Hawaii / Rae-Anne Montague; title: The symbiotic relationship between standards and programmes in school library education : California's experience / Lesley S.J. Farmer.