Global perspectives on school libraries
Subtitle: projects and practices
By: edited by Luisa Marquardt and Dianne Oberg ; foreword by Randi Lundvall and Diljit Singh
Contributors: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Section of School Libraries and Resource Centres; International Association of School Librarianship
Series: IFLA publications -- 148
Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9783110232202; 9783110232219
Subjects: Case studies; School libraries
Notes: Sponsored by the IFLA School Libraries and Resource Centres Section and the International Association of School Librarianship.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A self-evaluation model for school libraries in Portugal / Glória Bastos, Elsa Conde, and Rosa Martins; title: Building a model school library at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Piyungan in Yogyakarta, Indonesia / Labibah Zain, Marwiyah and Sri Rohyanti Zulaikha; title: Developing understanding of information literacy in the Croatian school environment / Sonja Špiranec and Mihaela Banek Zorica; title: Personal learning networks and participatory culture : getting teacher-librarians connected in the 21st century / Jennifer L. Branch and Joanne de Groot; title: 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; title: Assessing school library learning environments / Barbara Schultz-Jones; title: Reading opens all doors : an integrated reading project at Genazzano College in Melbourne, Australia / Susan La Marca, Sandra Hardinge, and Lyn Pucius; title: Fun with readathon : helping Namibian children to love books / Andree-Jeanne Tötemeyer; title: Developing information literacy through primary school libraries in Nigeria / Virginia W. Dike, Margaret N. Ngwuchukwu, and Grace U. Onyebuchi; title: GiggleIT and global citizenship : school libraries, literacy, and laughter / Kathryn Massingill Manck, Patricia Carmichael, and Barbara Combes; title: Body in the library : a cross-curriculum transliteracy project / Judy O'Connell; title: HIV/AIDS corners in Botswana schools and libraries / Margaret Baffour-Awuah; title: School libraries and human rights / Marian Koren; title: Camels, burros, elephants, boats, and trucks : bringing books and literacy to children in remote communities / Ray Doiron; title: Botswana's book box service to primary schools / Margaret Baffour-Awuah; title: Participation of Croatian school librarians in teaching children with intellectual disabilities / Ivanka Stricevic and Ivana Peric; title: Lubuto library project : bringing knowledge to Zambian children / Stacy Langner, Jane Kinney Meyers, and Mary M. Wagner; title: Providing Web-based online reference resources for schools : an Alberta success story / Diane Galloway Solowan; title: The Belgrano day school model project : using mobile technology in a school library in Argentina / Ana Ester Rossaroli; title: Information literacy on the move : mobile learning with Netvibes, QR codes and more / Sarah Pavey; title: Web 2.0 and our school library at the Hamilton and Alexander College in Victoria, Australia / Margaret Simkin; title: The school library as a tool to empower literacy and improve schools : a Swedish government initiative / Helle Barrett, Bibi Eriksson, and Maria Gunnarsson-Contassot; title: School libraries in reading education and the promotion of information literacy : the Norwegian school library program / Siri Ingvaldsen; title: Seize the day! : developing school libraries in Finland / Liisa Niinikangas and Esa Poikela; title: A long walk to significant school libraries for all : government policies in Portugal, 1986-2010 / Maria José Vitorino; title: ENSIL : advocacy of school libraries in the educational context / Lourense H. Das; title: SLA : using advocacy and evidence to move forward / Tricia Adams; title: RusLA : policymaker for school library development / Tatiana Zhukova; title: IFLA SLRC : developing policy and guidelines / Randi Lundvall; title: IASL : sustaining the school library vision for 40 years / Dianne Oberg.