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Call for Papers: information literacy

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding
10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada

CALL FOR PAPERS
Information Literacy and Academic and Research Libraries Sections

The Information Literacy (IL) and the Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) Sections of IFLA will be holding a joint open program at the IFLA General Conference in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, August 10-14, 2008.  IL educators or practitioners are invited to submit proposals for papers related to the theme:

Return on Investment: Learners' Outcomes in Information Literacy. Do they really learn?

From high school to university current trends indicate a small but growing number of studies about learning outcomes for IL.  Effective assessment of student learning outcomes is a critical component to improving information literacy programs.

In this call for papers, we are interested in a wide range of techniques that provide objective measures for assessing students' information competencies.  We are looking for speakers who can relate experiences from a practitioner's perspective, as well as presentations of research on assessment of IL programs.  The focus can be on diagnoses concerning incoming students, evaluating students' progress towards achieving IL skills or exit assessments.  Here are some questions to consider:

How are they used to evaluate the IL courses quality and their cost-effectiveness?
What indicators should be identified to measure competency or fluency?
What comparison can be made between different contexts, levels or disciplines?
Do assessment tools vary according to program needs?
What is the impact on pedagogical methods?

PAPER REQUIREMENTS:
The proposal should include a title, an abstract of 200-400 words and a one-page biographical sketch for each author, with current employment information and title, containing a selected list of previous presentations and publications.  Submissions will be rated on how well they fit with the program theme.  Both the abstract and the full paper should be submitted as a MS Word file by e-mail, in English, no later than 30 January 2008 to:

Agnes Colnot
Service commun de documentation - CS 64302
Université Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne
F-35043 RENNES Cedex
Email : agnes.colnot@wanadoo.fr

Submissions will be acknowledged by return email. Successful applicants will be informed of the outcome of the review panel by 1 March 2008.  Papers (3-21 pages) are required to meet IFLA guidelines posted at: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/callinfo-en.htm.  Presentations at the conference will be limited to approximately 20-30 minutes and will be a summary of the original paper and may use PowerPoint.  An electronic version of this call will be posted at http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/call-papers-en.htm.

The full paper is due no later than 1 May 2008 and must be an original submission not published elsewhere. Papers may be written and presented in any of the IFLA working languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Russian and Spanish) however, simultaneous translation is not guaranteed.

Please note that all fees, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation, etc., are the responsibility of the authors of accepted papers. For additional information, please contact Agnes Colnot.

International School Library Day 2007

A very happy International School Library Day 2007. The theme for 2007 is: Learning: powered by your school library.
Although there are different dates and celebrations, ISLD unites us in the global challenge to boost school librarianship.

Highlight this day by putting your school library in the picture and share your celebrations and events with us.

Have a wonderful celebration!

Lourense H. Das, Co-ordinator ENSIL

ISLD: International Seminar in Rome

The Library: a Partner with the school in the Educational Process.
Reflections, practices and perspectives

That is the theme of an international seminar in Rome on 29 October 2007.  The seminar is part of the activities on International School Library Day.

You find more information in the leaflet here. (155.5K)

ISLD 2007 Message Director Europe IASL

The official celebration of International School Library Day 2007 is Monday, October 22.
But on many places all over the world, ISLD will be celebrated on other more appropriate dates, based on national, regional or even local circumstances.

The dates may differ but the theme will be the same everywhere: ‘Learning: powered by your school library!’

All information on ISLD 2007 can be found at the website of IASL, the International Association of School Librarianship, like the colourful logo, promotion material, sample letter to promote ISLD in your own region, the ISLD 2007 poster and information on the ‘email around the world project’.

Celebrate ISLD in your school library or school media resource centre: your school deserves it!

Lourense H. Das

Director Europe for IASL
Coordinator ENSIL, European Network for School Libraries and Information Literacy

Call for Papers IASL 2007

IASL is the International Association of School Librarianship. Each year IASL holds an Annual Conference in a different part of the world.  In 2007, the Conference will be held July 16-20 in Taipei, Taiwan.  The theme is "Cyberspace, D-world, E-learning: Giving Libraries and Schools the Cutting Edge".

Information about the IASL Annual Conference 2007

Call for Papers for 2007

Consider the possibilities!!

Today is International School Library Day

School librarians all over the world are celebrating this day, promoting their work and their library in their own school, in their region, in their country. They are organising a wide range of activities to show their students, teacher, principals, parents, politicians how important it is to have a well developed and well staffed school library. Ensil hopes you all get a good response to the activities you are organising.

The International School Library Day website (http://www.iasl-slo.org/isld2006.html) lists some these activities. Don’t forget to add your own initiatives to the list!

 

Ensil would like to ask your special attention for the initiative of our Polish colleague, Jan Jackowicz-Korczyski, who developed e-postcard in Polish and in English to send around the world today. You find his work here: http://jjk.nazwa.pl/mdbs/index.php?option=com_rwcards&category_id=1&task=listCards&sesja=&Itemid=72  

 

Let’s celebrate!

School Libraries in the world

The International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) held its annual conference this year in July in Lisbon, Portugal. It was a great conference, with many interesting lectures and stimulating contacts.
One of the recurring items at an IASL conference is the Assembly of Associations. Based on country reports written by (school) library associations all over the world, the vice-president of association relations presents an executive summary. It is available on the IASL website and gives an overview of current school library issues. Country reports should become available online soon, as are those of previous years.

High Level Colloquium on Information Literacy & Lifelong Learning: Final Report

In november last year Unesco and Ifla organised a colloquium in Alexandria as a preparation for the World Summit on the Information Society. The final report, titled High Level Colloquium on Information Literacy & Lifelong Learning is now available. It also contains the Alexandria Manifesto.

Information Literacy Database

Have you developed information literacy resources, created a course, developed standards or assessment tools or written a thesis on the subject?

Would you like to give international visibility to your information literacy work?

Then, the Information Literacy Section of IFLA invites you to participate in an exciting new web directory, the International Information Literacy Resources Directory. 

This web repository has been designed by the Section in a UNESCO-funded project.  The aim of the directory is to enable sharing of information literacy experiences around the world.  Access to the database is free to anyone.

You can contribute entries for the resources that you have found most useful in your own information literacy endeavors.  It is your participation that will enrich this website so that it can serve as a global clearinghouse for Information Literacy resources.

Ifla Newsletter

The Ifla Section on School Libraries and Information Centres recently published a new issue of it's Newsletter. The Newsletter features a tribute to the late president of the section, professor L. Anne Clyde and a report of the chair person. There are articles on the IASL Conference in Hong Kong, current research, Ensil and many other topics.
You can read issue 41 (december) 2005 here.