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School Libraries Network Program in Portugal

On http://www.rbe.min-edu.pt/np4/65 you can find information about School Libraries Network Program in Portugal. This Brochure has a new look and it is both in Portuguese and English.

Theka Project

The Portuguese Theka Project - the Calouste Gulbenkian Project for Teacher Education  to Develop School Libraries - is a project based on co-operation between school libraries, public libraries, the Portuguese Library Association (BAD) and the Gulbenkan Foundation. The project has three goals:

1. Training teachers to develop schools libraries as resource centres to improve reading, information literacy, pupils success and learning, as well as to  provide support for lifelong learning and gateways to knowledge and culture.
2. Developing school library projects working closely with pupils, staff, and community, through managing and supporting the school curriculum and extra-curricular activities in order to promote a whole-school ethos.
3. Creating and maintaining self-training resources using a wide range of different supports including web pages, database, reference documents, information on research and innovation.

More information on www.theka.org.

Arion Report on Portuguese School Libraries

Two years ago a European study tour visited Portuguese School Libraries/Multimedia
Resource Centres. Its report and final recommendations are worth while. You find them here.