Projects in the UK
If you like to be informed about projects concerning school libraries in the UK, please check out the blog of the School Library Association regularly.
European Associations
International Associations
Research
- 'What Works': Research you can use
- Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement (pdf)
- Impact of school library services on achievement and learning (pdf)
- Impact of school library services on achievement and learning in primary schools (pdf)
- School libraries and student achievement in Ontario
- School libraries work! (pdf)
- School Library Impact Studies
- School Library Media Programs and Academic Achievement: Bibliography
- Student Learning through Ohio School Libraries
Resources
- Alexandria Proclamation on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning
- CSLA Standards and Guidelines for Strong School Libraries
- IASL: Resources for Developing a School Library
- IASL: School Library Resources on the Internet: School Libraries Make a Difference
- IFLA/UNESCO School Library Guidelines
- IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto
- Information Technology In School Libraries
- Multimediale Schulbibliothek
- School Libraries - Making a Difference
- Schulbibliothek.at
- Schulmediothek.de
- The Prague Declaration
Biblioteche nelle Scuole
Connecting schools with the local context and the library world, providing innovative services, granting access to information, by the means of co-operation and the services of the Italian National Library Service (SBN), are the main goals of “Biblioteche nelle Scuole” (“Biblioscuole”) project.
This national three-year pilot project is funded and supported by the Ministry of Education, University and Research, Direzione Generale Servizi Informativi (MIUR-DGSI) and Department of Technology and Innovation (DIT), in collaboration with National Centre for the Union Catalogue (ICCU) and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage (MiBAC). It was launched in April 2004.
The main aims of the project are: providing a wider access to information; enhancing information literacy, and promoting reading. The overall goal is to contribute to lifelong learning, for a continuous cultural development and the social inclusion.
More information on www.biblioscuole.it.
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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