Global perspectives on school libraries : projects and practices / / edited by Luisa Marquardt and Dianne Oberg ; foreword by Randi Lundvall and Diljit Singh.

• Superior document: IFLA publications, 148
• Author: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Section of School Libraries and Resource Centres.
• TeilnehmendeR: Marquardt, Luisa.; Oberg, Dianne.; International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Section of School Libraries and Resource Centres.; International Association of School Librarianship.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: IFLA publications ; 148.
• Physical Description: vii, 336 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Sponsored by the IFLA School Libraries and Resource Centres Section and the International Association of School Librarianship.

Table of Contents

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