If you missed being able to attend the IASL 2008 Annual Conference at the University of California at Berekeley, USA then take a visit to the IASL site to check out the conference short interviews captured by our Special Interest Group Co-ordinator for Information and Communication Technology.
Also, you can read a very comprehensive report submitted from conference delegates from Canada and take a peak at some school library visit photos.
The theme of the 37th IASL Conference is: World Class Learning and Literacy through School Libraries
Sub-themes:
1. Digital Literacy — For example, digital libraries, digital resources related to reading, specialized strategies and techniques for “reading” online text, images and multimedia.
2. Building a Community of Readers — For example, book clubs, literature circles, collaborative reading projects.
3. Strategies for Building Literacy Skills in School Libraries — For example, How can the school librarian use his/her library curriculum and instruction to develop reading and literacy skills among students? What reading and literacy skills can be”taught” in school libraries by school librarians? What are best practices for teaching these skills?
4. Support Reading Instruction — For example, how school libraries can provide resources for classroom teachers and staff support for literacy initiatives throughout the school, including collection development, literacy libraries, reader’s advisory, reading incentive programs.
5. Research Forum — For example, scholarly research about school libraries. Researchers are encouraged to discuss their research methodologies as well as the results.
Four types of presentations will be offered in this conference:
Professional papers:
Papers that describe and discuss the presenter’s work in relation to theory and/or practice.
International Research Forum Presentations:
Papers that describe the presenter’s research, either completed or on-going, in relation to the conference theme.
Workshops/Demonstrations: Presentations that feature one or more persons working with a group to help them develop skills in a specific teaching or research technique.
Poster Sessions: Description of practice or theory presented visually. Presenters are required to be present for a specific period of time in order to answer questions.
All proposals will be independently reviewed before acceptance. The Review Panel for the International Research Forum will be drawn from IASL members worldwide.
Criteria for Selection:
Relevance to conference themes
Clarity of description
Intellectual significance
Relevance to audience
Originality
All proposals must be in English and submitted by 15 January 2008.
The online submission facility is now available.
Education Network Australia (edna) is Australia’s leading online resource collection and collaborative network for the education and training community. I note the section on events and conferences has a calendar devoted to library conferences and events. Great to see the IASL 2008 conference has already been listed in their directory together with local and other international happenings.
Thank you, edna.
Mark the 3 - 6 August 2008 into your diary for the IASL 2008 Annual Conference to be held at the University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. This will be the 37th Annual Conference incorporating the 12th International Forum on Research in School Librarianship. The theme is - World Class Learning and Literacy through School Libraries.
