IASL 2012 Conference, 11 to 15 November 2012
Site of the Week (Sponsored and selected by LinksPlus)
School libraries make a difference! The impact of school libraries on student achievement
IASL's Picture Gallery of School Libraries. Submissions are welcome!
Getting Started: Ideas and Procedures for starting a School Library Association or Section




Regional conferences
April 26-27, 2012 -- Regional conference on school librarianship -- Bacolod Pavillion Hotel, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. It aims to bring together school librarians in the region to establish and strengthen relationships and support regional cooperation of school librarians.
Reports from regional conferences held in 2012
Publications
New Global Publication on School Librarianship: IASL-IFLA Joint publication
Global Perspectives on School Libraries: Projects and Practices
The publication is edited by Luisa Marquardt, Director Europe for IASL and Dianne Oberg, former editor of School Libraries Worldwide.
Special arrangement for IASL-members: the same price as IFLA-members. The book will be for sale at both conferences and the satellite event. The official launch of the publication will take place at the IFLA-IASL Satellite meeting, ‘School Libraries: Best Practices for e-Learning' in Kingston, Jamaica on August 5, at the Opening Session of the 40th IASL Annual Conference ‘School Libraries: Empowering the 21st Century Learner’ in Kingston on August 7, 2011 as well as the Open Session of the School Libraries and Resource Centres section of IFLA ‘Student access to new and emerging technologies’ during the WLIC in San Juan, Puerto Rico on August 16, 2011.
Call for papers -- School Libraries Worldwide. Theme: International Perspectives on School Library Education: From Face to Face to Distance Education (Volume 18, Number 2, July 2012). Deadline for papers is May 1, 2012.
School Libraries Worldwide, Connections: School librarians linking learning, leadership, technology, and society.
IASL Newsletter, Volume 41, Issue 1, February 2012
School Library Proclamation: A Library for Every School (2010) [115Kb 4 pages]
Sponsorship opportunities with IASL
Sponsorship documentation -- Immediate exposure within over 80 countries worldwide.
Projects, activites and resources
Site of the week -- Useful websites for school library and classroom programs -- Sponsored by LinksPlus, Australia.
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GiggleIT - International Childrens' Collaborative Project -- Free registration!!
GiggleIT new projects -- The GiggleIT Team have put together some great new projects.
News Flash -- GiggleIT Competition Winners (October 2010) GiggleIT Project Launch and Winners (September 2010)
GiggleIT Tutorial -- Student web pages and teacher page
GiggleIT Project Professional Development Manual -- Available in PDF and Word format from the School Libraries in Action (SLA) free resources section
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Last updated April 2012 (KSB)