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IFLA Section of School Libraries and Resource Centres Office-Bearers, 2005-2007:

Chairperson: James Henri, The University of Hong Kong
Secretary: Lourense H. Das, Meles Meles School Library Service, Netherlands
Information Coordinator: Bruno Vermeeren, VVBAD, Belgium
Newsletter Editor: Niels Damgaard, Norway

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Relevant Papers from the IFLA 2005 Conference:

Australia's Professional Excellence Policy Empowering School Libraries by Pru Mitchell
Norwegian Policy: Empowering School Libraries by Elisabeth Tallaksen Raftse, Tove Pemmer Sætre, and Ellen Sundt
A Study of the School Library Policy and its Development in Korea by Yoon-ok Han
LIPER (Library and Information Professions and Education Renewal) Project in Japan by Shuichi Ueda, Akira Nemoto, Makiko Miwa, Mitsuhiro Oda, Haruki Nagata, Teruyo Horikawa, and others (includes education for school librarians)
Reading and Non-reading Among Male Juvenile Norwegians by Morton Haugen
Guidelines for Children's Libraries Services: More Important than Ever to Children and their Families All Over the World by Ingrid Bon
Building Family Literacy Skills Among Parents and Children in Developing Countries: A Case for Uganda by Elisan Magara

Relevant Papers from the IFLA 2004 Conference:

Defining Information Literacy in the 21st Century by Sandy Campbell
Making Documentary Heritage Accessible to Schools by Marianne McLean
The Educational Role of National Libraries -- A Case Study of the National Library of Trinidad and Tobago by Joan Osborne
The Development of the Information Literacy Skills Curriculum in the Sultanate of Oman by May Moore
Librarians and Basic Education Teachers in the Context of "Digital Literacy" by Elilia Ferreiro
The Reading Adventure by Gustavo Roldán
Empowering Children: Rights-Based Library Services by Marian Koren
Promoting Information Literacies: A Focus on Inquiry by Dianne Oberg
The Evolution of Library Use and the Development of Literacy in Adolescence by Monique Lebrun
Mobile Book Cart, School Libraries and Storytelling: Promoting Reading in the Last Corner of the World by Constanza Mekis
Children Are a Worthwhile Investment, Summary of Session "Empowering Literacy from Babies to Teens by Leikny Haga Indergaard
LIS Journals as a Source of Evidence for Evidence-Based Practice: The Case of School Libraries Worldwide by Laurel A. Clyde and Dianne Oberg
Fiction as a Tool to Fight the HIV/AIDS Battle by Margaret Baffour-Awuah

Relevant Papers from the IFLA 2003 Conference:

Education for School Librarianship: Selected Issues and Trends by Claude Morizio and James Henri
A Model for Designing Library Media and Preparation Programs Based on National Guidelines: Information Power and the University of Maryland by Delia Neuman
Teaching Information Concepts in the French Education System: The Role of Teacher-Librarians by Vincent Liquete
School Librarians to Facilitate an Educational Change Process by Monica Baro and Alex Cosials
Education and Educational Responsibility of the School Documentalist in the School of the Learning Society by Donatello Lombello
Competencies in School Librarianship: An African Overview by Charles Batambuze
Education for School Librarians: Trends and Issues from Selected Developing Countries presented by Sandra Lee
Internet as Friend and Foe, Help and Hindrance by Blanche Woolls
School Libraries and Social Responsibility: Support for Special Groups and Issues -- The Case of Homosexuality by Laurel A Clyde
Library Services to Children and Urgent International Collaboration by Birgit Dankert
Children's Rights and Library Best Practices by Marian Koren
The Role of Libraries in Providing Access to Information for Children and Young Adults With Special Attention to AIDS by Charles Batambuze
International Children's Digital Library by Ann Carlson Weeks
The PISA Shock and its Consequences for the Future of Children's Library in Germany by Susanne Krüger
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Experience: An Overview of the Children's Library by Ingi Abdelkader

Last Updated 4 April 2006 (KSB)

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