IASL 2009 Annual Conference

Abano Terme (Padua), Italy, 2 - 4 September 2009

38th Annual Conference incorporating the 13th International Forum on Research in School Librarianship

IASL / IFLA Joint Meeting, 1 September 2009

“Reading in the Digital Age: Educating the Passionate and Competent Reader through the School Library”

(Padova, Università degli Studi, Palazzo del Bo)

Morning

8.30: Registration (badge and bag delivery) 

9.00: Welcome (University of Padua Rector, IASL President, MIUR "Amico Libro, MiBAC and other Authorities)

The School Library and the Acquisition of the Pleasure of Reading and Researching (Donatella Lombello, University of Padua, Italy)

Reading and Psychological Development (Guido Petter, University of Padua, Italy)

Reading and Books in a Digitalising Age (Aidan chambers, Author and Critic)

Reading Promotion and the Involvement of Minorities (Xose Antonio Neira Cruz, Universita di Santiago de Compostela - IBBY)

12.00: Question time 

12.30: Buffet Lunch 

Afternoon

14.00: Opening

Multilingualism / Multiculturalism in Africa and its Impact on a Reading Culture: the Namibian Experience (Andree-Jeanne Totemeyer, Namibian Children's Book Forum)

International Children’s Digital Library (Ann Weeks, University of Maryland, USA)

Reading Education Through Picture Books (Silvia Blezza Picherle, University of Verona)

Aesthetic Education as a Reading Education through Workshops (Savine Maehne, "LesArt", Berlin, Germany)

I See You/I Read You: How School Libraries Can Foster Reading Improvement through Visual Literacy (Lesley Farmer, California State University)

Performance of the Artist Gek Tessaro

Question Time

17.30: Closing

17.30 - 19.00 Guided Visit of the “Palazzo del Bo” (under request)

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Fee: € 30,00 (including bag with pre-conference meeting documentation and lunch). Please, fill in the registration form

Last updated 27 June 2009 (KSB)