IASLNewsletter

IASL Newsletter

2009, Volume 38

 

 

Meles Meles

In the digital age, it is expected that everybody will be able to access, retrieve or download material from the Internet. But as many members and stakeholders from IASL will recognize, this is not the case. Many people do not have computers and/or access to electronic information.

As IASL is a global community that will allow all people to share and find information on International School Librarianship, it is with great pleasure that we can announce that IASL has found a sponsor that will ensure the production and mailing of hard copies of the Newsletter to members of Zone C, honorary and retiree members.

This sponsor is Meles Meles School Library Service (Meles Meles SMD) from the Netherlands.

Meles Meles School Library Service is a private organisation and was founded in 1996 by Lourense H. Das. Meles Meles SMD works for primary, secondary and higher (vocational) education, and for library and educational organisations. The main activities are:

  • Consultancy for schools, educational institutions, library managers, school administrators and school librarians in the Netherlands and abroad
  • Training programmes for school librarians and clerks
  • Presentations in the Netherlands and in international settings and articles in professional magazines
  • Policy development for library organizations

The name Meles Meles has been derived from ‘Meles meles’, the Latin name for badger (see logo). A mammal that lives in large parts of Great Britain and on the continent in Europe. In the Netherlands the badger threatened to die out some years ago. The situation of the badger in the Netherlands is improving, due to the effort of organisations for preservation of badgers. The founder of Meles Meles School Library Service is Mrs. Lourense Das, the current Director Europe for IASL and Coordinator of the ENSIL Foundation. . The word 'das' is the Dutch word for badger.

GreenBall October, Number 3

IASL business
IASL Conference 2009 reports
IASL Conference 2009 highlights
IASL Annual General Meeting Minutes 2009
Call for Papers for School Libraries Worldwide
IASL Conference 2010
International School Library Month 2009

Columns
President’s Message
Executive Secretary’s Message
IASL School Librarianship Award 2009

Regional Perspectives
Indonesia: New School Librarian Association Launched in Jarkarta
South Africa: School Libraries
Europe: Frankfurt Book Fair

[IASL Newsletter, Volume 38, No. 3 October 2009 available for IASL members only]

GreenBall May, Number 2

IASL business
IASL Board nominations 2009
Proxy voting form
International School Library Month update
IASL conference 2009 reminders
Silent auction, raffle and public event
Exhibit of locally produced materials
International book exhibit

Columns
President's message
Executive Secretary's message
Remembering Judith Higgins
Information Literacy with Web 2.0
Creative Commons: New copyright options

Regional perspectives
Information literacy instruction in the Emirates
Caribbean school libraries: News from the Web
The 1st world Chinese Teacher Librarians' Forum
Russia: Part 3

[IASL Newsletter, Volume 38, No. 2 May 2009 available for IASL members only]

GreenBall February, Number 1

Columns
President's message
Executive Secretary's message

IASL Business

Regional Perspectives

  • India by Regional Director, Madhu Bhargava
  • Librarian trip to India and Nepal by Dr Lesley Farmer
  • Canada: Exemplary school libraries research
  • China by Regional Director, Angel Leung Yuet Ha
  • Russia Part 2 by Tatiana Zhukova
  • Supporting literacy in Ethiopia by Marlene Asselin & Ray Doiron
  • Bolivia by Gloria Hall
  • Australia and New Zealand by Judy O'Connell
  • Awards news - Innovation prize to Lourense Das & I love my librarian to Margaret Lincoln

[IASL Newsletter, Volume 38, No. 1 February 2009 available for IASL members only]

Last updated 6 November 2009 (KSB)