These volumes provide a series of informative interviews with school/teacher librarians practicing in different parts of the world. The 2-volume set showcases the resilience, creativity, and best practices from successful school librarians from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South America. The librarians interviewed come from all different schools and schools systems, from a tiny recently built school library in a rural village in Africa to an ultra-modern library in Sweden.
Featuring 37 interviews with successful school librarians from across the globe, the volumes let us hear the stories from countries around the world. They tell about their creative and innovative school library projects, their unconventional reading programs, and their best practices and experiences in addressing the challenges of supporting basic literacy. A wide selection of methodologies and approaches are discussed, offering a global voyage through topics important in school librarianship. The 2-volume set also addresses recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the shift toward inquiry-based learning that impacts school libraries worldwide.
The books are packed with information that can be used by school librarians, teachers, school administrators and others in a variety of ways. Readers can borrow best practices from the experiences presented in the book, and the volumes can also serve as a strong voice for practicing school librarians and the profession, through expanding the opportunities for professional sharing in the international school library community.
By:
Patrick Lo (Point Pleasant New Jersey USA),
Heather Rogers,
QC (Point Pleasant,
New Jersey,
USA),
Dickson K.W. Chiu (Point Pleasant,
New Jersey,
USA)
Imprint: Apple Academic Press Inc.
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 1.126kg
ISBN: 9781771886567
ISBN 10: 1771886560
Pages: 534
Publication Date: 19 April 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
Volume 1: The Americas and Europe Using Zombie Comics to Motivate Students to Read. The School Library: A Challenging Place to Work. School Librarian: A 21st Century Vision for Teaching and Learning. School Librarianship: It Is All About Building Relationships. The Modern Bookworm! She's Stranger Than Fiction!. Stories Told by a School Librarian from Land of the Maple Leaves. A Resource Center in the Struggling Latin America. JCSP School Libraries Creating a Learning Culture in Irish Schools. Job Satisfaction though Diverse Collaboration: I Slipped into the Best Career Ever. Promoting Integration: What Can We School Librarians Do?. The School Library: Where Real Self-Directed Learning Takes Place. School Librarian Stories from a City That Is Built on Two Continents. School Librarians as a Roadmap for Guiding Children Who Will Shed Light on Our Future. Being a School Librarian Is Mission (Im)possible?. The School Library as the Heart of All Learning and Teaching for the Whole School. School Librarianship: The Quest for a Narrative That Demonstrates the Process of Understanding. The School Library as a Gateway to the World. From the Land of Fire, Ice and Books. Dragon Myths Told by an Icelandic School Librarian/Dragonologist. Volume 2: Africa, Asia, and Australia A School Library in a Place Where There Has Never Been One Before! Building a Reading Culture in DR Congo. Our Passion to Provide School Libraries to the Children of Zimbabwe. It is a Long, Long Walk to Books and Very Far Away from Information Access and Delivery: Stories from School Librarians in Zimbabwe. My Library, My Lifeline. Children Experiencing the Joy of Reading in Japan. Bringing the Concepts of US Public Librarianship to a School Library in Hong Kong. Modelling Your School Library After Starbucks? Successful School Librarian Stories from Hong Kong. Zarah Gagatiga: The Filipino School Librarian in Action. A Large School Library in Kanchanaburi, Thailand Is Run by a PhD Candidate. Successful School Librarian Stories from the Land of Smiles. A School Library in the Wondrous Kingdom of Thailand. The Hidden Truth about the Undying Determination of a Successful School Librarian. Helping Students in the Foothills of the Himalayas. A Teacher-Librarian with a Mission of Creating Information Literate Global Citizens!. Libraries: A Flourishing Garden of Life. Making a Difference to Student Learning Through School Libraries. The Library Works at Being the Hub of the School. Invitations Across Thresholds.
Patrick Lo, EdD, is currently serving as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Library, Information & Media Science at the University of Tsukuba in Japan. He has presented about 100 research papers and project reports focusing on librarianship, humanities, and education at local and international workgroup meetings, seminars, and conferences. Dr. Lo's recent books include Conversations with the World's Leading Opera and Orchestra Librarians and Preserving Local Documentary Heritage: Conversations with Special Library Managers and Archivists in Hong Kong. Heather Rogers is currently a Master of Information Studies (MISt) candidate at McGill University in Canada, focusing on librarianship and information literacy. Previously, she was an Assistant English Language Teacher for the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Programme in Fukushima, Japan. She graduated from The American University in Washington, DC, with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in International Studies and Japanese. Dickson K. W. Chiu, PhD, is now teaching at the University of Hong Kong and has also taught at several universities in Hong Kong. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering and also serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. He co-founded several international workshops and has served as a program committee member for over 100 international conferences and workshops. He is a Senior Member of both the ACM and the IEEE, and a life member of the Hong Kong Computer Society.
Reviews for Effective School Librarianship: Successful Professional Practices from Librarians around the World: (2-volume set)
Fascinating reading . . . The authors have collected interviews from school librarians throughout the world. Some of these people work under very difficult circumstances. Interviewees have mentioned a multitude of secrets of their successful work. . . . It is my hope that, after reading this book, educators, teachers, and librarians and also members of the general public will have a better understanding of school librarianship across the world and that they will be inspired to cooperate with each other in many different ways, assisting those who desperately need help and support. This would be in the best interest of the children whom they serve and relates to their duty of care as educators. -From the Foreword by Dr. Helen Boelens, International school library researcher and consultant; Former Chair, IASL Research SIG, The Netherlands Filled with inspiring stories told by highly motivated and competent school librarians . . . One of the best platforms currently available for professional sharing amongst school librarians on an international scale, since it contains alternative points of view from school librarians who are practicing in many different parts of the world. . . . The value of this book lies in the fact that it provides the readers with an overview of many up-to-date practices that are carried out by school librarians working in a great variety of sociocultural, political, and educational contexts. -From the Foreword by Daisuke Okada, Assistant Professor, Yasuda Women's University, Japan
