International Association of School Librarianship Conference Proceedings
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Pre-kindergarten Students are coming, but can School Librarians serve them? Examinations of Certifications and Standards in the United States
No full textPre-Kindergarten students are present in public schools throughout the U.S., but it is unclear whether school librarians currently have the leeway and/or neccessary guidance to provide services to them. This paper uses a document analysis student (Bowen, 2009) to identify 1) whether school librarians across the US are certified to provide services to pre-K students and 2) whether standards provide guidance for how school librarians should be serving them. As our findings demonstrate, the issue of SL service to pre-K students in the US is murky and unbalanced. Only half the states certify school librarians to provide services and instruction for the grade level, and in only three states do they have both standards that explicitly address SL learning expectations for pre-K students and academic and/or early childhood standards that enable integration with other domains and facilitate collaboration with classroom teachers. Of particular concern is the lack of guidance provided to school librarians via standards in four states where they do have authority to serve pre-K students
Curbing Misinformation / Fake News Through Media Literacy Education of Students in Nigeria
No full textSocial media is a major source of information among both adults and young people. It is essential in the quick dissemination of information. Through social media people receive educational, health, social, economic, and political news which help them to make informed decisions. However, it is unfortunate to note that some information/news in social media are fake news and have caused fear, death, riot and disharmony among various ethnic groups. It is believed that because of the high level of confidence in information on social media, there is the likelihood of sharing the information without authentication. This lacuna/loophole has resulted in unfortunate situations. People have knowingly or unknowingly shared fake news that have created problems and making of wrong decisions that have disastrous consequences on the people. It has also caused lack of trust in government activities, hate speech, riots, and mayhem. It has also made the youths develop unwholesome habits like taking hard drugs, self-medication, joining cults, dropping out of school, depression, and suicide. It has become necessary to teach youths how to distinguish correct news from fake ones for their well-being and the development of the country
Creating an Interprofessional Education Experience for Pre-service Education and PK-12 Schools
No full textAs educators of pre-service school librarians, we focus on facilitating collaboration with the entire school community. Other helping professions have a similar focus, often termed interprofessional practice. Pre-service educators and other health and human resources professionals need to be taught how to work as part of an interprofessional collaborative team. The Interprofessional Education team at Longwood University developed a model for interprofessional education at Longwood University. Background information, specific steps, and tips for success are shared for institutions or PK-12 schools interested in implementing a similar experience
Role of School Libraries in Promoting Cultural Heritage through a Collection of Distinctive Folktales: Experience from the UAE
No full textThis paper discusses the role of school libraries in the provision of distinctive collections of folktales and the importance of folktales in the development of students\u27 cultural awareness. This study evaluates the influence of folktales and the result of methodology taken in the school library during a specific period
Web Sites of Primary School Libraries - Case of the Šibenik City
No full textThe school library is an informational, cultural, and educational center of the school. According to the School library guidelines they are “...learning environments that provide space (physical and digital), access to resources, and access to activities and services to encourage and support student, teacher, and community learning“ (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, 2015). With the advance of the Internet, the library is presented to the world and enables continuous contact with other centers and other libraries, so they are functioning in both physical and digital space. And the history of the school library website is a very long one as school librarians were the professionals that accepted new technology in the early days. As Dukić (2012) writes “the first web pages of school libraries appeared in developed countries as early as 1994. From 1995 to 1996, the number of school library websites increased rapidly. However, the main feature of these websites was static, because the communication was mostly in one direction - from the website to the user”. With the advance of Web 2.0 librarians became able to create their own library websites without excessive computer skills. Awareness ofthe need to create websites exists and is strengthened by trends from the outside, but we must keep in mind the need to modernize them because outdated and uninformative pages can only harm the library. Namely, they are the identity card with which the library enters the most remote homes, other libraries, research centers, etc..“ (Lazzarich, 2003). Today, when most children and young people grow up with digital technology and the Internet, creating their own library website is an appropriate way to bring the library, and thus reading, closer to young people. Well-designed websites can be a good tool for searching for information related to learning, but also a virtual learning community in which school librarians can collaborate with staf and students. Valenza (2007) goes even further in analyzing the quality of the websites by creating a taxonomy of the school library websites. But what happens when the school and their library\u27s physical space are closed due to the lockdown. Shifting their physical space in the virtual one assumes well-developed communication strategies. The question that arises is should the virtual space be the same as before the pandemics or should it adapt to the new context. The goal of our research is to investigate the current development of the school library websites in one of the Croatian cities and investigate if they respond to the current challenges of the transformed educational environment
It Doesn\u27t Mean What You Think It Means: Perceptions of the School Librarian and Their Work
No full textA survey of stakeholders—superintendents, principals, and board members—explored their perceptions regarding the work of degreed librarians. Results showed that there is an understanding of school librarians’ contributions to student success in learning. When asked what the school librarian does, however, the responses focused on facilities management and read-for-pleasure suggestions. There is ample evidence that the work of the school librarian in the school community increases both standardized test scores and reading scores for an entire school where the librarian is a degreed teacher. Many of the respondents affirm that they are aware of these findings. The decision to retain a school librarian is often framed as a struggle between retaining a classroom teacher and retaining the librarian. Respondents said they understand the benefit of having a school librarian. However, the cognitive bias involved in thinking about the contributions of a school librarian does not secure the position of the school librarian. Prospect theory dictates that the decision to retain needs to be reframed in order to preserve access to school librarians’ contributions to the school community
A-Team Kids are Coming to the Library
No full textWhen school librarians learn that Special Needs classes are coming for weekly library classes, they often feel uncertain in their abilities to create engaging lessons. This article describes a school librarian’s development of an ef ective library program for four Special Education classes over the span of ten years. Professional books, conversations with Special Education teachers and anecdotal notes that validate teaching strategies helped to frame a Year long Plan of engaging lessons and activities which have been shared at professional librarian conferences. School librarians can use the Tips and Tricks to create a curriculum that makes Special Needs children love their libraries too
Information about the Proceedings
No full textWe are pleased to share the Proceedings of the 50th Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship conference and the 25th International Forum on Research in School Librarianship held virtually and in person in Columbia, South Carolina from July 11-15, 2022. The Research Papers and Research Abstracts were peer-reviewed by a minimum of three school library researchers. A very special thank you to the conference committee chaired by Dr. Lucy Santos Green.
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Johnston, M. P. (2022). Teacher librarians supporting STEM education. In C. Stang & J. L. Branch-Mueller (Eds.). Proceedings of the 50th annual conference of the International Association of School Librarianship and the 23rd international forum on research in school librarianship. Edmonton, Canada: University of Alberta. (You can add the direct link to your paper as well as the unique DOI
KBANZSL: The Knowledge Bank of Australia and New Zealand School Libraries
No full textKBANZSL, the Knowledge Bank of Australia and New Zealand School Libraries, is an open access knowledge bank collating key documents, collections and other resources for and about Australian and New Zealand school libraries and teacher librarianship. The resource was created in response to recommendations from the Australian Parliament over a decade ago but still highly relevant in today’s educational climate. KBANZSL holds strong potential in supporting advocacy, professional development, and research for school libraries and teacher librarianship in the Oceania region and beyond. This paper shares ways KBANZSL can be used for research and advocacy projects
Students\u27 Information Gathering Behaviors and Teachers\u27 Approaches
No full textThe purpose of this study is to reveal students’ information gathering behaviors and processes and teacher\u27s approaches to improve their learning outcomes in middle school inquiry-based learning. We compare the dif erences in behaviors in information gathering process between learners with high and low understanding of the themes as their learning outcomes and teachers\u27 approaches for both types of learners.Participants were seventeen ninth grade students and two teachers as their supervisors. During the Period for Integrated Studies, the students searched for information, reflected on their behaviors, and summarized the information they gathered on slides. The analysis targeted seven students who selected themes related to SDG 4 (four students) and SDG 8 (three students) and two teachers. As a result of the analysis, students with a high level of understanding of the themes showed behaviors of browsing and referring to materials corresponding to pillars of investigation (sub-subjects). For the behavior, teachers provided students with supplementary guidance on keyword searches and introductions to websites