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The School Library without Borders:
The gateway to information and collaboration
Lourense H. Das,
Director Europe for IASLCoordinator ENSILConsultant Meles Meles School Library Service
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• communication• knowing the subject(s) / topics• collaboration
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Research on the impact of school libraries on student learning
Keith Curry Lance
Ken Haycock
Dorothy Williams
Michele Lonsdale
Ross Todd
Improve student outcomes 10 – 20 %
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Collection Staff Collaboration
Seventies
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‘It’s not about a library in the school, but about schooling in the library’
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Technological developments
New learning principles
Role of technology
in the lives of
youngsters
Society has changed….
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New LearningStyles…
‘new learning styles’ include constructivist learning, knowledge-based learning, resource-based learning, authentic learning and others.
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Youngsters and the digital media
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• Sophisticated
• Digitally focused
• Multitasking
Consumers & producers
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Learning anywhere and everywhere
21st Century
Library without borders
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School library is a FUNCTION in the school
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libraryStudycentre
Meetingplace
Readingcentre
Learningcentre
Information retrieval /
Cataloguing
Resources:Digital / Audiovisual /
abstract
Facilities
Learning
schooladministrator
instruction
differentiation
flexibility
teachersstudents
Information literacy
School mission
parents
technology
individualisation
School library as a concept, not a building
“Helping teachers to teach”
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Collaboration between teachers and school librarians
Model A:Coordination
Model B:Cooperation /partnership
Model C:Integrated instruction
Model D:Integrated curriculum
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume82005/theory.htm
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Collaboration with other partners
Model A:Coordination
Model B:Cooperation /partnership
Model C:Integrated environment
Model D:Integrated building
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PORTAL & CONTENT
Gateway or Door to
Information, inspiration, pleasure, knowing and doing….
KNOWLEDGEMeles Meles SMD
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School library → market
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Multiple activities:
Learning, reading, studying, relaxing, communicating, working, discussing, watching, doing, listening, playing, recording … etc.
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Lourense H. Das
[email protected] http://www.iasl-online.org
[email protected] http://www.ensil.eu
[email protected] http://www.smd.meles.nl
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… a brand new day …