Talk by Dr. Rebecca Jones to SLG Day Conference and AGM reporting on IASL Conference in Tokyo

1. International Perspective
SLG AGM
2017
Rebecca Jones
jonesr@malvernstjames.co.uk
@thepanster

2. My background
— Learning Enrichment & Support Co-
ordinator & School Librarian
— Malvern St James
— Independent girls boarding school
— Professional groups:
◦ ILG sub-group leader for TeenTech Project

3. What is IASL: objectives
— To advocate the development of school libraries throughout all
countries;
— To encourage the integration of school library programs into the
instruction and curriculum of the school;
— To promote the professional preparation and continuing education
of school library personnel;
— To foster a sense of community among school librarians in all
parts of the world;
— To foster and extend relationships between school librarians and
other professions in connection with children and youth;
— To foster research in the field of school librarianship and the
integration of its findings with pertinent knowledge from related
fields;
— To promote the publication and dissemination of information about
successful advocacy and program initiatives in school
librarianship;
— To share information about programs and materials for children
and youth throughout the international community;
— To initiate and coordinate activities, conferences and other
projects in the field of school librarianship and information
services

4. Activities
— International School Libraries Month
— Giggle It http://www.iasl-online.org/advocacy/GiggleIT
— Conference
— Publications
◦ Newsletter
◦ School Libraries World Wide (peer reviewed
journal)

5. Tokyo, August 2016
— Mainly practitioner led
— Keynotes by invited academics
— Workshops (90min) & Seminars (30min)
— Posters
— Meiji University, Tokyo

6. Keynotes
— Mr Takashi Atoda, Awarding winning
writer and Librarian, Japan
◦ Dare pupils to read books
◦ Education cannot teach everything about life
◦ Hidden use
— Dr James Herring, UK Future schools,
future school libraries
◦ Is IL related to learning or information
resources? Should we refer to IL skills or
practices?
◦ Terminology – Information Literacy

7. Seminar
— Dr Dianne Oberg, Professor Emerita
of Alberta University, USA
— School Library Evaluation: For
Accountability AND Understanding
◦ Research and standards
◦ Recording, Mining and Analysing data
◦ Outcomes and Impact.
◦ Context
◦ Evaluation is a task for the profession

8. Seminar
— Per Johansson
— The challenges of a school library in
the digital age as a resource helping
educating refugee children and
integrating them into the Swedish
society.
◦ Growth in refugee population
◦ Expand range of fiction in other languages
◦ Books on living in Sweden
◦ Library as welcoming space

9. Seminar
— Deborah Brown
— School libraries and power-houses of
empathy: People on loan in the
Human Library
◦ Foster empathy & respect
◦ Genuine dialogue between different people
◦ Cultural literacy
◦ Explore a range of concepts

10. Seminar
— Elsa Conde
— School Libraries in Portugal (1996-
2016) looking into the future
◦ Impact of policy over the last 20 years by the
ministry of education in Portugal
◦ Dissemination of best practice in libraries
◦ Short films in the library
◦ School library network program: 20 years with
RBE a story with a future

11. Seminar
— Yuriko Matsuda
— Café in a school library: to strengthen
links with school and society
◦ Some lunchtimes & after school
◦ Free snacks & drinks
◦ Meet with school counsellors
◦ Teachers & Principal
◦ Safe space
◦ IL occurs naturally with purpose

12. Seminar
— Loh Chin Ee
— Reading, school libraries and equity:
a socio- spatial study of school
libraries and reading in Singapore
◦ Pupils pictures of bookshelf
◦ Geosemiotic approach
◦ Indicator of ethos of the school

13. — Workshop: Bibliobattle, Japan
◦ Pupils promote their book
◦ 5 minutes talk, 2 minutes questions
◦ Audience then votes on it’s favourite
◦ Popular in schools – teacher version
— Mr Tatekawa Shinoharu – Rakugo:
The art of comic storytelling (in
English)
◦ Traditional Japanese storytelling

14. TeenTech
— TeenTech
— Stem competition in UK for pupils
— ILG Sponsoring an Award
— My role: Team Leader
— Create resources
— Innovation day
— Judge award
— Integrate IL skills

15. Thank you – do get in touch!
— Rebecca Jones
— Learning Enrichment & Support Co-
ordinator& School Librarian at Malvern St
James
— jonesr@malvernstjames.co.uk
— @thepanster