Full Description
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.
Contents
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.
