40th Annual Conference - Kingston, Jamaica
"School Libraries: Empowering the 21st Century Learner"
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Keynote address by Ellen R. Tise, IFLA President 2009-2011
Conference Papers
Building our social landscape in cyberspace, by Cynthia R. Houston, Ph.D., MSLIS
Are we there yet? by Barabara Combes, et al.
Home broadband adoption and student achievement: scenes from an initial examination of households in rural Florida, USA, by Marcia A. Mardis, Ed.D.
Building Excitement for Literacy Learning through Collaboration: Empowering Mobile and other Vulnerable Students in the Twenty-First Century, by Barbara McNeil
Fearless, playful and connected: Empowering teacher-librarians through an exploration of Web 2.0, by Jennifer L. Branch and Joanne de Groot
Focusing the library on the reader: Special education students, by Elizabeth A. Lee
Incorporating information literacy in the Croatian school environment, by Mihaela Banek Zorica and Sonja Spiranec
The learning ecology of Web 2.0 tool use by teacher librarian candidates, by Cynthia Royden Houston, MLS, Ph.D.
Online programs in school library education: Preparing librarians to support twenty-first century learners, by Dianne Oberg
Professional development of school library staff in Trinidad and Tobago, and Simone J. Primus
Professional learning in the digital age: Empowering the 21st century teacher-librarian, by Jennifer L. Branch and Joanne de Groot
The role of the teacher librarian in the bookless library: information literacy and resource creation, by James E Herring, PhD
Researching Data Sets to Develop State Library Standards, by Lesley S. J. Farmer, PhD
Collaboration is the key: opening doors to deeper student learning through working together, by Elizabeth Greef
Developing reading and analytical skills of students in education in Taiwan, by Tzong-Yue Chen
Introducing and establishing a wide reading program in the middle years of schooling, by Nerelie Teese
Transforming secondary school libraries to meet the needs of the twenty first century learner: The case of Trinidad and Tobago, by Grace Achoy and Rachael Greene
Standards for Brazilian School Libraries: Development Foundations, by Bernadette Campello
Puppet Dreams: An Ezra Jack Keats Grant Project, by K.E. Hones
Notes from the noodle factory: 21st-Century Librarianship in Search of New Paradigms, by Ralph Lamar Turner
Developing students' "mini c": Creativity through inquiry, by Jami L. Jones
A touch of humour! Captivating students through the GiggleIT Project, by Kerry Pope
Factors that support the development of exemplary school library programs, by Diana Maliszewski
Directing the Digital Moral Compass: Teaching Digital Citizenship, by Lesley S. J. Farmer, PhD
Confronting the ‘Crisis of Significance’ in 21st Century School Libraries, by Ray Doiron and Marlene Asselin
Introduction to Information Literacy: An Online Library Media Course for High School Students, by Margaret Lincoln
Lithuanian school libraries today: Problems and perspectives, by Irena Kryzanauskiene
Conference Presentations
Building our social landscape in cyberspace, by Cynthia R. Houston, Ph.D., MSLIS
School Libraries: Creating a network model for the Brazilian educational system, by Carla Floriana Martins
Providing an Enabling Environment, by Hopeton S. Dunn, Ph.D.
Developing and Supporting the Twenty-First Century Reader, by Dr Carol Gordon
“Look for me in the whirlwind”: Teaching the 21st century learner, by Dr Ross J Todd
Re-thinking the role of the teacher librarian in a post-literate society, by Mark-Shane Scale
Utilization of a school library in a black rural town, by Nompumelelo M Shongwe
Conference Posters
Digital libraries to school libraries (DL2SL): A strategy for open content integration in schools, by Marcia A Mardis and Casey McLaughlin
Daisy Direct, Sweden: School Libraries for Disabled Students
