International Association of School Librarianship

About

Events

Co-Chair: Margaret Baffour-Awuah, Botswana: Email
Co-Chair: Patricia Overall, USA: Email

Objectives

to facilitate discussion of advocacy programs that have been effective in the promotion of school librarianship and information technology;
to share strategies that have been successful in involving administrators in the integration of the school library program in curriculum processes and classroom practices;
to share success stories about the co-operative planning and teaching work undertaken with teachers;
to disseminate advocacy materials and plans, as well as obtain same from members of the Association.

identify advocacy web sites of interest;
provide a list of advocacy tools known to exist, their location and details of availability;
publish some success stories;
identify professional development needs and plan for professional development;
present tips on advocacy approaches for various audiences eg school principals, district supervisors, ministerial personnel;
identify other professional associations in the educational sector who deal with advocacy issues;
identify journal articles that address advocacy issues;
identify a potential conference theme on advocacy.