International Association of School Librarianship - Children's and Young Adult Literature SIG

About

Events

Chair: Dr. Kasey Garrison, Lecturer Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia: Email

Objectives

to exchange information about current developments in the field, including collection development, author awareness, publisher access and issues;
to share methods of promoting literature with children and young adults for their love of reading;
to discuss methods of developing an appreciation of the place of literature in personal development and in the curriculum process;
to report trends in children and young adult reading interests;
to identify research and research needs related to children and young adult literature;
to consider and report on literature in alternative media formats and their impact on school librarianship;
to participate as a member of the Awards Committee for the IASL Books for Children Award grant;
to organize and report on the International Children's Book Display at the annual IASL conference.

to disseminate information on the range of international and national awards related to children's literature;
to identify curriculum sources for facilitating teaching and learning centring on children's and young adult literature;
to identify children's and young adult literature web sites;
to establish links with author and illustrator groups;
to publish success stories on approaches to promoting reading and literature appreciation;
to identify research in children's literature, both published and work in progress;
to discuss research needs;
to discuss significant issues such as censorship, students as authors, intellectual property;
to identify sources of reviews of children's literature, both electronic and in print.