- Promoting the role of the school library and resource centre in literacy, reading, information literacy and lifelong learning
(Professional priorities: (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society; (b) Defending the principle of freedom of information; (c) Promoting literacy and reading)
Actions
- Organising sessions at future conferences which highlight school library activities, literacy and information literacy; identifying and inviting appropriate speakers
- Organising joint programs and joint activities with other IFLA Sections and other institutions or organisations
- Publishing a new Section brochure
- Promoting and providing support for International School Library Day
- Providing appropriate information on the World Wide Web to promote the Section and school libraries
- Defining the role of the school librarian and highlighting best practice
(Professional priorities: (i) Promoting standards, guidelines and best practice)
Actions
- Promoting the IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto and the new (2002) School Library Guidelines
- Translating the IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto and the School Library Guidelines into as many languages as possible
- Developing an Advocacy Kit for promoting the IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto and the School Library Guidelines
- Developing strategies to identify and promote examples of best practice
- Enabling regional workshops that promote best practice in school librarianship
- 3. Supporting school librarians in their professional development and promoting pre-service and in-service professional education programmes for school librarians
(Professional priorities: (h) Developing library professionals)
Actions
- Developing a plan to meet this goal, including the identification of appropriate strategies
- Organising a Pre-conference in Oslo in 2005, in conjunction with the Section on Reading, on "Literacies for the 21st Century"
- 4. Advocating the importance of libraries and information literacy in teacher education programmes and curricula
(Professional priorities: (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society)
Actions
- Developing a plan to meet this goal, including the identification of appropriate strategies
- Promoting, identifying and disseminating research in the field of school librarianship
(Professional priorities: (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society; (b) Defending the principle of freedom of information; (c) Promoting literacy and reading; (d) Providing unrestricted access to information; (f) Promoting resource sharing; (i) Promoting standards, guidelines and best practice; (j) Supporting the infrastructure of library associations)
Actions
- Supporting a major international research project on "Information Policy in Schools"
- Promoting and disseminating the professional report of the research project "Principals and School Librarians in an Information Literate School Community"
- Developing a plan to assess the impact of Section projects and activities
- Identifying topics on which research is needed, and encouraging research on those topics
- Supporting and promoting the establishment of school library associations or school library sections within library associations
(Professional priorities: (j) Supporting the infrastructure of library associations)
Actions
- Organising activities in conjunction with other associations and institutions
- Developing a plan to further meet this goal, including the identification of appropriate strategies
