School Libraries and Resource Centers Section

Date & Location

Friday, August 5, 2011
Mona Campus of the University of West Indies
Kingston, Jamaica

Proposals

The IFLA School Libraries and Resource Centers Section and the IASL, in collaboration with the LIAJA, invite you to submit a paper proposal for a Joint Pre-Conference Meeting to be held in Kingston, Jamaica on August 5, 2011.

E-learning offers an engaging way to participate in education and training courses in the field of school librarianship, to learn the fundamentals or to specialize on a particular topic. E-learning also can be an effective and valuable way to implement the information and media literacy programme set up by the school librarian, according to the school curriculum, in order to enable students to acquire new key competencies.

Innovative and effective e-learning-based school library programs throughout the world will be showcased after an opening plenary keynote session.

Four to six research/professional papers will be chosen for 20 minute presentations. All papers are expected to be based on sound theory, research, and/or practical applications. Presenters may wish to bring visual aids such as posters, flyers, or brochures. The selected contributions will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

Please use the paper proposal submission form below. Paper proposals should be e-mailed by April 1, 2011, specifying as the subject “IFLA-IASL 2011 Joint Meeting Proposal”, to Karen Usher, with a copy (c/c) to Dianne Oberg

The selected presenters will be notified by April 15, 2011. The deadline for the final version of selected papers, written in English, is May 15, 2011. Please note that presenters are responsible for funding their own participation.

For more information, please contact the Chair of the IFLA SLRC / IASL Joint Committee, Dianne Oberg

Paper Proposal Submission Form

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Please note

All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can be issued to authors.

Congress Attendance Grants

The Puerto Rico National Committee and IFLA have worked hard to secure funds for Conference Participation Grants. Please check our Conference Participation Grants webpage for the most up-to-date information.