Librarian’s Forum: A Roundtable Discussion Best practices, problem- solving and working in China-based international school libraries Dr. Carol Gordon Associate Professor Rutgers University Acamis Spring Conference 9-10 March 2012
Contacts Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries
Topics Guided Inquiry Aesthetic understanding Historical understanding Reading in the digital age Free voluntary reading (summer reading) Strategic reading School library collections School library facilities One Common Goal: Student Learning
You discussed online reading is not engaged reading that is strategic, knowledge-driven and socially interactive. The studies were dated Do you think this is changing with newer formats that are friendly and more interactive?
Discussion Topics E-books-strategies, solutions; hardware based, Overdrive/Follett, promotion & patterns of use Scheduling collaboration models Library evaluation models Text on computer screens; [less] would this include –books or merely websites? If taught, how do you think it would improve? Are you considering a text read from a reader the same as a paper book? Double entry notes for young children? Any school have ICT and IL standards merged? How do we best work with ICT specialists to promote & prioritize the information aspect of ICT (rather than only the presentation/tools aspect?