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Librarian’s Forum: A Roundtable D iscussion. Best practices, problem-solving and working in China-based international school libraries. Dr. Carol Gordon c arol.gordon@rutgers.edu Associate Professor Rutgers University Acamis Spring Conference 9-10 March 2012. Contacts.
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Librarian’s Forum: A Roundtable Discussion Best practices, problem-solving and working in China-based international school libraries Dr. Carol Gordon carol.gordon@rutgers.edu Associate Professor Rutgers University Acamis Spring Conference 9-10 March 2012
Contacts • carol.gordon@rutgers.edu • Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries • http://cissl.rutgers.edu
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 2007. 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?