Librarian’s Forum:

A Roundtable DiscussionBest practices, problem-solving and working in China-based international school libraries

Dr. Carol Gordoncarol.gordon@rutgers.eduAssociate Professor Rutgers UniversityAcamis Spring Conference9-10 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?