SCHOOL LIBRARIES WORLDWIDE: Call for papers

["Gerald R. Brown" <browner@CYBERSPC.MB.CA>]

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>Subject:   Call for Papers
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>SCHOOL LIBRARIES WORLDWIDE
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>School Libraries Worldwide, IASL's international journal for school
>librarianship, is issued twice yearly in January and July.  The journal
>publishes new scholarly works, such as research reports and literature
>reviews.  It also publishes a wide range of other textual materials of
>interest to the profession, such as standards for facilities or advocacy
>materials developed around the world.
>
>Each issue of the journal has a theme but is limited to that theme.  The
>editors particularly welcome submission of scholarly papers, commentary, and
>opinion that fall outside the scope of the themes announced in this call for
>papers.  These are published in the "Of Special Interest" section of each
>journal.
>
>January 1997           Action Research in School Librarianship
>       Dr. Anne Clyde, University of Iceland, will be the Guest Editor for this
>special issue.  It will include an overview of action research and its
relevance to the
school library context, guidelines for planning and  carrying out action
research projects,
 and  descriptions of sample action research projects.
>       Deadline for submissions:  November 30, 1996.
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>
>July 1997              Technology:  Potentials and Pitfalls
>       This issue will explore the costs and the benefits of technology in schools
>and school libraries.  Possible topics include the conceptual demands of
electronic
and print resources, the economics of technology, impact of technological
globalization,
initiatives in software development, gender issues in technology use,
children's inter-
action with technology, and implications of importing   technological
products and/or
expertise.
>       Deadline for submissions:  January 31, 1997.
>
>
>January 1998           Power and Politics
>       This issue will focus on gaining support for school libraries and on
>implementing new or innovative school library programs.  Possible topics
>include advocacy and lobbying, policy-making at school, regional or national
>levels, case studies of program implementation efforts, and use of
consultants /
experts.
>       Deadline for submissions:  September 30, 1997.
>
>
        Themes under consideration for future issues include: State-of-the-Art
>Reports on School Libraries from Around the World, The School Library and the
>Home, Education for School Librarianship, and Distance Education.
>Suggestions for other themes of interest to the profession are welcome.
>
>Submissions and suggestions for the journal should be sent to:
        Dr. Dianne Oberg,
        Department of Elementary Education,
        551 Education South,
        University of Alberta,
        Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  T6G  2G5
        Phone:  (403) 492-3669
        Facsimile:  (403) 492-7622
        E-Mail:  dianne.oberg@ualberta.ca

        >SLW is an IASL membership benefit. Non-IASL members are invited to
request a
>sample copy of the journal from the Editor.  Membership and subscription
>information is available from the IASL Secretariat, E-mail: iasl@rockland.com
>
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        Gerald R. Brown, Consultant, Library Media Services
        & Vice President, International Association of School Librarianship
        c/o 3403 - 55 Nassau Street North
        Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3L 2G8   Canada
        Phone & Fax: 204 - 284 - 5620
        E mail: browner@cyberspc.mb.ca

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        Gerald R. Brown, Consultant, Library Media Services
        & Vice President, International Association of School Librarianship
        c/o 3403 - 55 Nassau Street North
        Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3L 2G8   Canada
        Phone & Fax: 204 - 284 - 5620
        E mail: browner@cyberspc.mb.ca

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