IASL Israeli Call for Papers

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Greetings Fellow LM_NETters,

IASL will hold its 27th Annual Conference in Israel in 1998.  You are
welcome to submit proposals for presentations as indicated below.  It would
be a pleasure to meet many of you again on another continent!  Information
about attending the conference will be available shortly!

Peter Genco, IASL Vice President for Association Operations

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27th Annual Conference
International Association of School Librarianship
July 5-10, 1998
Ramat-Gan, Israel

CALL FOR PAPERS

You are cordially invited to present your paper at the 27th annual
conference of the International Association of School Librarianship, to be
held July 5-10, 1998, at the campus of Bar-Ilan University, Israel. If you
are interested, submit an extended abstract of at least 4 pages (approx.
1000 words).  All abstracts will be reviewed by the academic committee. The
Second Annual International Forum on Research in School Librarianship will
be part of the program.


General theme:

EDUCATION FOR ALL: CULTURE, READING AND INFORMATION

Subthemes:
*Information literacy and information skills
*Reading as a basis for using information technology efficiently
*Future changes in educational systems
*Minority language reading in the world of information technology
*Crisis in teaching reading as a skill
*Reading encouragement
*Children's literature: new formats (multimedia, etc.)
*Children's literature: reflections of society, culture and ethnic groups
*Role of librarians and technology in developing and improving plans of
action for learning.
*Role of librarians and technology in developing and improving courseware
*The digital library in the school library media center
*Social information in the school library media center
*Censorship and other ethical issues in the school library media center
*Professional training of media specialists, school librarians and
teacher-librarians
*Professional growth and development


Extended abstracts should be sent to:
IASL CONFERENCE - 1998
Attn: Ms. Amalia Brand
Department of Information Studies and Librarianship
BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY, Ramat-Gan
ISRAEL 52900

Deadline for submission of abstracts is DECEMBER 15, 1997.

Additional Contact:
Dr. Snunith Shoham
Department of Information Studies & Librarianship
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan
Israel 52900
Fax:972-3-5347601
Email: Shohas@ashur.cc.biu.ac.il








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Peter Genco
FHS Library Media Specialist & Technology Team Leader
IASL Vice President for Association Operations

PHONE: (814) 474 1369 FAX: (814) 474 1115
email: pgenco@iu05trc.trinet.k12.pa.us
URL: http://www.rhi.hi.is/~anne/peterj.html

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