[IASL-LINK]: School Librarianship: International Issues &

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

        SCHOOL LIBRARIANSHIP:=20
        INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES

SEATTLE, May 30, 1998  The International Association of School Librarianship
(IASL) has published SCHOOL LIBRARIANSHIP: INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND
PERSPECTIVES, edited by Ken Haycock and Blanche Woolls. This outstanding
collection of the best international papers begins with Diljit Singh=B9s
survey of the state of the world's school libraries.=20

Papers are then grouped by current theme. Michael Cooke, Paul Lupton, Ross
Todd and Joy McGregor address aspects of Information Literacy; Ken Haycock,
Dianne Oberg, Peggy Heeks and Liz Austrom explore the means of successfully
Implementing Change;=20

Jack Stack and Cherrell Shelley-Robinson look at two  Continuing=
 Considerations=20

Margaret Kinnell Evans, Kathleen Craver and Sandra Olen examine New
Opportunities, particularly connections with teaching and learning and with
emerging technologies.=20

The volume concludes with an index to the annual conference proceedings of
IASL for its first 25 years, 1971=AD1996, and to the IASL Newsletter for the
same period, an invaluable source for locating information on school
libraries and issues worldwide.

School librarianship: International perspectives and issues. Ken Haycock and
Blanche Woolls, editors. International Association of School Librarianship,
1997. 258 pp. $35. 1-890861-22-7.=20
Distributed by LMC Source, P. O. Box 720400, San Jose, CA 95172=AD0400.=
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800-873-3043; Fax: 408-924-2476; E-mail: <lmcs@pacbell.net>.=20
Standing orders for IASL titles are available.

The International Association of School Librarianship comprises personal and
association members from over 80 countries committed to enabling young
people to develop literary and cultural appreciation and to use information
effectively through the improvement of school libraries and school library
programs as vital components of education. Information about membership and
publications is available from the=20
        IASL Secretariat,=20
        Box 34069, Department 300,=20
        Seattle, WA 98124-1069, USA.=20
        Voice: 604-925-0266;=20
        Fax: 604-925-0566;=20
        E=ADmail: iasl@rockland.com.

CONTACT: Dr. Ken Haycock
(604) 925-0266

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        Gerald R. Brown, Consultant, Library & Information Services
        & Honorary Ambassador,=20
                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
       Web site for IASL: http://www.rhi.hi.is/~anne/iasl.html
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