Expand your IASL-ATLC Conference experience with a Course!

[Angela Thacker]

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        From:  Angela Thacker

        Date:  April 9, 1997

        Re: IASL-ATLC Conference, Vancouver, Canada, July 6-11, 1997

        The following News Release is being sent to all subscribers to the
        above listservs and to those individuals with known e-mail
        addresses, who are members of IASL or ATLC, or who have
        requested a Conference Registration Package.  Please forgive the
        duplication that is bound to occur.


                News Release No. 4 (March 27, 1997)


                 EXPAND YOUR CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE
                       WITH A CREDIT COURSE!


The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies and
the Department of Language Education at the University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, invite you to enrol in
the following graduate level credit course in comparative and
international librarianship:

             LIBR569G: TEACHER-LIBRARIANSHIP AND SCHOOL
             LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTRES AROUND THE WORLD

This special-offering course provides the opportunity to
explore international and comparative school librarianship
through participation in an international conference as well
as through research and study.  The "Bridging the Gap"
Conference, to be held on the campus of the University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 6 - 11, 1997, will
enable class members to interact with school library leaders
from around the world.  Guest presenters from countries such
as Israel, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Iceland will be
participating in class sessions.

OBJECTIVES
To develop an understanding of the development of teacher-
librarianship and school library resource centres around the
world, and of the trends and issues affecting that
development.

SCOPE AND CONTENT
The components of school library services and programs
professional associations and the literature of school
librarianship foundations of comparative
education/librarianship patterns of development of school
library resource centres in regions around the world elements
in the development of teacher-librarianship around the world
issues in comparative school librarianship such as the role of
the teacher-librarian, education for
teacher-librarianship, the relationship between school and
public libraries, standards and evaluation, technological
innovation and support.

READINGS
An extensive list of readings will be provided.  The required
text is School Libraries: International Developments, 2nd
edition, edited by Jean E. Lowrie and Mieko Nagakura
(Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1991).

METHODS
Lectures, guest presentations, seminar work.

EVALUATION
Two small seminar reports and a research paper on a
problem in comparative school librarianship (topic to be
selected in consultation with the instructor).

COURSE HOURS
During Week One (July 2-5) and Week Three (July 14-18),
the class will meet from 09:00-12:00 daily.  During Week Two
(July 6-11), the class will attend selected "Bridging the Gap"
conference sessions and a daily seminar meeting, times to
be determined based on the conference schedule.

INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Dianne Oberg, Associate Professor, University of Alberta.
Dr. Oberg's joint appointment in the School of Library and
Information Studies and the Department of Elementary
Education gives Dr. Oberg the opportunity to work with pre-
service teachers, teacher-librarians, and librarians.  Her
research focuses on the field of school librarianship
including the teaching of the information search process and
the implementation of school library programs.  She is active
in school library associations and in the dissemination of
research through presentations and publications.  Through
participation in the International Association of School
Librarianship over the past 15 years, she has gained a
personal knowledge of school librarianship in many areas of
the world.

For more information about the course content, readings, or
topics for the research paper, you are invited to contact the
instructor:
Dr. Dianne Oberg, School of Library and Information Studies,
3-20 Rutherford South,
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2J4
Canada
Telephone: 403-492-3930
Fax: 403-492-2430
e-mail: dianne.oberg at ualberta.ca
web site: http://www.slis.ualberta.ca/nuhome/oberg.htm

Students already enrolled in a library education program at
the University of British Columbia may register for LIBR569G
in the usual manner.  Others should contact
The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
for course registration information.  Direct enquiries to:
Bridging the Gap,
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies,
University of British Columbia
831-1956 Main Mall,
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1
Canada
Fax: 604-822-6006
e-mail: iaslatlc at unixg.ubc.ca





--
Angela Thacker,
Executive Assistant,
Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada (ATLC)
Tel: (604) 987-4734; Fax: (604) 986-3018
e-mail for ATLC business: angela_thacker at mindlink.bc.ca
e-mail for IASL/ATLC Conference (July, 1997) information:
iaslatlc at unixg.ubc.bc