Fun with Readathon: Helping Namibian Children to Love Books

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1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Foreword Messages from the Sponsoring Associations 1
4. Introduction School Libraries: Joint Efforts for a Key Role 3
5. Part 1 School Library Education and Implementation Models
6. A Self-Evaluation Model for School Libraries in Portugal 11
7. Building a Model School Library at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Piyungan in Yogyakarta, Indonesia 22
8. Developing Understanding of Information Literacy within the Croatian School Environment 33
9. Personal Learning Networks and Participatory Culture: Getting Teacher-Librarians Connected in the 21st Century 44
10. A New Operational Culture: The Case of the School Library in the Information Society Project in the City of Oulu, Finland 57
11. Assessing School Library Learning Environments 71
12. Part 2 Promoting Literacies through the School Library
13. Reading Opens all Doors: An Integrated Reading Program at Genazzano FCJ College, Australia 85
14. Fun with Readathon: Helping Namibian Children to Love Books 96
15. Developing Information Literacy through Primary School Libraries in Nigeria 108
16. GiggleIT and Global Citizenship: School Libraries, Literacy and Laughter 118
17. ‘Body in the Library’: A Cross-Curriculum Transliteracy Project 130
18. HIV/AIDS Corners in Botswana Schools and Libraries 140
19. Part 3 School Libraries for All
20. School Libraries and Human Rights 153
21. Camels, Burros, Elephants, Boats and Trucks: Bringing Books and Literacy to Children in Remote Communities 159
22. Botswana’s Book Box Service to Primary Schools 168
23. Participation of Croatian School Librarians in Teaching Children with Intellectual Disabilities 177
24. Lubuto Library Project: Bringing Knowledge to Zambian Children 188
25. Part 4 Expanding the Reach of School Libraries through Technology
26. Providing Web Based Online Reference Resources for Schools: An Alberta Success Story 201
27. The Belgrano Day School Model Project: Using Mobile Technology in a School Library in Argentina 212
28. Information Literacy on the Move: Mobile Learning with Netvibes, QR Codes and More 223
29. Web 2.0 and our School Library at the Hamilton and Alexandra College in Victoria, Australia 232
30. Part 5 Government Initiatives for School Library Development
31. The School Library as a Tool to Empower Literacy and Improve Schools: A Swedish Government Initiative 245
32. Focus on Reading Education and Information Literacy: The Norwegian School Library Program 254
33. Seize the Day! Developing School Libraries in Finland 264
34. A Long Walk to Significant School Libraries for All: Government Policies in Portugal, 1986-2010 278
35. Part 6 Organizations for School Library Advocacy and Development
36. ENSIL: Advocacy of School Libraries in the Educational Context 287
37. SLA: Using Evidence to Move Forward in the UK 298
38. RuSLA: Policymaker for School Library Development 307
39. IFLA SLRC: Developing Policy and Guidelines 318
40. IASL: Sustaining the Vision for 40 Years 324
41. Afterword 333
42. Index 334