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LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICES

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP

ABOUT US

Welcome to the home of the ECIS Library & Information Services Special Interest Group! We welcome all international school librarians, ECIS members and others who have an interest in international school libraries.

The purpose of the Library & Information Services special interest group is to transform practice through professional learning opportunities that feature leading practice and are evidence-led; a further goal is, where appropriate, to create a collaborative community that transforms research and/or research opportunities around particular problems of practice.

DEIJ STATEMENT

The ECIS Library and Information Services Special Interest Group is devoted to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and justice in all of its forms. We embrace and model this within the school library context in order to have a direct impact on the learning of the entire school community.

We advocate for intellectual freedom and support learning through informed curation of resources and educational materials that promote acceptance and understanding of our diverse humanity and individual uniqueness. We encourage lifelong learning with a DEIJ perspective by promoting this thinking through our diverse library collections, instruction and communications with our community.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Rebecca Leonhard

Rebecca Leonhard is current chair of the ECIS Library and Information Services Committee. She has been working in international school libraries in Switzerland, China and Germany since 2011. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Penn State University and her Master’s of Science in Library Science from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her secondary school experience, Rebecca worked in college and university libraries since 2004, including Penn State University Libraries. She regularly serves on various committees within the American Library Association and the international school community. In 2014, Rebecca was named an American Library Association Emerging Leader.

Vivienne Blake

Vivienne Blake is a High School Librarian at EF Academy in Thornwood, New York. She specializes in developing research skills that prepare students for college and university.  Academic integrity is both a guide and a challenge in the 21st century. Vivienne helps students learn to select digital tools that safeguard academic integrity, encourage their unique voices, and contribute meaningfully to a collective pool of knowledge. Artificial Intelligence is a passion of hers and she enjoys exploring its development in relation to education.

Clare Brumpton

Clare Brumpton is Head of Research Centre at the International School of London, an IB school where she is responsible for three libraries and the ISL Research Institute. She has worked in school libraries for 25 years within the UK and has experience of the International Baccalaureate, the International Primary Curriculum and UK National Curriculum.

Clare has a BA(Hons) in Social Sciences, an MScEcon in Library and Information Management where she specialised in School Librarianship and a PGDip in Educational Leadership and Management. She is active in a number of library forums and groups within the UK and internationally, has co-authored a series of best practice articles for publication, and has presented and published on the principles of the ISL Research Institute.

Twitter: @ClareBrumpton

Clare (Wooldridge) Brumpton | LinkedIn

RESOURCES: LIBRARIES WEEK 2021

Please contact the SIG Chair if you require the password to access all sessions via Vimeo.

DAY 1

Yong Zhao Keynote
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Check Out our Check-In
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Decolonising the Library: Anti-Racism in International Education
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Empathic Video Games: find them, use them, create them!
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DAY 2

Library Manuals: Making Yours Work for You
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Bibliotherapy: Building Anti-bias communities through literature (Early Childhood)
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Engaging and Viable Programming for your School Library! Advocate! Market! Innovate!
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Author Presentation – Mylo Freeman
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Author Presentation – John Schu
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Round Table – SDG’s in Libraries – Global Literature in Libraries
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DAY 3

Create your own Breakout EDU Challenges!
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Developing Your Coaching Capacity as Librarians
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Digital Libraries: Choosing and Using Sora
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Author Presentation – Elana K Arnold – Sorry, but due to technical issues, this video is unavailable.
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Build a Better Lesson with BrainPOP @ Your Library
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Round Table – Libraries during COVID
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DAY 4

Reading is FUNdamental (DropBox download link)

Extended Essay Coordinator/Librarian Share-Alike: Session not recorded
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Embedding IDEAS in the Curriculum – Librarians as connectors
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Survey Link

Author Presentation – Matt Dickinson
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The Honeybee Project: Practical inspiration for collaborative teaching and learning
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DAY 5

Reading Experiences of Multicultural Students
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Library Genrefication: Focus on Nonfiction
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The Power of Story
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Author Presentation – Ibtisam Barakat
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Science Literacy and Science Mis-Information: Bringing the World Together to Combat False Science
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Round Table – Media Literacy

DAY 6

Developing Intercultural Understanding Through the Power of Children’s Literature
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Demystifying Research for Everyone
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Project Zero’s Artful Thinking in the Libraries
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Best Practices for Creating Engaging LibGuides
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Author Presentation – Jing Liu
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DAY 7

IB Learner Profile in the Library
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Making Connections in the Diploma Programme Core
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Information skills timeline | Survey | Survey Results

Not Our Diversity: Beyond BANA (British, Australiasia, and North America)
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Keynote – Donalyn Miller | Event close
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ARTICLES

Library: The best place for growth

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28 May 2021
  Huiqing Yolanda Xu, Librarian, Wuhan Globe School,…
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Building Community, Connections, & Learning

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25 May 2021
  Johanna Schooley ES Librarian Seoul International…
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When it comes to reading and writing, volume matters

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24 May 2021
  Kelly Gallagher Educator, Author   When I first…
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Writing in the world language classroom does not have to be simplistic

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20 May 2021
  Isabelle Wolfe Language Teacher, International School…
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ABOUT ECIS
Founded in 1965, ECIS is a non-profit global membership organisation that supports schools. ECIS was the first educational collaborative to serve Europe and has grown into a leading global association. Our historical foundation has always been to provide thought leadership and the ECIS tradition of sustainable, caring, and inclusive learning will forever be our legacy.

Together, we create a movement to change the way the world learns.
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