scholarly journals Developing Students’ “mini-c” Creativity through Inquiry

Author(s):  
Jami L. Jones

In 2007, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association, unveiled the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner to foster high expectations for today‘s learners. The purposes of this paper are to explore as well as operationalize the constructs of creativity to develop students‘ creative potential through inquiry. This paper introduces the potential of the AASL Standards to foster student creativity. Starko‘s contributions to developing the creative potential of childrenwithin a constraining educational milieu are presented.

Author(s):  
Jami L. Jones ◽  
Gail Bush

As former students ourselves, we know instinctively the qualities of exemplary educators even if we have difficulty naming these ourselves. A review of the extensive body of dispositional literature indicates that educators struggle with the concept of dispositions, what these entail, and their assessment; however, little has been written about the dispositions of school librarians. Interest in this topic has increased since the development of Dispositions in Action as an essential component of the American Library Association’s American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st Century Learner published in 2007. The authors provide foundational information about dispositions and justification of their importance to student learning and present a self-assessment instrument which is the first step to understanding one’s dispositional strengths and weaknesses. Additionally, a theoretical framework for obtaining dispositions is presented.


Author(s):  
Rosemary Passos

Na perspectiva de formar uma sociedade de leitura, extinguir o analfabetismo e promover a inclusão social e a inclusão informacional, o governo federal brasileiro criou em 2006 o Plano Nacional do Livro e Leitura - PNLL, para promoção e incentivo da leitura em todas as regiões do país. O Eixo 2 do PNLL tem como finalidade formar mediadores e leitores na perspectiva da competência em informação e para confirmar este propósito, desenvolvemos essa pesquisa com o objetivo de estabelecer fundamentação teórica tanto para a Educação quanto para a Ciência da Informação, sobre os conceitos de mediação e competência em informação; identificar a presença da competência nos projetos de formação de mediadores; analisar a estrutura de cada ação utilizando as dimensões características da competência em informação, e elaborar Padrões e Indicadores de Competência em Informação como estratégia para o desenvolvimento da capacidade leitora dos indivíduos. O estudo é uma combinação de pesquisa exploratória e descritiva, com análise de conteúdo e documental adequadas ao Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo (DSC). Para análise dos projetos, utilizamos toda a documentação fornecida pela Coordenação do PNLL e recuperamos os registros históricos de 10 ações, disponíveis na internet, pelo nome do projeto ou da instituição promotora. A leitura do conteúdo de cada projeto foi realizada com base nas dimensões características da competência em informação, e a construção dos padrões e indicadores observaram os modelos da American Library Association (ALA) e da American Association School Librarians Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AASL).


1973 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Marian Boner

In the spring of 1906 the librarian of the Iowa State Library wrote to a few of his colleagues suggesting that at the next meeting of the American Library Association they should join in establishing an organization of law librarians. Accordingly, in July of that year, they gathered at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, and organized the American Association of Law Libraries. The twenty-four original members were almost equally divided between States libraries, law school libraries, and local or county bar associations. These groups still form a large part of the membership, although government libraries and private firm collections are also strongly represented.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Yongming Wang

On September 13 and 14, 2017, four Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA, an affiliate of American Library Association) members went to Beijing, China, to attend BALIS conference and give a presentation to BALIS members (Beijing Academic Library Information Systems, a consortium of close to ninety academic libraries in Beijing).


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