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SCL News June 2009: Newsletter of the IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adult Section

Here's the latest issue of the SCL News (Jun 09), the newsletter of the IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adult Section.PDF (1.05 MB)| Link to all issuesCONTENTSThe Chair Speaks - p1.Editor’s...

Drafting a "Web 2.0 + Young Adult services primer for librarians"

On a whim, I posted this status update at my Facebook account yesterday:In case you can't see the image, my status said: "Ivan is writing a Web 2.0 + Young Adult services primer for...

Part 2 - Drafting a "Web 2.0 + Young Adult services primer for librarians"

[From previous post]After thinking about it, I decided to start a wiki for the draft.It's at web20-libraryservices-ya.wikispaces.comI figured it would be OK for me to make the draft public, since a...

Part 3 - Drafting a "Web 2.0 + Young Adult services primer for librarians"

[From Part 2]Sent the final draft to Ivanka yesterday night. Just checked my email this evening and she came back with some corrections. I made the changes on my master document and emailed it...

Part 2 - Drafting a "Web 2.0 + Young Adult services primer for librarians"

[From previous post]After thinking about it, I decided to start a wiki for the draft.It's at web20-libraryservices-ya.wikispaces.comI figured it would be OK for me to make the draft public, since a...

IFLA 2008 (part 9): Revised guidelines for library services for young adults

[From Part 8]8.30am, 12 Aug 2008, Quebec City. Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section.This morning, our Section presented the revised guidelines for library services for young adults (which...

IFLA 2008 (part 10): "You Can't Take Me Home"

[From Part 9]I got tired of blogging about the "serious stuff".So...Here's a very cool T-shirt (but worned by an uncool-looking dude, I'm afraid!)My Norwegian colleague, Linn, gave out T-shirts her...

IFLA 2008 (part 12): Adhoc meeting

Update on the Sister-library and the Youth Expression project proposals (previously mentioned here):After this morning's visit, a few of us met to discuss the scope of the two proposals.Final...

IFLA 2008 (part 13): More Web 2.0 in IFLA

[From Part 12]At my first IFLA conference in Oslo, it seemed to me terms like blogs, wiki, Web 2.0 wasn't in IFLA's lexicon. But year by year, those terms appeared more in presentations and poster...

IFLA 2008 (part 15): Interview with "Pliny the Librarian" from Norway

[From Part 14]14 Aug 2008. Quebec City, Canada.I met Pliny the Librarian in person today. We even have an impromptu 10-minute video interview!Totally unplanned. Video is unedited from start to finish...