This month the GLLI blog will feature book recommendations and reflections on practice and curriculum connections related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (or SDGs, as they are commonly referred to), written by various international school librarian friends, whose brains I have picked and arms I have twisted. The UN 2030 Agenda (17 goals … Continue reading March 2021: International School Teacher-Librarians and the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Library Networks – and – Innovative ways of enabling access to books from abroad
The international school library network in Singapore, ISLN, has explored several innovative ways to help schools get their hands on their Red Dot Award books each year. Access matters. ISLN's goal is to get as many people to read the four annual shortlists as possible in order to promote discussion and exposure to a range of … Continue reading Library Networks – and – Innovative ways of enabling access to books from abroad
The Singapore Red Dot Awards — an annual exercise in curating a basket of recent books for children in international schools
Collections of global literature for young people can be found all over Singapore — in the libraries of the 50+ international schools that serve the expatriate population of the city-state. Singapore is a privileged “bubble” in Southeast Asia in so many ways (economically, culturally, educationally, etc.) — and international schools are a bubble within that … Continue reading The Singapore Red Dot Awards — an annual exercise in curating a basket of recent books for children in international schools
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