IFLA School Libraries Section | Midyear Meeting

Programme

• Thursday 21 April 2022 | 08:45 – 10:30 (UTC+00:00 London) | Welcome and Introductions
  • Welcome by Rob O’Brien (see details below)
  • Conceptual Design of Heroic Inquiry by Hugh Rose (see details below)
• Thursday 21 April 2022 | 11:00 – 12:00 (UTC+00:00 London) | Business Meeting 1
• Thursday 21 April 2022 | 13:00 – 15:00 (UTC+00:00 London) | Professional Development 1
  • Implementing the IFLA School Library Guidelines at Blanchelande College by Darryl Toerien (see details below)
  • Our Evolving Understanding of Inquiry: 1988-Present by Barbara Stripling (see details below)
• Friday 22 April 2022 | 09:00 – 10:00 (UTC+00:00 London) | Business Meeting 2
• Friday 22 April 2022 | 10:30 – 12:45 (UTC+00:00 London) | Professional Development 2
  • Curricular Inquiry: Learning Between the Library and the Classroom by Joe Sanders and Jenny Toerien (see details below)
  • Extracurricular Inquiry: Learning Beyond the Classroom – Lessons from the IB Diploma Programme Extended Essay and the Extended Project Qualification by Jenny Toerien (see details below)
  • Mapping Inquiry-Based Learning in a Dynamic Curriculum by Kevin Heppell (see details below)

Update:

• All Professional Development sessions were recorded and are now available in the Forum here.

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On 21-22 April, Blanchelande College will be hosting the midyear meeting of the School Libraries Section of IFLA ahead of the 2022 World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, from 26-29 July.

Please see below for the programme, which may also be downloaded as a PDF from here.

The programme is open and free, and we are intending to stream and record the sessions for colleagues who are not able to travel to Guernsey (details to follow).

Please contact Darryl Toerien <[email protected]> with any questions.

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The School Libraries Section 2022 Midyear Meeting reflects the strategic importance and value of the following two key IFLA publications, both of which will be launched at the 2022 World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland:

• The revised IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto (2022), which revitalises the principles upholding the IFLA School Library Guidelines (2015)
• The latest book in the Global Action on School Libraries series, Models of Inquiry (2022), which reaffirms the centrality of inquiry to achieving our educational and moral purpose

 Thursday 21 April

• 08.45 – 09.00 | Welcome and Introductions by Darryl Toerien, Head of Inquiry-Based Learning
• 09.00 – 10.30 | Welcome and tour of Blanchelande College by Rob O’Brien, Principal
  • Includes talk by Hugh Rose, Design Director at Blanchelande College, on conceptual design work on heroic inquiry and the Senior Library’s knowledge map (see the College Prospectus for an example of Hugh’s work on the Hero’s Journey)
• 10.30 – 11.00 | Refreshments (free)
• 11.00 – 12.00 | Business Meeting (open to observers)
• 12.00 – 13.00 | Lunch (free)
• 13.00 – 15.00 | Professional Development (open and free)
  • Implementing the IFLA School Library Guidelines at Blanchelande College (Darryl Toerien, Head of Inquiry-Based Learning at Blanchelande College, Originator of the FOSIL Inquiry Cycle, Elected Member of the Standing Committee of the School Libraries Section of IFLA, and Co-opted Board Member of the UK School Library Association)
  • Keynote – Our Evolving Understanding of Inquiry: 1988-Present (Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita at Syracuse University, Originator of Stripling’s Model of Inquiry / the Empire State Information Fluency Continuum, and current President of the Freedom to Read Foundation)
• 15.00 – 15.30 | Refreshments (free)

Friday 22 April

• 08.45 – 09.00 | Refreshments (free)
• 09.00 – 10.00 | Business Meeting (open to observers)
• 10.00 – 10.30 | Refreshments (free)
• 10.30 – 12.45 | Professional Development (open and free)
  • Curricular Inquiry: Learning Between the Library and the Classroom (Joe Sanders, Senior Lead Practitioner and Teacher of Politics at Oakham School, and Jenny Toerien, Curriculum Librarian and Extended Project Qualification Coordinator at Blanchelande College)
  • Extracurricular Inquiry: Learning Beyond the Classroom – Lessons from the IB Diploma Programme Extended Essay and the Extended Project Qualification (Jenny Toerien, Curriculum Librarian and Extended Project Qualification Coordinator at Blanchelande College)
  • Mapping Inquiry-Based Learning in a Dynamic Curriculum (Kevin Heppell, Dynamic Curriculum Adviser at Sequential and co-creator of the Mondrian Wall)
• 12.45 – 13.30 | Lunch (free)