IFLA School Libraries Section 2022 Midyear Meeting

[Darryl Toerien Keymaster]

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)

[Darryl Toerien Keymaster]

On 21-22 April, Blanchelande College in Guernsey 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.

I am delighted to announce that the School Library Association (SLA) will be sponsoring the reception for this historic midyear meeting at Moores Hotel in St Peter Port.

We are looking forward to welcoming Alison Kennedy, Vice Chair of the SLA and Upper School Librarian at The American School in England, on behalf of Alison Tarrant, Chief Executive of the SLA.

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The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) was founded in 1927 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has since grown from 15 members representing 15 countries to over 1,500 members and affiliates from more than 150 countries. The Section’s Standing Committee consists of 20 members from 16 countries, including Guernsey, since Blanchelande College’s recently appointed Head of Inquiry-Based Learning and Libraries, Darryl Toerien, is an elected member.

The Section’s midyear meeting focusses on two strategically important publications.

The first is the revised IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto (2022), which revitalises the principles upholding the IFLA School Library Guidelines (2015). The existing Manifesto is one of only three IFLA manifestos to be ratified by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), and has been translated into more than 37 languages.

The publication of the revised Manifesto coincides with the imminent publication by the UK School Library Association of Making School Libraries Integral to the Educational Process: An Introduction to the IFLA School Library Guidelines (2022), which Darryl co-authored with Elizabeth Hutchinson, who was previously Head of the Schools Library Service at the Guille-Allès Library in St Peter Port and was awarded a British Empire Medal in 2020 for services to school libraries.

The second is the latest book in the Global Action for School Libraries series, Models of Inquiry (2022), which reaffirms the centrality of inquiry to achieving the school library’s educational and moral purpose, and, more broadly, the aim of a liberal education, which is students who are willing and able to think and learn for themselves. Models of Inquiry reflects on pioneering developments from 8 countries around the world, and includes a chapter by Darryl on FOSIL – an instructional model of the inquiry process based on the world-renowned work of Dr Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita at Syracuse University, who has also contributed a chapter on her instructional model and is presenting the keynote talk at the midyear meeting – and a chapter on the implementation of FOSIL in the classroom co-authored by Jenny Toerien, Curriculum Librarian and EPQ Coordinator at Blanchelande College.

Attending a midyear meeting of IFLA’s School Libraries Section comes at a personal cost to those Standing Committee members who are able to travel to the host nation, and especially so in these troubled times. The Standing Committee is particularly grateful, therefore, to the following for making this historic midyear meeting affordable and memorable:

• Blanchelande College for hosting the midyear meeting, including refreshments and lunch for all delegates
• Sarnia Hotels for providing accommodation at Moores Hotel in St Peter Port, as well as hosting the opening reception
• The School Library Association for steadfast support for FOSIL, as well as sponsoring the opening reception and dinner
• The Bella Luce hotel for hosting the pre-meeting dinner and planning session
• Maisons de Victor Hugo Paris – Guernsey for a guided tour of Hauteville House
• The Guille-Allès Library for a guided tour
• Guernsey Museums for a guided tour of Castle Cornet, as well as hosting the closing lunch

It is fitting to conclude with the Manifesto‘s declaration that the school library is “essential to every long-term strategy for literacy, education, information provision and economic, social and cultural development,” and to reflect on the quality of our investment in school libraries towards doing so.

[Jenny Toerien Keymaster]

Please see the FOSIL Presentations forum for links to all videos and presentations from this event.

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