Schedule

Below is the schedule for the conference on Saturday, 29 March. We are excited to offer 14 different presentations, on topics ranging from AI to library design and student research.

Coffee and Registration: 7:45am to 8:30am

Keynote Speech – Emily Drabinski: 8:30am to 9:15am

Break: 9:15am to 9:30am

Session 1: 9:30am to 11:00am

  • Redesign: Insights and Lessons Learned (Amanda Bjorling, International School of Luxembourg)
  • Students from Conflict Regions Reaching our Schools (Elizabeth Winship, Trinity Private School, Limassol, Cyprus)
  • Concept-Based Library Curriculum (Ijanaya Smith, Antwerp International School)

Break: 11:00am to 11:15am

Session 2: 11:15am to 12:45pm

  • Innovative School Library Programming! Connecting Global Readers! (Janine Asmus)
  • The Iris Award and Bookbowl: a Decade of International School Reading Program Collaboration (Wouter Laleman, International School of Brussels)
  • Non-Fiction Now (Katie Day, Tanglin Trust School and Nadine Bailey, American School of Dubai)

Lunch: 12:45pm to 1:45pm

Session 3: 1:45pm to 3:15pm

  • Using Data to Highlight the Library (Staci Fox and Venisha Bahr, American School in London)
  • Understanding Text Complexity (Kalley Hoke, International School Basel Region)
  • What Does a Dying Web Mean for Student Research? (Kim Beeman, International School of Florence)

Break: 3:15pm to 3:30pm

Session 4 – Primary and Secondary Break-Out: 3:30 to 4:30pm

PRIMARY BREAK-OUT

  • Library Games and Dewey Flower (John Kolosowski and Isabelle Seiler, International School of Geneva)
  • Engaging with the Parent Community (Jillian Derbyshire and Scott Dinwiddie, American School in London)

SECONDARY BREAK-OUT

  • Moving Forward with Research (Susan Merrick, ACS International Schools, Egham)
  • Digital Literacy (Donna Saxby, Kingham Hill School)

Closing: 4:30pm to 4:45pm