Dear Professionals, Please consider joining IASL, the International Association of School Librarianship (http://www.iasl-online.org/). This association has been in existence since 1971 and seeks to advocate for and promote the case of school libraries and librarianship around the world as we regard this as a highly effective means of helping children. More information about the association may be found here (http://www.iasl-online.org/about/organization/vision.html) The main advantages of membership are: 1. Stimulating professional development and learning through online discussions with international colleagues and researchers 2. An excellent annual conference held in a different part of the world each year, an opportunity for hearing about international ideas and cutting-edge research in the field 3. Supporting colleagues in developing areas around the world 4. Research publication, School Libraries Worldwide and an online newsletter and Facebook page. The link to apply for membership of IASL may be found here: http://www.iasl-online.org/application.html For your interest, during calendar year 2015, the IASL website http://www.iasl-online.org had 37,571 unique visitors (81% first-timers) who generated 111,176 total page views. The 2016 conference will be held at Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan from 22 to 26 August. Please consider attending. The conference website is http://iasl2016.org and the conference theme is “A school library built for the digital age”. We welcome all school librarians and school library researchers to join us for this stimulating event. Kind regards, Members of the IASL Board _______________________________________________ iasl-link mailing list iasl-link@mlahq.org http://www.mlahq.org/mailman/listinfo/iasl-link ********************************************************** Thank you S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Mobile: +91 9447699724 http://slfaisal.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.