Tuesday, July 18, 2023
[In progress]
08:00 am - 06:00 pm Registration Open
09:00 am - 10:30 am (Aula Magna)
IASL Conference Opening Session and Keynote
chaired by Luisa Marquardt (Roma Tre University)
Welcome address by: [in progress]
Jennifer Branch-Mueller, President of IASL
Br. Armin Luistro, Generalate of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Br. George van Grieken, Director of Lasallian Research and Resources Service (LRRS)
Laura Ballestra, President of AIB
Simonetta Buttò, Director of ICCU
Amalia Maria Amendola, Officer of CEPELL
Licia Cianfriglia, Vicepresident of ANP (Italian School Principals' Association)
Maurizio Caminito, Forum del Libro
Donatella Lombello, AsPeI
Fabio Capolei, Regione Lazio
Keynote: Gino Roncaglia, Professor of Digital Humanities, Roma Tre University: School libraries and new reading practices
Lightning Talk: Silvia Canavesio, Regional Sales Manager EBSCO - Academic & Government: High quality searching tools and content for tomorrow’s professionals
IASL Awards Winners Proclamation
Flags Ceremony
10:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 01:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
11.00-12.00 Concurrent
Workshop (Lasallian Library) Johanna Schooley - Sliming the Library into Student Learning
Professional (Aula Magna) Flavia Massara - Erasmus+ projects in libraries: ADELE & BIBLIO projects
Professional (Aula Magna) Piero Attanasio - Lessons learned from the Italian publishers’ initiative to support school libraries
Professional (Room Audiovisivi) Ching Chi Sum & Kwok Hei Wong - “Face to face” & “Face to screen” Synchronized Inclusion Reading Promotion
Professional (Room Audiovisivi) Jane Hayes - School Libraries Supporting Wellbeing Through the Use of Bibliotherapy
Research (Room 6 Centro Formazione) Kasey Garrison - Understanding the World: How Australian Teacher Librarians Define Information Literacy
Research (Room 6 Centro Formazione) Monique Shepard & Kasey Garrison - “It was a real eye-opener”
Research (Room Arrambide) Gordana Banjamin - A small step for the librarian
12:00-01:00 pm - Concurrent sessions
Workshop (Room 33) Jo Hackl - Engaging All the Sense & Creating Cross-Curricular Projects
Professional (Aula Magna) Caterina Spezzano & Laura Pazienti - National Education & Training Programme on School Libraries in Italy
Professional (Aula Magna) Bruno Cavallarin - Professional profile of the school librarian for Italy
Professional (Room Audiovisivi) Man Hi Helen Chan - Catering Reading-to-Learn Differences @Reading 2.0 Era
Professional (Room Audiovisivi) Prasanna Ranaweera & LHW Wjira Ranjika Silva - Challenges faced by Sri Lankan School Libraries…
Research (Room Arrambide) Judy Henning & Sherry Crow - Exploring the Reading Habits and Characteristics of High School Students
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm Lunch (“La Salle” Restaurant)
02:00 pm - 04:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm Concurrent
Workshop (Room 33) Jo Hackl - Connecting Students with Fictional Characters' Natural World
Professional (Aula Magna) Marialucia Mongelli & Vito Bruno -Turning Limitations into Opportunities: ARPA Puglia's Little Environmental Library
Professional (Aula Magna) Carlotta Benedetti - "Once upon a time..." A public history workshop on Illustrated Literature for Children
Professional (Rooma Audiovisivi) Mirjana Radovanovic Pejovic & Ana Dukovic - Cooperation & Partnership of School & Public Libraries
Research (Room 6 Centro Formazione) Melissa Johnston - Enacting Leadership
Research (Room 6 Centro Formazione) Jennifer Branch-Mueller - Flourishing School Library Faculty Members
Research (Room Arrambide) Idunn Bøyum - Collaboration between School Librarians, Teachers
Research (Room Arrambide) Maureen Thompson & Kishma Simpson; Natoyna Garwood; Lorraine McLean - The Power of Public and School Library Collaboration
03:00 pm - 04:00 pm Concurrent
Workshop (Room 33) Sayera Tairova - Embracing diversity of your community through your unique library collections
Professional (Aula Magna) Anna Cascone - Lasallian Photographic Archives & Public History Practices…
Professional (Aula Magna) Daniela Di Pinto - Ecclesiastical archives: Sources for History, History of Sources
Professional (Room Audiovisivi) Gwendolyn Nixon & Jamie Naidoo; Stephen Yates - School Librarian as Changemaker in Implementing the UN Agenda
Professional (Room Audiovisivi) Kasey Garrison & Lee FitzGerald; Alinda Sheerman - Failure to Flourish: Students and Teacher Librarians in Australia
Research (Room 6 Centro Formazione) Melissa Johnston & Lucy Santos Green - Online Ready
Research (Room Arrambide) Jennifer Moore & Sarah Evan; Barbara Schultz-Jones - From Book Talks to BookTok
04:00 pm - 04:30 pm Coffee Break
04:30 pm - 06:00 SIGs Special Interest Groups - Research Panel, SIG meeting and SLW Board Update, plus follow-up Book Construction Workshop
Special Interest Group - Research Panel (Room 6 Centro Formazione)
School-Based Research Panel Discussion - Melissa Johnston & Jennifer Moore (USA), followed by the SLW Board Update
Special Interest Group - Children and Young Adult Literature (Room Arrambide)
Rose Brock - BYOBF: Build Your Own Book Festival and Author Centered Events
04:30 pm - 06:00 pm
Workshop#1 - Book Construction (Aula 33) - 2nd part (collation and cover) - Group 1 & Group 2 - Beatrice Eleuteri
07:00 pm - 08:30 pm IASL Opening Ceremony with"apericena" (snacks and drinks), at Casa La Salle Gardens and Restaurant, sponsored by MAKROS, “The smart way of Preservation” (Registration mandatory)
09:00 pm - 10:30 pm Organ Concert (St. John-Baptist de La Salle's Sanctuary Chapel, Conference Venue) perfomed by the Pontifical Organist M.° Gianluca Libertucci (at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, from 1991 to present).
M.° Libertucci is one of Italy's foremost organists, with high profile positions such as the organist of the Vicariate of the Vatican City in St. Peter's Basilica, Pontifical Swiss Guard, General Audience of the Holy Father, and of the Church of Santa Maria in Trastevere Orto, Rome. He is also Professor of "organ and organ composition" at the Conservatory of Music "Benedetto Marcello" of Venice. He holds a diploma in Organ and Composition at the Conservatory of Music "Santa Cecilia" in Rome under the leadership of Louis Celeghin. He followed courses in organ held by Michael Radulescu, Christopher Stembridge (at the Music Academy Chigi of Siena) and Ludger Lohmann.