tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83101694451763712182024-03-05T13:39:02.718-08:00PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN GREECEEmmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310169445176371218.post-4041660453995147472011-03-21T03:14:00.000-07:002011-03-21T03:20:51.828-07:002nd Junior High School Library, Alimos, GREECE participates in EU Comenius project<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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<b>2nd Junior High School, Alimos</b>, GREECE<br />
participates in EU Comenius project <br />
Reducing Climate Change<br />
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The teacher librarian, <b>Spyros Georgakopoulos</b>,<br />
has uploaded a video about the visit of Spanish, French and Swedish schools to Athens (December 2010).<br />
For our foreign friends, I 'll bring it to the common meeting in Barcelona. <br />
Our partner-teachers are kindly requested to forward this message to their pupils, specially those who visited Athens. <br />
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You can watch the video on vimeo<br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/21194269%20">http://vimeo.com/21194269 </a><br />
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The webpage of the Comenius progect [Alimos] here.<br />
<a href="http://climatechange.gominisite.dk/Alimos">http://climatechange.gominisite.dk/Alimos</a></div>Emmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310169445176371218.post-53239048179907377402011-03-20T02:47:00.001-07:002011-03-20T02:47:55.950-07:00We're 24/7 cloud teacher librarians now.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"></span><br />
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<tr><td valign="top"><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The working hours of a public school teacher librarian Greece is 37.5 hrs per week.<br />
For instance, my school library is open from 7:00 - 14:30, Monday to Friday.<br />
Well, this is not the exact picture, though.<br />
In order to manage a modern school library, you have to be alert nearly all the time.<br />
And it's not only thinking about lessons plans,<br />
organizing and better using the collection,<br />
helping young users with their incessant information literacy needs etc.<br />
Just keeping in touch with what's going on, technology-wise,<br />
means one has to spend much longer hours.<br />
Think of "feeding' our greedy social network tools too.<br />
Innumerable, aren't they? Websites, blogs, wikis, e-classes, forums, you name it!<br />
Contacting colleagues, reading the necessary printed and electronic literature too.<br />
Well, it all adds up to us<br />
being <strong>24/7 cloud teacher librarians</strong> now.<br />
With a far more interesting life now,<br />
-just think of all these new things cropping up every day, so many challenges-<br />
but with more stress and anxiety too.<br />
Are we really up to standard? Is there something useful we have missed?<br />
But on the other hand, we think of the work in our school libraries<br />
not only as a duty,<br />
but as "soul salvation" as well!</div></td></tr>
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Our school library member <b style="color: red;">Christos Selianitis</b> has drawn a picture for the Facebook webpage<br />
"<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_191762964175845">The voice of Greek library friends</a>".<br />
Christos saves his work on the young creative artists webpage<br />
<a href="http://super-john-doe.deviantart.com/">Deviant Art</a>.<br />
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Enjoy! <br />
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<b style="color: red;">Joomla! </b>enabled us to add our OPAC on the website of our school library.<br />
<a href="http://9gym-perist.att.sch.gr/library/">http://9gym-perist.att.sch.gr/library/</a><br />
[Click "OPAC" on the top menu.] <br />
The OPAC contains all 6900 items of our collection [printed, audio & digitized material].<br />
Special emphasis has been paid to user-friendliness, so that this valuable tool can be used easily by our young members [aged 12-15]. <br />
The user can search by title, author or folksonomy tag.<br />
For Greek authors use Greek, for foreign authors use Latin characters [e.g ΚΑΖΑΝΤΖΑΚΗΣ, VERNE]<br />
As soon as the student has found the item he needs, he can find it quite easily on its appropriate shelf, by using its DDC number.<br />
For fiction, we use the following labels [instead of DDC numbers, which are used for non-fiction items]:<br />
ΕΜ Greek Novels <br />
ΞΜ Foreign Novels<br />
ΕΠ Greek Poetry<br />
ΞΠ Foreign Poetry<br />
ΕΔ Greek Short stories<br />
ΞΔ Foreign Short stories<br />
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If one chooses the advanced search [Σύνθετη αναζήτηση], he can eliminate the fields by clicking:<br />
Συγγραφείς [authors]<br />
Τίτλος [title]<br />
Περιγραφή [folksonomy tag]<br />
Εκδότης [publisher]<br />
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So, we are the first Greek public [state] school library, which has its entire collection searchable through its OPAC.<br />
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Only <b style="color: red;">free software/open source software</b> was used for our OPAC:<br />
OpenOffice Calc for the initial catalogue<br />
Joomla! for uploading the catalogue on the website<br />
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The data base was written [and it's regularly updated] by the school library teacher <b>Emmanuel Ninos</b><br />
The computerese work [data migration] was done by computer science teacher <b><a href="http://users.sch.gr/apapakl/">Andreas Papakleovoulou</a></b>.<br />
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Many thanks to [ΠΣΔ] Greek School Network for offering us space on its servers, for our website!<br />
<a href="http://www.sch.gr/en/">http://www.sch.gr/en/</a></div>Emmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310169445176371218.post-52453937294889881242010-12-24T21:57:00.000-08:002010-12-24T22:12:45.983-08:00e-Twinning and school libraries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rm1S19uqf2T2eMItgYzWdf5BjTyZZUlGRTuWBVSUQLV85PosQeUAy121peJKVhFYL_7dwPOOWCATsoRPUrB7WfYmCE9POF1EfdmBXTmWK06gyqWjHjO39leeefHJLILeWNXWGcvvPZ8/s200/IMG_3337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rm1S19uqf2T2eMItgYzWdf5BjTyZZUlGRTuWBVSUQLV85PosQeUAy121peJKVhFYL_7dwPOOWCATsoRPUrB7WfYmCE9POF1EfdmBXTmWK06gyqWjHjO39leeefHJLILeWNXWGcvvPZ8/s200/IMG_3337.JPG" /></a></div><h1 class="title"> </h1><h1 class="title">IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY </h1><h1 class="title"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://intheschoollibrary.blogspot.com/">http://intheschoollibrary.blogspot.com/ </a></span></h1><h1 class="title"><span style="font-size: x-small;">is a useful means of expression for people who would like to learn about the e-twinning project and European school libraries in synergy.</span></h1><h1 class="title"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I was very glad to find out that our colleague </span><a href="http://tympakilib.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Nadia Charalampopoulou,</span></a></h1><h1 class="title"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> the teacher librarian at Tympaki, Crete/Greece,</span></h1><h1 class="title"><span style="font-size: x-small;">is among the active members of the blog.</span></h1><h1 class="title"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></h1>Emmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310169445176371218.post-83413633778653369402010-11-01T11:35:00.000-07:002010-11-01T11:39:55.218-07:00Three school libraries have been awarded the European Quality Label<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etwinning.net/images/logo_etwenning_portal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="91" src="http://www.etwinning.net/images/logo_etwenning_portal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
I was delighted to learn from the official <b>eTwinning</b> website, yesterday, <br />
<a href="http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/awards/quality_labels/schools_awarded_the_eql_oct10.htm">http://www.etwinning.net/en/pub/awards/quality_labels/schools_awarded_the_eql_oct10.htm</a><br />
that 41 Greek public schools excelled this year too, taking the <b>European Quality Label</b>.<br />
These schools are from all levels of education [kindergarten, elementary and secondary].<br />
They are from all over Greece, and one of them even from the Greek community in Sydney, Australia!<br />
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Among them, <b>three school libraries</b>: Kavasila, Eleusis and Lianokladi.<br />
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Well done, dear colleagues!Emmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310169445176371218.post-50591715722622312792010-07-19T06:13:00.000-07:002010-07-19T06:17:07.100-07:00Greek Libraries on mapme.comKaterina Kerasta is the administrator of a new website which provides<a href="http://www.mapme.com/map/greeklibraries"> maps of all kinds of <b>Greek libraries</b>.</a><br />
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You can find public, academic , school, private, municipal and children's libraries. <br />
Needless to say, I added mine as soon as I was invited.<br />
[<b>9th Junior High School Library</b> by epninos]<br />
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It is quite interesting that the list is getting longer every day!Emmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310169445176371218.post-81670932927856809732009-11-30T02:43:00.000-08:002009-12-09T11:20:36.996-08:00"A library in the backpack" a workshop in the Goethe Institute Library in Athens<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtYsc27gU0t38adl4g3UanXly1Kd0T2w_efuXrU3DarBRBMBG3a2qGVscQXtAAL337Z4x5P1HUVm2QvaB12bIqopPouSo0mJJDdXLbXqbh5GWlhbB6Y_tts1DUjLVcqXF8XXanLhNYPIj/s1600/Buchman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRtYsc27gU0t38adl4g3UanXly1Kd0T2w_efuXrU3DarBRBMBG3a2qGVscQXtAAL337Z4x5P1HUVm2QvaB12bIqopPouSo0mJJDdXLbXqbh5GWlhbB6Y_tts1DUjLVcqXF8XXanLhNYPIj/s400/Buchman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409957774197610306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wMrDB7g7nYWtwjOuvB79ziFECZywCZHpwbJGoEiYnJTZc1IvqgxHWZtZU4HucyXN3rSnoW2Iijm2QVmJ40UBeDX7gAUw5Ux3ZkLSk7aLAAxO0K-eUKF0laXv5Tn-h6tPK4X3bkXbtSph/s400/PB270012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wMrDB7g7nYWtwjOuvB79ziFECZywCZHpwbJGoEiYnJTZc1IvqgxHWZtZU4HucyXN3rSnoW2Iijm2QVmJ40UBeDX7gAUw5Ux3ZkLSk7aLAAxO0K-eUKF0laXv5Tn-h6tPK4X3bkXbtSph/s400/PB270012.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSCKG2zfNDMiSBsJJiWjNhS1GoWxmFPgMGHSO8cnTQiPOpVT2eF1lxYH9qSpJ1lI3uEct_vYAnTdwcNbpEPmsKvvQrxmKhuRl0lm3YCGQUJOkx5S4ZxDzK6OCPNMAT6ki8oDolZBNV_O1/s400/PB270015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeSCKG2zfNDMiSBsJJiWjNhS1GoWxmFPgMGHSO8cnTQiPOpVT2eF1lxYH9qSpJ1lI3uEct_vYAnTdwcNbpEPmsKvvQrxmKhuRl0lm3YCGQUJOkx5S4ZxDzK6OCPNMAT6ki8oDolZBNV_O1/s400/PB270015.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />On Friday, 27 November 2009, we were once again in the hospitable library of the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Goethe Institute</span> in Athens, for another well-organized event about what else: libraries, books and our students. <br />The workshop "<a href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/gr/ath/lhr/sem/de4960363v.htm">A library in the backpack</a>" was presented by <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.germanistik.uni-hannover.de/ds_buchmann.html">Ulrike Buchman</a></span>, professor of the German Literature department at the University of Hannover (Leibniz Universität Hannover). <br />After the introductory lecture , she presented various activities that can be conducted in a school library to promote reading. The slogan was<br />"Reading, just for the fun of it!" <br />Later on, five books were discussed: <br />Steinsuppe, <br />Fünfter sein, <br />Die Torte ist weg, <br />Gewitternacht &<br />Die Geschichte vom Löwen, der nicht schreiben konnte <br />and then it was the participants' turn to form small groups and express their own ideas on how to present these books to their student clubs at school. <br />The seminar did not look like «ex cathedra» teaching at all. On the contrary, it was very vivid and also the teacher librarians contributed their own comments and suggestions. <br />Professor Ulrike Buchmann, whose main research interest is psychology and teaching of reading & juvenile literature, spoke in German, but Sabine Sartzetaki, who teaches at the Ionian University, helped us with her excellent interpretation into Greek. <br /><br />I would like to express my thanks to director Gerlinde Buck and librarian Christine Tzimis of the Goethe Institute Library<br />for the interesting event and the relaxed atmosphere that was provided. <br /><br />Similar posts in Greek have also appeared in the following social network media of school libraries: <br />HELLENIC (GREEK) FORUM OF SCHOOL LIBRARIES <br /><a href="http://3gym-kerats.att.sch.gr/library/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3597 # 3597">http://3gym-kerats.att.sch.gr/library/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3597 # 3597</a> <br />SCHOOL LIBRARIES <br /><a href="http://greekschoolibs.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post_28.html">http://greekschoolibs.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post_28.html</a>Emmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310169445176371218.post-83411832610718428072009-11-02T03:57:00.000-08:002009-11-02T04:19:13.959-08:00Video: 10 years of school libraries in Greece<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpaovNpQp5eCg99Su3uAmUte8D_uxyA23IyZV5QokY-PS7t6FOzrmEhC4E6jbVYLdUysXc8QFsOo7gtUrAydHELniFTOuspN5fYujrMVmu1d2YSma4KSpVLgmjpO7Z8bQ9KEruwEm_8eN/s220/gslanimation.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWpaovNpQp5eCg99Su3uAmUte8D_uxyA23IyZV5QokY-PS7t6FOzrmEhC4E6jbVYLdUysXc8QFsOo7gtUrAydHELniFTOuspN5fYujrMVmu1d2YSma4KSpVLgmjpO7Z8bQ9KEruwEm_8eN/s220/gslanimation.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />An anniversary movie celebrating the first 10 years of School Libraries in public schools in Greece. <br />It is the joint work of various school libraries from all over Greece.<br />In this short video you can see snapshots of the diverse work that has been done<br /> the last few years of this new institution:<br />lessons using the rich materials of our collection and new technologies, <br />speeches by famous Greek authors, theatrical performances, cultural programs, user training<br />(information literacy), reading clubs, book fairs, and of course hundreds of loans,<br />since they are lending libraries for all the members of the school community. <br />All services provided by libraries in public schools are offered totally free.<br /><br />Watch the video at<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekIgDFnlY1Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekIgDFnlY1Q</a><br /><br />[The presenter speaks in Greek, but there are also captions in English.]Emmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310169445176371218.post-75250553203292734392009-09-30T01:27:00.000-07:002009-09-30T01:31:47.218-07:00THE HELLENIC (GREEK) SCHOOL LIBRARY FORUMΤhe <span style="font-weight:bold;">Hellenic(GR) School Library Forum</span> [He.S.Li.F.] <br /><a href="http://3gym-kerats.att.sch.gr/library/forum/viewtopic.php?t=512">http://3gym-kerats.att.sch.gr/library/forum/viewtopic.php?t=512</a><br />was founded in September 2001 by two teacher librarians who not only embraced the opportunity of working in a public high school library, but are also proponents of new technologies and computer geeks.<br />Only Greek teacher librarians can become members of the Forum, and they can either only read the various posts or also contribute something themselves.<br />Over the years its 264 active members have published 2875 queries, solutions, proposals and suggestions in the eleven sections of the Forum.<br />The topics include: legal issues, announcements, the role of the teacher librarian, news from foreign school libraries, IT issues, the media, lesson plans, library management software, open-source, and educational , cultural & environmental innovations.Emmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310169445176371218.post-78250147529270891102009-07-15T09:07:00.000-07:002009-07-15T09:14:33.336-07:00IFLA Satellite Meeting: Athens, Greece, 19-21 August 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvCjjsjn8hI5WPfVUL5cV7IFIVN9_PXEIiSaYhOl52ifIMH2nVluqZJovYdhvr_bZG98k1m2JD-D_ddB3NJLEKVnJY5YMwLcKrt_Nycu1IptEGMTRPOiaS2gPN75l_PDQ0V3ilnXaYiwl/s320/homepage_logo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYvCjjsjn8hI5WPfVUL5cV7IFIVN9_PXEIiSaYhOl52ifIMH2nVluqZJovYdhvr_bZG98k1m2JD-D_ddB3NJLEKVnJY5YMwLcKrt_Nycu1IptEGMTRPOiaS2gPN75l_PDQ0V3ilnXaYiwl/s320/homepage_logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The IFLA pre conference "Service Strategies for Libraries" will be held in Greece.<br />This conference addresses strategies for optimal library services through review and discussion of methods or best practices.<br />Services can include goods, ideas, places (the library itself) or the people delivering services (librarians).<br />Papers may include research, case studies, promotion schemes, etc.<br /><br />Topics for presentation ideally may include:<br /><br />how to identify potential and actual users in communities,<br />how to target user groups, <br />how to design optimal services for the community,<br />planning and management practices, as well as evaluation activities, to facilitate library service strategies,<br />how library associations may empower libraries in their service strategies and advocacy. <br /><br />For details visit the official site <br /><a href="http://www.ypepth.gr/iflaen/index.html">http://www.ypepth.gr/iflaen/index.html</a>Emmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310169445176371218.post-38223919843382445262009-07-10T00:41:00.000-07:002009-07-10T01:02:40.933-07:00Dr Marian Koren speaks at the 6th Senior High School Library in Egaleo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuX8C0_6AfLytg2QjuGOaHQYzxvijfQum2e3N-pJrQspGFOHNPpIEQNy8IKRhh-lcL77_jQFfrrBbrvNvzX4cn6uIKP90lHNwXgHTsVLimmJXMwklxb8Grm5bQdjSTuYjAUgkILETAACg/s400/marian+interpreter+me.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzuX8C0_6AfLytg2QjuGOaHQYzxvijfQum2e3N-pJrQspGFOHNPpIEQNy8IKRhh-lcL77_jQFfrrBbrvNvzX4cn6uIKP90lHNwXgHTsVLimmJXMwklxb8Grm5bQdjSTuYjAUgkILETAACg/s400/marian+interpreter+me.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />A special evening on Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at the 6th Senior High School Library in Egaleo, Attica. <br />The <span style="font-weight:bold;">HELLENIC(GR) SCHOOL LIBRARY FORUM</span> <br /><a href="http://3gym-kerats.att.sch.gr/library/forum/index.php">http://3gym-kerats.att.sch.gr/library/forum/index.php</a> <br />organized an event about (what else?) school libraries. <br />Dr. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Marian Koren</span>, who is head of Research & Public Relations of the Netherlands Association of Public Libraries [VERENIGING OPENBARE BIBLIOTHEKEN] gave the keynote speech . <br />Her topic was libraries and children's rights, but of course she focused on the tasks libraries undertake in order to meet the new trends of the information society. <br />She also spoke about the situation in the Netherlands, where public libraries also play an educational role by transforming their children's sections [Jeugdbibliotheek] into "school" libraries, Librarians cooperate with teachers so as to better meet the needs of their young users. <br />Koren also presented the excellent idea of<br />an "Extended School Library" [Brede School Bibliotheek] <br />As we saw in the short video, primary pupils (aged 8-10) take an active role as "Librarians" [their title is medewerker, a free translation in English would be "people in charge of the library"]. <br />The result of their involvement in the management of the library is obvious: they end up using the library more and they also experience a sense of achievement. <br />Similar attempts have also been made in Greece in the Municipal Library of Veria and the Kindergarten at Kaparelli. <br /><br /><br />The event was also attended by teacher librarians in Athens as well as: <br />Christine Tzimis, Athens Goethe Institute [Goethe Institut Athen], <br />Janta van Lienden, the Netherlands Institute in Athens <br />[Het Nederlands Instituut in Athene] <br /> <a href="http://www.nia.gr/">http://www.nia.gr/ </a><br />and Barbro Wigell-Ryynänen in charge of libraries at the Finnish Ministry of Education. <br /><br />The following colleagues helped organize the event: <br />Doxa Karasavvoglou (hostess) <br />Helen Karavanidou (organizational manager) <br />Manolis Lemontzoglou (technical support) <br />Ageliki Platania (interpreter) <br />Lili Papaspyropoulou (organization) <br />George Barberis (video) <br />Despina Koutli (design & production of the poster and bookmark) <br />Manolis Ninos (presentation of the speaker) <br /><br />Photos of the event at the website of the High School Library in Magoula <br /><a href="http://gym-magoul.att.sch.gr/library/synergasia/dialexi10_06_2009/photos.htm">http://gym-magoul.att.sch.gr/library/synergasia/dialexi10_06_2009/photos.htm</a> <br /><br />The video of the event in the <br />School Libraries EPEAEK blog<br /><a href="http://greekschoolibs.blogspot.com/2009/06/marian-koren.html">http://greekschoolibs.blogspot.com/2009/06/marian-koren.html</a> <br /><br />Dr Marian Koren also spoke at the<br />6th International Conference <br />Library policies: from local to national<br />11 and 12 June 2009 <br /><a href="http://www.goethe.de/ins/gr/lp/prj/syn/aca/enindex.htm">http://www.goethe.de/ins/gr/lp/prj/syn/aca/enindex.htm</a>Emmanuel Ninoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818786607118738848noreply@blogger.com0