IBDP library
Series
Nonfiction series are a feature of book publishing. Being familiar with nonfiction series can be a helpful way into developing a library collection for DP needs. On this page, we look at nonfiction publishing...
IBDP librarian
Policy for a school library
A policy for the school library articulates, for the school community and others, the role and functions of the library/ian in that particular school. Here, we look at what constitutes a policy for a...
IBDP librarian
Policy for the DP library
A policy for the school library can help guide the library in relation to IB programmes in an individual school as well as articulating for the school community the role and functions of the library/ian....
IBDP library
Departmental or remote library collections
Collections of books in places other than the main school library in secondary schools have existed for many years. Given the degree of specialism in DP subject courses, specific information material...
IBDP library
Bildungsroman / Coming of age books
As bildungsroman can be a contributor to how an IB library can show international-mindedness in the collection, here are some recent titles in the genre bildungsroman and coming of age fiction. IBDP...
Extended essay
Interdisciplinary pathway
Interdisciplinary extended essays are a feature of the new IB EE Guide, however the concept is not new to the EE (the most notable example being the World Studies option, which is now referred to as a...
Extended essay
Subject pathway
The subject pathway is the more traditional route for the extended essay. It still continues in the ‘new’ guide, i.e. the EE guide published in 2025. This page is a balance to the page on the interdisciplinary...
Teaching & learning
Resources to support TOK
Resources to support teaching and learning through TOK may be considered difficult to identify because of abstract associations but it is surprising what resources already in the school library collection...
Teaching & learning
TOK and the librarian
Library/ian support for TOK might be grouped under resource provision, support to individual students, ad hoc involvement in particular units or lessons, and seeing TOK as an example of applying information...
Teaching & learning
Library support for TOK - 10 top tips
Supporting TOK might be daunting as it is a new concept to students (unlike other subjects, they won't have experience of the ‘subject’ that they can call upon) and therefore may tend to have a mystique...