IBDP librarian
Impact and impact studies
Here, we provide an overview of large scale impact studies related to school libraries and an impact study related to the DP, plus look at 'impact' in a more ongoing sense. Impact is "the force of impression...
IBDP librarian
IB evaluation and authorization
The IB evaluation process, which enables a school to offer and/or continue to offer the IB Diploma Programme, is an important process for each IB school. This section provides relevant information about...
IBDP library
How do I know I'm in an IBDP library?
IB Diploma library The question "How do I know I'm in an IBDP library?" was prompted by a page on another InThinking subject website - School Leadership - where the question posed was "How do I know I'm...
IBDP library
Maintenance and deselection
Maintaining a DP library collection is an important factor in ensuring the collection is relevant and helpful. This page provides information and ideas about assessing continued utility of resources and...
Teaching & learning
Lesson plan criteria
Using a planner or template can be helpful to plan a unit or lesson for DP students. Here we look at lesson plan criteria (which has been recommended by the IB) for developing a teaching and learning...
Teaching & learning
Librarian working with ATL
The role of the librarian is identified in Approaches to Teaching and Learning documentation. We look at what the recommendations are and what that might look like for a DP school librarian. Librarian...
IBDP library
Library management system
A library management or integrated library system is a major means of automating library processes and procedures and provides a librarian with tools to support professional and technical activities....
Teaching & learning
Artificial Intelligence (AI) & young adults
Academic integrity Researchers (Ronge, Maier & Rathgeber, 2024) in Munich, Germany, aimed to define what they called the ubiquitous term - GenAI. "Since the second half of 2022 Generative Artificial...
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How the website works
Librarian teaching & learning in the IB Diploma Programme One of the most important parts of the role of the librarian to IB programmes is involvement with and support for teaching and learning in...
IBDP library
IBDP library
IB Diploma library Ideal Libraries: a guide for schools. International Baccalaureate Organization, 2018. Page 3. Library resources for use with the IB Diploma Programme are clearly and obviously a large...