IBDP librarian
New as an IBDP school librarian?
Starting work with an established DP school? Or, Is your school just starting offering the DP? Either way, school librarians wonder how they can best support and be involved in such major curricular...
IBDP librarian
Prioritising and managing your time
Prioritisation and time management can be important factors in facilitating involvement of the library/ian in the IBDP. Here, we unpack the concept in relation to the Diploma Programme. IB Diploma...
IBDP librarian
Managing your expectations
Identifying your current school context is a helpful way of working out what you and your library can realistically offer or support the DP in your school. It also assists with planning for the future....
IBDP librarian
Library/ian in an all-IB school
By an all-IB school, we mean a school where the curriculum is focused on IB programmes and no others for the same cohort of students. It might be that being a librarian in such an IB-rich environment...
IBDP librarian
Invisible to visible
Library/ian support for school curricula may be considered to be invisible or at least not clearly perceived and this may be true of IB programmes as with other school curriculums. The ‘art’ for the librarian...
IBDP librarian
IB-ising your good practice
To what extent is good practice in school librarianship independent of the curricula in individual schools? Here we look at how what works in a school library with curricula other than the IB can help...
IBDP librarian
Your strengths
Working out what are the strengths of librarians should be a straightforward activity. Yet, looking at the wide variety of different guidance (from various jurisdictions), it is clear that - for some...
IBDP librarian
What is an IBDP librarian?
This section asks and provide ideas or answers to the big question: what is an IBDP librarian? Tabs or sections connect to IB concepts and to LIS (library and information sector) good practice, looking...
IBDP librarian
Offering PD in an IB school environment
Offering and giving - as opposed to receiving - professional development (PD) may not be perceived as an obvious role for the DP librarian, but it can and does occur. Here, we look at how that might...
IBDP librarian
Advocacy
Advocacy is considered an essential aspect of the work of the school librarian and significantly recommended by the school librarianship specialism. Here, we look at features of this strategy or approach...