Why subscribe?

Unlike a DP subject, librarians don’t have a subject guide to focus their contribution to the Diploma Programme in their school. 

The DP librarians website makes connections with IB requirements, ideas and documentation. ,

Wherever possible, we provide examples from around the world, preferably IB libraries/ians, but other relevant and helpful school library good practice too. 

Content is

• dynamic, creative and personal
• not generated by AI
• personal and written by experienced DP librarians
• based on years of experience working with IB programmes, plus varied interactions with school library professionals, including IB workshops
• saves you time
• current
• practical
• connected to IB practice and documents
• grounded in original research
• appropriately referenced
• organic and continually developing

The DP librarians website is for librarians at different stages of development

Whether you are new to school librarianship and/or IB Diploma, so you want information, ideas, strategies

… right through to …

Very experienced and qualified librarians, looking to reflect on your own effective practice. The website provides another viewpoint. 

Main headings cover the sort of things librarians are interested in -

• Teaching & learning
• Academic Integrity
• Extended essay
• Library resources
• Library space
• Role of librarian
• IB philosophy or big ideas 

Pages end with bullet point lists of things librarians could do and/or think about in order to develop library/ian support for and contribution to the Diploma Programme

• Individual pages have been researched and we present relevant research and professional practice, together with  reflection and suggested action. -
• Generally, you should find the order of the page to be context (blue box), information and discussion (yellow), library practice (grey box) and conclusion, ideas and/or strategies in the red box, with references and sources of further information (green) at the end of the page.