iCommons: A Future-Focused International School in Mumbai, India

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Craig; Subbian, Arun; Bhojwani, Heeru; Bishop, Rachel
Titel	iCommons: A Future-Focused International School in Mumbai, India
Quelle	In: Knowledge Quest, 46 (2018) 4, S.42-47 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1094-9046
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; International Schools; School Libraries; Library Role; Educational Change; Library Services; Secondary Schools; Library Materials; Resource Materials; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; International school; Internationale Schule; School library; Schulbibliothek; Bildungsreform; Bibliotheksarbeit; Sekundarschule; Quellenmaterial; Indien
Abstract	Social, professional, and learning networks have altered the way humans deal with the volume of information that bombards them daily. Traditionally, the library has served as a center of information in our schools. Because the availability and access to information has changed, many institutions, in both business and education, have chosen to rethink the role of the library and its place in schools, communities, and in the world. The American School of Bombay (ASB) understands that libraries are essential to student learning. Their school library's mission is to inspire and support their users towards creative and intellectual achievement while responsibly and ethically learning the value of information, its acquisition, and its use. Committed to student learning, they chose to reinvent their library to best reflect the spirit and the mission of their school. In the process, they discovered a way to both make school libraries relevant in today's technology-driven world and deliver the highest level of teaching and support the highest level of learning for their students. They did this by implementing the iCommons (Information Commons) model which entails designing a physical space that would optimize students' learning. This article describes how ASB decentralized their entire library collection and created elementary school grade-level and secondary school iCommons spaces. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association of School Librarians. Available from: American Library Association. 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Tel: 1-800-545-2433; Web site: http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01