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BÓKASAFNIÐ
school library in a catholic school and she was offered a
position as a technical adviser at the University of
Trujillo. However the day before her contract was to take
effect an earthquake of 8.2 degrees on Richter-scale
killed 60.000 people in Peru. Sigrún’s future working
place was demolished. In 1971 she left Peru alone and
came home to Iceland where she started a new life.
Six months after her arrival in Iceland she was
offered the new position of a school library director to
develop school libraries for the city of Reykjavík. In
1975 she also became assistant professor of library
science at the University of Iceland where she has been
working since, the first years as the only full time faculty
member. In 1985 she was promoted to an associate
professor.
She has been responsible for developing the educa-
tional program for the future librarians of Iceland and her
work in developing school libraries led her to inter-
national work. Sigrún joined Standing Committee for
School Libraries within the IFLA, Intemational Fede-
ration for Library Association, and she has attended
many intemational conferences where she has given
papers. In 1978 she participated in organization of a
seminar on the education of school librarians in Costa
Rica. She translated the lectures from Spanish to English
and edited the English IFLA-edition.
Sigrún married again and has a son, bom in 1974.
Her husband died in 1979. On January 23rd 1987 she
successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at the
University of Chicago and was the first Icelander to
receive a doctoral degree in librarianship.
(GP/SKH)
Ingibjörg Sverrisdóttir:
The 16th Annual Conference
of IASL, Reykjavík, Iceland.
July 26th-31st 1987 -page 13
In 1985 it was decided to hold the 16th Annual Con-
ference of International Association of School
Librarianship in Reykjavík, Iceland. The organizing
committe consisted of 7 representatives from 5 bodies,
the University of Iceland, Faculty of Library and
Information Science, the Teachers Association of
Iceland, Library Association of Iceland, the Association
of Professional Librarians and Skólavarðan, an
Association of School Librarians.
Registration forms were sent out in 1986 to
associations and members of IASL abroad and early in
1987 to Icelanders. Total number of participants was 150
of which 95 were from abroad, from 16 countries.
The IASL board met in Reykjavík for three days
prior to the conference and an Annual General Meeting
was held during the conference along with other
Association gatherings.
The conference started on Monday, July the 27th at
Hótel Saga in Reykjavík with an opening ceremony. The
keynote speaker, Dr. Jónas Pálsson, gave a lecture on the
subject: The school library - Gateway to knowlcdge,
which was the theme of the conference.
Papers on various topics were presented by 22
lecturers, but sometimes two items were on the pro-
gramme at the same time. The topics were: 1. Children,
school libraries and knowledge - 2. The school library
and curriculum - 3. The school library and automation -
4. Research in school librarianship - 5. The school
librarian as intermediary to knowledge. All the papers
will be published in Proceedings of the conference.
On Wednesday the Icelanders presented school
libraries and literature in Iceland. The participants were
invited to lunch with Icelandic authors and they could
choose among three different tours, visiting school
libraries of various grade levels in Reykjavík and
neighbouring towns.
Among social events was a reception by the mayor
of Reykjavík at Höfði House in Reykjavík and a final
banquet at Þingvellir.
The 1988 conference will be in Kalamazoo,
Michigan, U.S.A., and Wong Kim Siong invited to the
1989 conference in Malaysia.
(IS)
Þórdís T. Þórarinsdóttir:
IASL post conference study
tour - August lth-5th, 1987
- page 16
A study tour through the Icelandic wonderland with
library visits included. 44 participants from the
conference started the five day tour under the guidance
of Þórdís T. Þórarinsdóttir, M.L.S. who is also a
professional guide. They covered the westem and
northem parts of the country, visiting some historical
important locations, nature wonders and some libraries
and cultural centers.
(ÞTÞ)
Dorothy A. Williams: Keywords
and leamlng: the Microcom-
puter ln the School Library
Project (MISLIP) -page 19
A paper presented at the 16th IASL conference in
Reykjavík, July 30th, 1987. (Revised and abrídged.)
The MISLIP project was planned and carried out in
the years 1983-1987 in Scotland. Six schools
participated in the second phase in 1985-1987. The
project followed on from much research on information
skills and some previous work on the use of
microcomputer as an information tool.
The broad aims of the project were:
a) to integrate information technology with infor-
mation skills.
b) to identify ways of helping pupils develop skills of
finding and using information.
The “keyword approach to leaming” (KAL) inves-
tigated by MISLIP, aims to encourage pupils to think
about their purpose and help them define their informa-
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