Global action on school library guidelines / Edited on behalf of IFLA by Barbara A. Schultz-Jones and Dianne Oberg.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

International school library guidelines : a brief history / Dianne Oberg -- Development of the new international school library guidelines / Barbara A. Schultz-Jones -- Developing national standards for school libraries in Canada / Carol Koechlin and Judith Sykes -- Guidelines and standards for school libraries in Catalonia, Spain / Moǹica Baro,́ Teresa Manã ̀and Al̀ex Cosials -- National standards for school libraries in Poland : are they working? / Bogumila Stanioẃ -- Norway's school library development and school reform 2001-2014 : guidelines by grants and lifts / Johan Koren -- The learning commons : from planning to practice in a school system in South Carolina, USA / Jessica Kohout and Karen W. Gavigan -- School library learning standards in Portugal : leading the way / Elsa Conde, Isabel Mendinhos and Paula Correia -- School libraries for all : from concept to reality in Sweden / Karin Ahlstedt, Inga Andersson, Jenny Lindmark, Sofia Hog̈ and Bo Westas -- Teacher librarians and the Australian professional standards for teachers / Margo Pickworth and Jenny Uther -- Applying an ecological model for library development to build literacy in rural Ethiopian communities / Marlene Asselin, Alemu Abebe and Ray Doiron -- Developing a curriculum in information and documentation for secondary schools in France / Florian Reynaud, Martine Ernoult, Danielle Martinod, Magali Bon and Valeŕie Glass -- Developing a K-6 note taking continuum in a school in Western Australia / Alison Mackenzie and Marilyn Hand -- Guiding the preparation of school librarians in the United States, 1984-2014 / Gail K. Dickinson and Audrey P. Church -- Preparing next-generation school librarians : school library education in Hawaii / Rae-Anne Montague -- The symbiotic relationship between standards and programmes in school library education : California's experience / Lesley S.J. Farmer.