Dr Dianne Oberg, Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta, is a school library educator and researcher. Her work focuses on teachers’ use of libraries, on cooperative planning and teaching, and on the implementation and evaluation of school library programs. Before becoming a university educator, she had many years of experience as a classroom teacher and a teacher-librarian.
Dr Oberg was the first editor of School Libraries Worldwide, the journal of the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) and continues to be a board member of the journal. She is the current chair of the Publications Advisory Committee for IASL.
Raising Readers: How to Nurture a Child’s Love of Books
Daley, Megan (2019). Raising Readers: How to Nurture a Child’s Love of Books. St Lucia, Qld., Queensland University Press.
Reviewed by Rosemary Abbott
Librarians in Schools as Literacy Educators: Advocates for Reaching Beyond the Classroom
Merga, Margaret Kristin (2019). Librarians in Schools as Literacy Educators: Advocates for Reaching Beyond the Classroom. Cham, Switzerland, Springer Nature.
Reviewed by Nell Day
Developing Digital Resources in the Primary School Library
Pavey, Sarah (2019). Developing Digital Resources in the Primary School Library. Swindon, U.K., School Library Association.
Reviewed by Margaret Sinnott
Synergy Highlights: The First Fifteen Years
School Library Association of Victoria (2019). Synergy Highlights: The First Fifteen Years. Footscray, Vic., School Library Association of Victoria.
