“Reading in the Digital Age:

Educating the Passionate and Competent Reader through the School Library” 

Sept.1, 2009 (Padova, Università degli Studi, Palazzo del Bo)

Morning

8.30: Registration (badge and bag delivery)

• 9.00: Welcome: University of Padua Rector, IASL President, IFLA Section n° 11,  MIUR “Amico Libro”, MiBAC and other Authorities
• The School Library and the Acquisition of the Pleasure of Reading and Researching, Donatella Lombello, University of Padua, Italy
• Reading and Psychological Development, Guido Petter, University of Padua, Italy
• Reading and Books in a Digitalising Age, Aidan Chambers, Author and Critic
• Reading Promotion and the Involvement of Minorities, Xosé Antonio Neira Cruz, Università di Santiago de Compostela - IBBY
• 12.00: Question time
• 12.30: Buffet Lunch

Afternoon 

14.00: Opening

• Multilingualism/multiculturalism in Africa and its impact on a reading culture: the Namibian experience, Andree-Jeanne Totemeyer, Namibian Children’s Book Forum
• International Children’s Digital Library, Ann Weeks, University of Maryland, USA
• Reading education through Pictures Books, Silvia Blezza Picherle, Università of Verona
• Aesthetic Education as Reading Education through Workshops, Sabine Maehne, “Lesart”, Berlin, Germany
• I See You / I Read You: How School Libraries Can Foster Reading Improvement through Visual Literacy, Lesley Farmer, California State University, USA
• Artist Gek Tessaro’s Performance
• Question Time
• Closing
• Guided Visit of the “Palazzo del Bo” (under request)