See below for links to professional development organisations and opportunities in Singapore, Asia, and beyond that may be of interest to international school librarians.
Singapore
- Library Association of Singapore (LAS)
- National Library Board (NLB)
- Singapore Book Council (includes the annual Asian Festival of Children’s Content)
- Singapore Writers Festival
- Words Go Round (National Arts Council)
Australia and Asia
- 21st Century Learning Conferences
- ACAMIS (Association of China and Mongolian International Schools)
- ALIA (Australian Library & Information Association) conferences
- EARCOS upcoming conference schedule (look for special library conferences and events)
- Google Apps Events (Asia)
- IBO (International Baccalaureate Organization) – Asia-Pacific region — workshops
- Knowledge Source Institute, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Learning 2.0
- Librarians Knowledge Sharing Workshop & Job-Alike
Rest of the World
- ECIS (look for the triennial library conference every three years)
- IASL (International Association of School Libraries) conference schedule
- IBBY – International Board on Books for Young People (2022 Putrajaya, Malaysia 5-8 September 2022 The Power of Stories)
- IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) annual conference
- Innovative Global Education
Past events
This is a non-exhaustive archive of past events. It is designed to give a sense of the range of professional development offerings available in the region. Where links no longer work, they have been removed.
- 21st Century Learning:
- Asia-Pacific International Schools Conference, 12-13 December 2018 (Hong Kong)
- Asia-Pacific Library and Information Conference, 30 July – 2 August 2018 (Queensland, Australia)
- Asian Festival of Children’s Content
- 2018 Asian Festival of Children’s Content, 6-8 September
- 2019 Asian Festival of Children’s Content, 5-8 September
- Australian International School: TeachMeet, 11 September 2018 (Singapore)
- EduTech Asia, 8-11 October 2018 (Singapore)
- EARCOS
- 2015: The Tech-Integrated Library, Taipei American School, Nov 7-8
- EARCOS Librarians Weekend :Reading and research across language and culture at Taipei American School, 29-30 March 2019 (Taipei, Taiwan)
- Teachers’ Conference in Bangkok. 29-31 March 2018 (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Follett Workshop with Larry Gilbert, 17 October 2018 (Singapore)
- Google Apps Education Summit Conferences — Asia
- 2016: Singapore Summit – Google Apps for Education, Singapore American School, Sept 17-18
- IASL (International Association of School Libraries) conference schedule
- 2016 Tokyo, Japan, Aug 22-26
- IBBY – International Board on Books for Young People
- 2016 New Zealand, Aug 18-21
- 2017 Oceania 9-12 May 2017, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2019 China
- 2021 Moscow, Russia
- IBO
- Cat 3: PYP/MYP–The Role of the Librarian ; IBO, Cat 3: MYP–Approaches to Learning, 5-7 September 2018 (Banten, Indonesia)
- Cat 3: Making the PYP Library the Hub of Learning; IBO, Cat 3: MYP–Approaches to Learning, 13-15 October 2018 (Singapore)
- IBO, Cat 3: PYP–The Role of the Librarian, 21-23 September 2018 (Hong Kong)
- IFLA 84th World Library and Information Congress, 24-30 August 2018 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- Innovative Global Education
- 2016: Hong Kong: Innovative Global Education Conference, Renaissance College, Sept 3-4
- International School Library Network (ISLN)
- Hands on Literacy (November 2012)
- Job Alike Workshop (JAW) for Library Officers, 19 October 2018 (Singapore)
- Kevin Hennah: Vision 2020 – a workshop, 23 September 2019
- Learning 2.0
- 2016: Vietnam – Learning 2.0, Saigon South International School, HCMC, Oct. 6-8
- Learning 2.0 at ASIJ (American School in Japan), 1-3 November 2018 (Tokyo, Japan)
- Librarians Knowledge Sharing Workshop & Job-Alike
- 2013: Kuala Lumpur – Alice Smith School, Oct 5-6
- 2014: Brunei – Jerudong International School, Feb 20-21
- 2015: Bangkok – Shrewsbury International School, Fri/Sat Feb 6-7
- 2016: Kuala Lumpur – Garden International School, Mar 4-5
- 2017: Singapore – United World College of SE Asia – East campus, Feb 17-18
- 2017:LKSW HCMC Vietnam
- 2018: Bangkok Patana School, Thailand
- 2019: LKSW Alice Smith School, Kuala Lumpur, 14-16 November
- National Library of the Philippines: 5th International Conference on Children and Young Adult’s Librarianship 17-19 October 2018 (Cebu City, Philippines)
- The School Librarian Connection
- 2014: Hong Kong – Renaissance College
- 2016: Beijing – Keystone Academy
- Singapore American School
- 2013: SAS Children’s Literature Conference, Feb 1-3
- 2015: iCreate Conference, Fri eve/Sat Jan 23-24
- Singapore Management University: “Truth & Lies: Trust in Times of Information Disorder”, 3 April 2019
- UWCSEA Centre for International Education
- 2017: Singapore: reThinking Literacy, UWCSEA Dover, May 11-13 (in conjunction with 21st Century Learning)
- 2017: Singapore: reThinking Numeracy, UWCSEA Dover, May 4-6 (in conjunction with 21st Century Learning)
- 2016: reThinkingLiteracy, UWCSEA Dover campus, Apr 21-23