Maria José Vitorino Gonçalves (Portugal) Vila Franca Xira, Portugal. Home is there, but I travel a lot. Degree in History (Lisboa, 1977), Post‐Grad. Librarianship (Coimbra, 1990), Master Education Sciences (Education and Reading). Continuous Education and Training. Teacher since 1976. Librarian since 1990. Current activities: Teacher’s and other LIB professional’s trainer. Professional links: RBE Portuguese School Library Network Advisor since 1998. THEKA's Coordenation Team, since 2004. BAD Portuguese Librarians Archivists and Documentalists Association Executive Board since 2008. Activism: MEM (Movimento da Escola Moderna ‐ a Portuguese Educational Movement Freinet's trend) Teachers Union Movements (1976‐1990). BAD's BAD (SLRC Section), since 1990. IASL (since 1998), ENSIL (informal network founded in Amsterdam, 2003), THEKA, a challenging Knowledge Circle (since 2004) Personal Blog on reading themes http://lerdoler.blogspot.com Personal Blog on IL/ALFIN themes http://alfinete2008.blogspot.com