New Video: Going “Dewey Free” at the NFSB with Joan Fraser-Burton

By |2017-10-16T15:32:51-04:00October 16th, 2017|Blog Posts, Conferences, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, Videos|

A little over two years ago, in April 2015 to be precise, we visited with Joan Fraser-Burton at Harmony Elementary, the first school in the New Frontiers School Board (in the Châteauguay valley; just south-west of Montreal) to experiment with going from a traditional DDC organization in their library to a more "Dewey-Lite" system. We

Library Journal Conference October 2017

By |2019-05-28T09:01:13-04:00October 13th, 2017|Blog Posts, Conferences, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences|

*This conference is no longer available Library Journal is hosting a FREE (yay!) global virtual conference on October 18th: Tech Knowledge Virtual Conference: Creating Equity Through Technology. The program has many exciting sessions available  to checkout but of particular interest to school library professionals there is:  From the Newsroom to the News Feed: How Do

Québec Reading Connection Workshops 2017-2018

By |2017-09-21T15:08:09-04:00September 21st, 2017|Blog Posts, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, Quebec Ministry of Education, School Libraries|

Hello Quebec school librarians, As you may know, there are a group of people tirelessly working at the MEES on the Québec Reading Connection to help "to further the development of language learning, cultural awareness and the love of reading in children and young people." In the interests of achieving that goal, they are offering a

New Video: “How We Do The Things We Do with Pam Harland”

By |2017-09-18T12:45:51-04:00September 18th, 2017|Blog Posts, Conferences, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, QSLiN Updates, Videos|

Back at the QSLiN Library Symposium in March 2017, we had Pam Harland (https://twitter.com/pamlibrarian &  http://www.pamlibrarian.com/) as our keynote speaker. She gave a great inspiring presentation entitled "Keep it Simple". With so many great ideas, it was decided to make her presentation into a few short videos that will allow us all to remember what

New Video: “Why We Do the Things We Do with Pam Harland”

By |2017-09-18T12:31:08-04:00September 11th, 2017|Blog Posts, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, School Libraries, Videos|

Back at the QSLiN Library Symposium in March 2017, we had Pam Harland (https://twitter.com/pamlibrarian &  http://www.pamlibrarian.com/) as our keynote speaker. She gave a great inspiring presentation entitled "Keep it Simple". With so many great ideas, it was decided to make her presentation into a few short videos that will allow us all to remember what

Resources from the 2017 Library Symposium Sessions

By |2017-06-01T11:40:40-04:00April 10th, 2017|Blog Posts, Conferences, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, QSLiN Updates|

Hello, This year's Library Symposium had many great presentations and lots of wonderful ideas. Many of the presenters have shared their presentations and other resources with us. You can find links to all of that material below. As more material is submitted, this page will be up dated for you. Pam Harland The slides from

Want to do a poster session at the 2017 QSLiN Library Symposium?

By |2017-02-23T12:24:06-05:00February 23rd, 2017|Blog Posts, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, QSLiN Updates|

Hello, Every year at the Library Symposium, we like to give local Quebec library personnel the opportunity to see some of the great things that are taking place in our school libraries through poster sessions. Sometimes this could be examples of different types of programming taking place, maybe a great club activity, new ideas on

2017 Library Symposium Registration is Now Open

By |2017-02-16T13:32:43-05:00February 16th, 2017|Blog Posts, Conferences, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, QSLiN Updates|

Hello everyone, I am pleased to inform you that registration for the 2017 Library Symposium is now open.   You can find more information and the link to the registration form at the following address: https://qslin.org/symposiums/2017-library-symposium/   The symposium is open to school library personnel and all of their educational partners, (like Educational Consultants, Principals,

Coding Demystified

By |2016-12-02T13:01:39-05:00December 1st, 2016|Blog Posts, Cool Tools, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences|

I’ve been collecting resources about coding for the clueless for some time now and thought it might be a good moment to share as the annual Hour of Code Campaign is held in December. Here goes… The ever resource-full, free, and archived-watch-at-your-convenience EdWeb has an upcoming Webinar entitled: Now I have to teach Coding: A

FREE Conference!

By |2016-10-06T16:40:15-04:00September 22nd, 2016|Blog Posts, Conferences, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, School Libraries|

Now that we have your attention, check out the following link to register for a virtual conference focusing on grade K-12 school libraries encompassing technology, social media, Pokemon GO! and many other topics. Registration includes full access to their archives.   http://mediasource.actonservice.com/acton/rif/10574/s-0bdf-1609/-/l-029f:66902/q-02b1/showPreparedMessage?sid=TV2:MGhjnmisC   Happy conferencing!

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