Resources from the 2016 Library Symposium Sessions

By |2017-11-13T12:24:01-05:00April 19th, 2016|Blog Posts, Conferences, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, QSLiN Updates|

Hello, Are you looking for the presentations or list of resources from the various sessions at the 2016 Library Symposium? Well, here is the full list of links to help you out! Gwyneth Jones    The links for all three of the presentations by Gwyneth Jones's can be found on her site. http://thedaringlibrarianpresents.wikispaces.com/QSLiN_Montreal LEARN Makerspaces:

The School Library Symposium – Resources, Notes, and Tweets

By |2016-10-19T19:04:49-04:00April 18th, 2016|Blog Posts, Conferences, Digital Badges, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, QSLiN Updates, School Libraries|

Every year, the Quebec School Librarian's Network organizes a school library symposium for the anglophone educational community.This year, the theme was School Libraries: Empowering Ourselves, Empowering Others.Last week, excitement was in the air as rock star librarian, Gwyneth Jones, The Daring Librarian opened the symposium as the keynote speaker. Her three sessions - Choose to be a

Handy Links and Resources For Acquisition of Library Books in the Province of Quebec

By |2016-11-07T10:57:37-05:00March 30th, 2016|Blog Posts, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, School Libraries|

The Ministère de la Culture et des Communications sets out the rules governing the acquisition of  books in the Province of Quebec, whether they be a public library or a school library. This law, in fact,  also applies to all school book purchases as well - elementary, secondary and post secondary. Under LOI SUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES

Professional Development Corner for March

By |2017-11-13T12:31:02-05:00March 14th, 2016|Blog Posts, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, QSLiN Updates, School Libraries|

Online Event Library 2.016 : Privacy in the Digital Age, March 16, 3:00-6:00 Eastern In this focused conversation, we will address the roles and responsibilities of libraries regarding the protections of intellectual freedom, privacy, free speech, information access, and freedom of the press. Are these still core values of the library profession, and if so, how are

CLA School Library Standards and QSLiN Digital Badges

By |2017-01-26T10:53:46-05:00March 8th, 2016|Blog Posts, Cool Tools, Digital Badges, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, QSLiN Updates, School Libraries, Videos|

The Quebec School Librarians Network (QSLiN) has adapted the CLA school library standards guide, Leading Learning, into a digital badge professional development program. This digital badge program is an alternative form of professional development for all library personnel to help them with the transition of traditional school libraries into school library learning commons; but first, you

One More edWeb Webinar for February’s Professional Development Corner

By |2016-11-07T10:57:37-05:00February 12th, 2016|Blog Posts, Cool Tools, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences|

Curation, Revisited: Aggregating Resources in 2016            Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time Presented by Michelle Luhtala, Head Librarian, New Canaan High School, CT Information enthusiasts have been talking about how to best curate resources for some time, but the tools for curation keep changing. While commercial products, come,

Teaching Searching Skills: Don’t Search PERSIA

By |2016-11-07T10:57:37-05:00February 11th, 2016|Blog Posts, Digital Citizenship, Howtos, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, School Libraries, teens|

The edWeb webinar, Rethinking the Research Paper, was presented by Michelle Luhtala, a regular edWeb presenter who is also the Head Librarian at New Canaan High School in New Canaan, Connecticut and the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award, the 2010 National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY), and the Connecticut

New QSLiN film: Information Literacy and Current Events

By |2016-11-07T10:57:38-05:00February 10th, 2016|Blog Posts, Digital Citizenship, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, Videos|

https://youtu.be/lykLsPyd6GM?list=PLwrt0pwMw5MsHgZ_5sVthoNM5dXxeyxB_ Current Events can be a tricky subject for both high school students and teachers; this kind of information can be hard to find.  All of us think that we're pretty savvy when it comes to knowing what's going on and yet, sometimes we can be caught off guard by what we don't know about

Professional Development Corner for February

By |2017-11-13T12:27:23-05:00February 1st, 2016|Blog Posts, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences|

 Welcome to February's Professional Development Corner. We hope you find this useful and don't forget to send in any new events that you would like us to add. Webinars - American Association of School Libraries Attendance during the live webinar is open to all and is complimentary. Only AASL members and AASL eCOLLAB subscribers will have access to the webinar

School Libraries and Classroom Libraries: Working Together…Digital Badges Too!

By |2016-11-07T10:57:38-05:00January 15th, 2016|Blog Posts, Books, Digital Badges, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, School Libraries|

This film, created by Claire Baillargeon (bibliothecaire, CS de la Capitale), demonstrates how school libraries and classroom libraries can work in conjunction with one another to encourage the use of literature in classroom activities and foster a love of reading in students.  A variety of activities as well as a demonstration of how a school library can

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