Traditional and virtual tours of libraries and interviews with library personnel. A great way to share good ideas for all our libraries!
Below are our previously recorded Library Hangouts:
May 2017
QSLiN Library Hangout: Making Space for Learning at Beechwood Elementary
In April 2017, we visited Beechwood Elementary (Lester B. Pearson School Board) and met with Principal Nicholas Hayter and Library Technician Deborah Harrington. In this
QSLiN Library Hangout; Principal Hayter: From Library to Learning Commons at Beechwood Elementary School
In April 2017, we visited Beechwood Elementary (Lester B. Pearson School Board) and met with Principal Nicholas Hayter and Library Technician Deborah Harrington. In this
March 2017
QSLiN Library Hangout: PCHS Creating Zones in the Library
In February 2016, we visited with Vice-Principal Lucia Coretti and Library Technician Caroll-Ann Stelle of Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School (Lester B. Pearson School Board) to learn
June 2016
Sawyerville Elementary School Library Moving Ahead – New QSLiN Hangout
In May, we shared a hangout with Sawyerville Elementary School’s principal, Norma Humphrey in which she shared her vision for her school’s library. In this
New QSLiN Hangouts: Merging Two Libraries, Parts 1 and 2
In 2015, JPPS Elementary School in Montreal sold its building and began the planning process of moving into Bialik High School. It was decided that
Another New QSLiN Hangout: PCHS Listening to Students and Meeting Needs for Technology
In this video, Caroll-Ann Steele, Documentation Technician, Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School, Lester B. Pearson School Board, describes how she approached students at every grade level
New QSLiN Hangout: PCHS: Modernist Open Concept School Library to an Innovative Learning Commons
In this new QSLiN hangout video, we encounter a new problem: lots of space! You may not think that this is much of a challenge,
May 2016
New QSLiN Library Hangout – Macdonald High School Library: Going Digital
This short video is long on ideas for making a library, which was built at the beginning of the 20th century, a digitally friendly centre.
New QSLiN Hangout: Macdonald High School Library: Working Together for a Great Library Learning Commons
In this film, Maria Cavaiuolo, Documentation Technician, Macdonald High School in Ste.-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec (Lester B. Pearson School Board) talks about using student and teacher input
Principal Jad Deegan and Macdonald High School’s Library Learning Commons – New QSLiN Hangout
Principal Jad Deegan (Macdonald High School, Ste.-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Lester B. Pearson School Board) enthusiastically points out the advantages of the newly refurbished library learning commons
Edwardian Era Library to 21st Century Library Learning Commons
Converting a space to a library learning commons presents many challenges. Most schools were built at a time when the card catalogue and the encyclopedia
A Principal’s Vision for a Rural School Library – New QSLiN Hangout
In this new QSLiN hangout, we leave the city and go to Sawyerville, a small village in the Eastern Townships of Quebec where we meet
April 2016
A School Principal on the Importance of His Library Learning Commons
In this new QSLiN Library hangout, Roger Rampersad, principal of Riverdale High School (Lester B. Pearson School Board), talks about the advantages of having a
March 2016
QSLiN Hangout at Riverdale High School: Transforming to a Library Learning Commons
When a school library has a set up that can be described as a rabbit warren with shelves obstructing the view, it's time to make
June 2015
Vincent Massey Collegiate – Mural and So Much More
“What is that on the wall?” Emilia Quintana, newly hired documentation technician at Vincent Massey Collegiate in Montreal was amused by the fact that the
Vincent Massey Collegiate: Positive Change Through Collaboration
Emila Quintana, newly hired documentation technician at Vincent Massey Collegiate in Montreal, describes her love of children and libraries in this film. Emila is joined
Artful Student Participation Beautifies the Vincent Massey Collegiate School Library
“I’m a big fan of school.” “I like getting involved in things.” “I’d like more books with fun facts on history, fun facts on science.”
May 2015
Collaboration Makes for a Student Friendly School Library
Harmony Elementary School is really a showplace for...well, harmony! It is always a treat when people agree on the way to go forward with a
Going Dewey-Lite…or even Dewey-Less
I'm ashamed to say that when dumping the Dewey Decimal System was suggested to me by an elementary school library volunteer, I huffed and puffed
April 2015
Hanging out at the Mackay Centre School Library
What a treat it was to visit the Mackay Centre School and see how library services can be developed to meet the needs of disabled
October 2014
“Bistro Library” at Alexander Galt Regional High School
After promoting a Healthy-Selfie month, Judith Munger, the library tech at AGRHS's library received an interesting request from her students: Last May, we received many