Colouring, collaboration and creativity on a budget!

By |2018-02-06T11:48:34-05:00February 6th, 2018|Blog Posts|

Are you looking for an inexpensive and creative way for students to relax and collaborate in your library? This activity might fit the bill. There are loads of books available as well as some pricy drawing posters you can purchase (just search for coloring posters or table-sized colouring sheets). Betty Dunning from Lindsay Place High

New Video: Simple Steps for Supporting Students Who Speak Other Languages with Diana Maliszewski

By |2017-11-01T10:28:12-04:00November 1st, 2017|Blog Posts, Conferences, Professional Development, Webinars and Conferences, QSLiN Updates, Videos|

Back at the QSLiN Library Symposium in March 2017, we had Diana Maliszewski come and talk to us about the various ways that she helps English Second Language learners in her school. While it may seem like a difficult task to reach these students and help them develop a love of reading, Diana gave us

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

Halloween Resource Roundup

By |2019-05-23T14:41:58-04:00October 13th, 2017|Blog Posts, Books|

Just a really quick roundup for Halloween in the High School Library and some for Elementary too! From Teen Services Underground: · A list of spooky/horror titles: https://www.teenservicesunderground.com/our-favorite-spookyhorror-book-2017/ These titles might look good in a display! · Halloween Movies that Teens love: https://goo.gl/ucpmQV From Pinterest: · Halloween displays: https://goo.gl/DAWJ1Z · Halloween activities: https://goo.gl/a9BDtV · Haunted

School Library Advocacy Challenge

By |2017-10-11T15:01:04-04:00October 6th, 2017|Blog Posts|

Based upon an original idea from the Texas Association of School Libraries, "Let's Promote Libraries!", we have come up with a local version that we hope will help our school libraries to share what they are doing using social media. This a monthly social media campaign where we encourage you to share / post something

Library Acquisition Guides from LO and QRC

By |2017-09-25T13:48:27-04:00September 22nd, 2017|Blog Posts, Books, Quebec Ministry of Education, School Libraries|

Are you looking for guides to help you with acquisitions for your school library in either English or French? A good French guide was created by the team at Livres ouverts and was adapted into English by Quebec Reading Connections. You can access them at the links below. Livres ouverts : Des achats de livres éclairés

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

Why #LibrariesMatter 2017

By |2017-09-14T15:25:18-04:00September 14th, 2017|Blog Posts, Conferences, School Libraries, Videos|

As part of an ongoing desire to share with the world how school libraries can contribute to educational teams and what they can do to help students succeed, we started asking different people in education, (including administrators, consultants, and of course school librarians and library technicians) about why school libraries matter. These videos are all

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

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