Diana Maliszewski has been blogging at "Monday Molly Musings" consistently for over eight years about her experiences in life and the world of school libraries. Her most recent blog post, "Facing Challenges in Montreal" is all about her trip to Montreal last week and in particular about her experience at the 2017 QSLiN Library Symposium. Here
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
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,
In addition to our QSLiN Library Hangouts, and a few other videos, we are now releasing a new series of short videos about why school libraries matter. We hope that these unscripted, personal interviews can be helpful to remind everyone about the importance of school libraries and the role they, and their personnel, play in
As we get ready for the 2017 QSLiN Library Symposium, we thought this would be a good time to look back at some of the great things from the 2016 Symposium. In 2016, we invited Gwyneth Jones (a.k.a. The Daring Librarian @GwynethJones) to come to Quebec and share with us some of the great ideas that
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:
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
Hello, Here is the list of all the resources that were presented at the 2015 MELS Libary Symposium. Link to the Digital Badges for the Symposium which can still be earned. Due to the issues with the wifi at the hotel, we have left the digital badges open for people to claim them even after the
The following was written by Douglas Clarke, a retired principal with the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board who now works on the Reading in Mind project at the MELS. Mr. Clarke was part of a panel of three principals at the Library Symposium who spoke about their insights and experiences with school libraries in schools across the
On March 16th and March 17th, school library personnel from across Quebec got together for the annual MELS Library Symposium. This year's theme was Dream, Plan, Create. Keynote speaker Joanne de Groot got us thinking about the exciting possibilities that the Canadian Library Association standards can ignite right here in Quebec; a main focus of
