The Treasure Mountain conference provided much food for thought. We all come from different circumstances, but we all share the same objectives: to ensure that school libraries are relevant and serve our school communities. The papers presented were interesting, you might be surprised to see how similar others’ activities are to our own.
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My quick summary on the TMCanada workshop is:
There were about 40 school librarians, library consultants and teacher-librarians from across Canada. This meeting followed another two years ago where they began a discussion on standards for school libraries. We were asked to contribute ideas on what we think is necessary for a school library in this digital age of electronic resources while preserving the parallel need for print.
There was a discussion about the library becoming a ‘learning commons’ vs. the whole school being a learning commons, where the library is a component in the learning commons. The purpose of the workshop was to brainstorm ideas on school libraries and services for the upcoming revision of Achieving Information Literacy which is now about 10 years old.
There was an interesting use of technology at the meeting. I learned how to use Google Docs for working on shared documents which I had not done before. We had simultaneous conversations going on with others who could not be there using a Twitter account; and also Skype with 2 presenters from Toronto and Vancouver. A good learning experience. It was definitely a worthwhile conference to attend, and important for Quebec to be represented.
Wow… lots to respond to in that. from Quebec there were 4 of us. Shannon Babcock, Meg Sinclair, myself, and Anne Wade was there for the first day. There will probably not be a TMC 2013, but most likely a TMC 2014. A few really interesting things were shared, but I will put those up as their own posts in the coming weeks… unless others get there first.
Julian
This looks really interesting. I will try to go next year! Was the good Quebec representation? What about the rest of Canada? What came out of it? Any movement for advocacy or otherwise to help promote school libraries?