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Category Archives: School Libraries
partners in reading
It’s been thrilling for me to be part of the Changing Results for Young Readers (CR4YR) initiative, a network of educators with a shared goal of improving life chances for children. CR4YR is making a big difference – not only … Continue reading
Posted in Literacy, Partnerships, Public Libraries, School Libraries
Tagged CR4YR, Maureen Dockendorf, reading, Sharon Jerosky, young readers
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are you in your element?
Bonnie McComb, award-winning teacher-librarian at Parkland Secondary in Sidney, is about to retire. Yet she is just as passionate about her role today, while she’s in the throes of converting her school library into a learning commons environment, as she … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Learning Commons, Public Libraries, School Libraries
Tagged Bonnie McComb, Claremont, comfy chair, Parkland, Ruth Wadsworth, Sally Hansen, SD63, Sir Ken Robinson
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what keeps me up at night?
One need not venture far into the social media and news sphere to see that funding cuts to libraries are very much in the news and the minds of librarians across the country. No doubt this news is keeping some … Continue reading
more than comfy chairs
Just as a room full of books is not a library, a room full of books, comfy chairs and technology is not a learning commons. I’ve been thinking about what it takes to make a learning commons. What is that … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning Commons, Librarianship, School Libraries, Teacher Librarians
Tagged comfy chair, IKBLC, Rabindranath Tagore, Simon Neame, VTLA
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pick a book, any book
Harry by the Sea, by Gene Zion, was the very first book I ever borrowed from a library. I remember watching the librarian type my name on the library card, and then telling me I could pick out any book … Continue reading