Another year of school is winding down and here at The Bookmark we are winding up to produce our 50th Anniversary Edition of the BCTLA’s journal. We are excited about the issue which will be published in October 2009 and in the meantime would like to celebrate the successes and achievements of our BC teacher-librarian colleagues. In this issue you’ll find a complete listing of awards offered by the BCTLA as well as this year’s recipient for each of them. We’ve also included the national awards presented to BC Teacher-Librarians this year. We are so proud of our colleagues! Though school library programs are once again in jeopardy, teacher-librarians around this province continue to provide the best services possible to our staffs and students. I know many TL’s who give tirelessly of their own time, mentoring new colleagues, working with students who need that extra connection and time, planning with classroom teachers, and volunteering within their own local associations, advocating for school library programs. Most of those teacher-librarians just see it as part of the job and won’t receive an award or any other recognition this year. They should know, however, that their efforts are noticed and appreciated. Congratulations to all of you. Please enjoy this issue and be proud to be a teacher-librarian. We have much to celebrate!
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Angie MacRitchie
Senior Editor
