Library Program

 

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President Heather:

 

 

•   IN CIRCULATION-

  Stay up to date with school library issues- blog Heather at:
  http://bctlaincirculation.blogspot.com/

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School Libraries Advocacy:

• BCTLA PSA Home
• Drop Everything And Read: http://www.sd61.bc.ca/pdf/Drop_Everything.pdf
• BCTLA Forum
• BC Coalition for School Libraries- -BCCSL
• BC Library Association -BCLA: http://www.bcla.ca
• Canadian Association of School Libraries -CASL: http://www.cla.ca
• Canadian Coalition for School Libraries -CCSL
• International Association for School Libraries -IASL
• SSLA: Saskatchewan School Library Association- http://www.ssla.ca/learningevents_ssla.htm
• PIKA- Childrens Lit Database - PIKA
• Council of Ministers of Education http://www.cmec.ca/literacy/forum.en.stm
• Library 2020 Symposium
• Progress International Reading Literacy Study  http://timss.bc.edu/pirls2006/index.html 

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Library BlogRoll:

• BCTLA News-Professional news articles and RSS
• IN Circulation- BCTLA President's blog
• Library Wiki- Books for Boys (Password=bctla)
• Drop Everything and Read Blog
• Drop Everything and Read - facebook your school's event
• The Vancouver Sun-The Report Card-Janet Steffenhagen.
• Infomancy -
• Illuminated Dragon-
• School Library Blogs-
• Eduscapes-
• Disruptive Innovators-
• School Library Journal -
• http://www.yourschoollibrary.org
• CSLA- 23 Things-
• iLibrarian -
• Okanagan852a - TL blog podcasts

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Curriculum Centered Online Resources:

• CollectionsCanada.ca-
• Encyclopedia of Life- new! http://www.eol.org/
• Discover magazine galleries and specials- great for enriching lessons.
• Creative Craft- web2.0 concepts in video demos
• Boolify your students: interactive models of
• Teach Dewey
• NCTE: http://www.ncte.org/about/gov/129117.htm
  
  Post/Upload your resources :  here

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Professional Development Opportunities:

• FastForward- web site: http://www.langara.bc.ca/ffwd/register.html
• Workshop Facilitators: June2008-Download workshop_facilitators.doc
• tba

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Support School Libraries:

• BCTLA PSA  web and BCTLA Forum
• BC Coalition for School Libraries -BCCSL
• BC Library Association -BCLA 
• Canadian Association of School Libraries -CASL
• Canadian Coalition for School Libraries -CCSL
• International Association for School Libraries  -IASL
• Advocacy Strategies:Tish Sladden-Download SladdenJune08.doc
  
  Support and Help Here

LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION and PROGRAM SUPPORT

• Pamphlet for Parents and Guests- Download Program_BrochureKSS.doc
• BCTLA "Teachers and teacher-librarians" pamphlet-Download Teachers_and_TLs.pdf
• Reading Promotion:
  • Springvalley Middle School- Ken Woodward   
  • Download family_literacy_day_activties.doc
  • Jacki Loyd, KLO Middle SD23: jloyd@sd23.bc.ca
    • Download boys_fiction_brochure.pdf
    • Set-Download fiction_genres_brochures.zip

 Curriculum Centered Online Resources:

• CollectionsCanada.ca-
• Encyclopedia of Life- new! http://www.eol.org/
• Discover magazine galleries and specials- great for enriching lessons.
• Creative Craft- web2.0 concepts in video demos
• Boolify your students: interactive models of
• Teach Dewey
• NCTE: http://www.ncte.org/about/gov/129117.htm

Post a recommendation: or Upload a resources form:  here

Write your MLA:

Karen Lindsay ( Victoria) has prepared a fabulous form letter for you.

• Download bctlaforumgenericadvocacyletter.zip
• lindsaykp@shaw.ca

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