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October 2012 is Library Month.
Monday, October 22nd is National School Library Day.

Share-Celebrate-Advocate. Everyone can participate: 


The 2012 Drop Everything and Read Challenge will be held on Monday October 22, 2012!

Contact BCTLA VP Advocacy Jeff Yasinchuk for 'Drop Everything and Read' specifics.

 

       

 

BCTLA DEAR: Drop Everything and Read for 2012

BCTLA is excited to offer large pdf's to promote the October 22nd event - National School Library Day. We have offered several choices in English and French! Posters may be downloaded and printed in any way by anyone in any jusrisdiction! However, if you wish to make alterations to the content included on any of the posters, please contact BCTLA VP Advocacy Jeff Yasinchuk regarding the necessary copyright permissions.

Contact BCTLA VP Advocacy Jeff Yasinchuk for Drop Everything and Read specifics.

Read about DEAR at our blog or submit your challenge tally or follow @bctla_dear on Twitter

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Choose from the following selection of files: these posters are print ready. To print letter-sized posters: using your print, do a 'scale to fit'. For larger posters: scale it up 200% to 22 x 34.

POSTER: PDF - 11 x 17 POSTER: PDF - 11 x 17 POSTER: PDF - 11 x 17
AFFICHE: PDF - 11 x 17 AFFICHE: PDF - 11 x 17 AFFICHE: PDF - 11 x 17

 

 

 

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Advocacy Resources Developed by BC Teacher-Librarians

We are all working in trying times, often spending long days just trying to maintain our existance, nevermind be worldclass teachers. Many of our colleagues are under strain and threat of cuts. We can lose heart. Despite the too frequent stresses confronted by professional teacher-librarians, a few colleagues raise the bar of professionalism and resist the odds.

 

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Research and Links

Canada's School Libraries in Crisis

A new report by Dr. Ken Haycock asserts Canada's school libraries are at a critical turning point, facing a major crisis due to years of under-funding. Dr. Haycock, publisher and executive editor of Teacher Librarian and professor in the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia, was commissioned to study the state of Canada's school libraries by the Association of Canadian Publishers. The report, The Crisis in Canada's School Libraries: The Case for Reform and Re-Investment, is available online at http://www.publishers.ca/pages/HaycockACP2%5fv2rev%20FINAL.pdf. The study was written with the support of a review committee from the Canadian Coalition for School Libraries (CCSL). The review committee consisted of members from the Association of Canadian Publishers, the Canadian Children's Book Centre, the Ontario Library Association, People for Education and the Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada.

The study calls for a massive injection of funds for school libraries, to make up for the years of severe cuts that have been imposed by cash-strapped provincial governments.

According to the report, "Canada's school libraries are not at their best; far from it. Across the country, teacher-librarians are losing their jobs or being reassigned. Collections are becoming depleted owing to budget cuts. Some principals believe that in the age of the Internet and the classroom workstation, the school library is an artifact." Noting that many other countries are recognizing the importance of school libraries and restoring funding, Haycock's report draws together the empirical evidence showing the positive and measurable impact teacher-librarians and a well-funded school library program can have on student performance levels.

 

The wonderful research and Web sites of such school library and reading luminaries as Keith Curry Lance, Ken Haycock, Ross Todd, David Loertscher, Stephen Krashen, and Ray Doiron are all connected here and continue to track the value of school library programs and collections. You can read and download the report at http://www.peopleforeducation.com/librarycoalition/Report03.pdf. You will also find useful links at the School Library Information Portal [http://www.cla.ca/slip/] hosted by the Canadian Library Association. Another useful site is the Ontario Library Association's School Libraries Toolkit [http://www.accessola.com/school%5flib/], along with one provided by AASL at http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/toolkits/aasladvocacy.htm.

 

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