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International School Library Month, October 2011
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School libraries make a difference! The impact of school libraries on student achievement
IASL's Picture Gallery of School Libraries. Submissions are welcome!
Getting Started: Ideas and Procedures for starting a School Library Association or Section
International School Library Month 2010
Diversity Challenge Resilience:
School Libraries Have it All
What people are doing for ISLM 2010
Australia | Croatia | India | Indonesia | Italy | Pakistan | Portugal | Romania | Russia | Slovak Republic | Slovenia | South Africa | Spain | Switzerland | Trinidad & Tobago | Ukraine | USA | Zimbabwe |
From Dana Juríková
I am a librarian at the school library of Bilingual Gymnasium of C. S. Lewis in Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Our library is closely connected to Church Elementary School Narnia that is seated in the same building. Both schools form the Association of C. S. Lewis Schools and they are united in their mission.
The website of Church Elementary School Narnia offer information about the International Day of School Libraries and you can also find an invitation to this event there.
The main theme of IMSL day was: The History of Book and Development of Writing. The day started with a big opening followed by a series of workshops and activities presenting different stages in the development of book and writing. All workshops were led by older students from our school. In the afternoon we met with Pippi and her horse (from The Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren). Part of the event was also a school competition during which we looked for the oldest, the biggest, the heaviest and the smallest book.
A selection of photos from the day
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Cave painting
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Writing on clay tablets
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Stone engraving
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Braille alphabet and writing
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Oldest book - 1770
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Smallest book
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From Ivanka Ucakar, Section for school libraries, Slovenia Library Association
In Slovenia, the "Month of school libraries" celebration was organised by the Section for School Libraries of the Slovenia Library Association.
See the application and notice to encourage schools to participate. Here is a sample of a report submittted for the celebrations.
A selection of activities undertaken in school libraries across Slovenia during International School Library Month
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Nataša Praprotnik, Primary School Vuzenica
Writing a song “My dream library” |
Lidija Mazgan, Primary School sušana Flisa Hoce
Kindergarten on a story telling visit |
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Tadeja Šink, Primary School Fran Albreht Kamnik
Arts contest “My dream library” |
Jozica Lauko, Primary School Muta
Meet the author Tone Partljic, past president of Reading Badge Society |
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Mojca Tergušek, Primary School Selnica ob Dravi
Bookmark Project |
Tinka Fric, Primary School Zuzember
Literary afternoon for parents and children |
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From Nevenka Mlinar, Librarian at OSNOVNA ŠOLA ANTONA GLOBOCNIKA (PRIMARY SCHOOL A. GLOBOCNIK) in POSTOJNA.
This is the first time that our school celebrated ISLM with so many different activities. We even created a blog where you can see the presentations. http://monthofschoollibraries.blogspot.com/ |
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From Anneli Silvennoinen, Head of the Resource Centre, St Mary’s Waverley Senior School for Girls Johannesburg South Africa (Fifa 2010 country)
A casual grouping of our Library Monitors gather as part of ISLM and to wish our school leavers well as they leave to write their final exams. The matrics had a “Civvies Day†wearing their summer relaxed clothes and were off to swim at the pool after our lunch.
From left Alexia Cost, Thando Msimang (Deputy Head Monitor) and Portia Sangweni (Head Monitor ) plus all our smiling girls wish everyone a happy month. We run a Library Lottery during this month and the draw happens on Friday 29 October. The two prize winners have to be in the Library to win, so this brings crowds of excited girls into our beautiful Resource Centreand is an apt ending to a fun month.
From Juan Antonio Rodriguez, Library coordinator, Colegio de Alpartir 'Ramon y Cajal'
See the school blog for information on activities and events. Lots of wonderful pictures can be found at this Picasa Web Album.
From Susan Clark, Middle School Librarian, International School Basel, Fleischbachstrasse 2, 4153 Reinach,
On October 26 and 27, the International School Basel will host Gek Tessaro. Gek is an Italian performance artist who does illustration accompanied by music using an overhead projector. Gek’s
performance introduces students to the realm of colourful, creative book illustration and how books are more than simply the printed word.
From Radhica Seunarine, Librarian III, School Library Supervisor/ Chairperson, ISLM Educational Library Services Division National Library and Information System Authority
We here at Trinidad and Tobago have designed a programme of activities for both our Secondary and Primary Schools. Visit our website to see the information on our programme of events presently taking place throughout our School Library Media Centre's (SLMC).
NALIS launched International School Library Month on Friday October 1, 2010 at the St. Augustine Secondary School. The feature address was delivered by Ms. Zena Ramatali, President of the National Parent Teachers Association of Trinidad and Tobago, who highlighted the valuable role of libraries in the lives of our students. The programme also included a special guest presentation on ‘Moving students to feats of research,’ by Ms. Kaaren Linton, a former school librarian and now Training Coordinator for COMPanion Corp. the producer of the Alexandria Integrated Library Management System. At the launch, NALIS unveiled several activities planned for both primary and secondary schools in commemoration of the International School Library Month October 2010.
The ISLM 2010 is being generously supported by Pearson Education and TSTT Blink services.
The activities for this year’s event includes:
1. A logo competition to brand and market the upgraded School Library Media Centre (SLMC) in the secondary schools.
2. ‘Just read it’ promotion using the resources from the information collections provided through the Secondary Education Modernization Programme in which the libraries were major beneficiaries.
3. ‘We make a difference’ – essay writing piece on the contribution of the SLMC to the school.
4. ‘Beyond Google’ targeting the range of electronic information resources available in the SLMC.
5. ‘Same Book Same Time’ targeted to primary schools using the information resources in their libraries.
6. Page-a-thon competition where the primary schools collate the number of pages read by individual students over a period of time.
7. Feature on community partnerships showing the adoption of a primary school library by a secondary school library.
8. Feature on ‘special needs’ schools in the communities.
Other activities will include supporting displays in the school’s library highlighting this year’s theme.
From Svetlana Boiko
I’m writing in response to your recent information about conducting of a Month of School Libraries.We send our best congratulations to all our colleagues.
I’m glad to inform that School Library of Sevastopol bilingual gymnasium # 2 (The Centre of Informational Resources) has celebrated its 10-year anniversary these days. Developing the problem of propaganda books and reading we organized a thematic photo gallery "Children and books."The aim of this exhibition is not only to attract attention of teachers , parents and pupils to the keen problems of cultivating love to books and reading, but also to promote actively the modern librarian assistace.
The exhibition includes the works of winners of photo salons, all-Ukrainian Youth Exhibition, Bienale of Modern Arts in Florence, the Art-Club "Exit" and also the photos made by parents, teachers, librarians, pupils of our gymnasium. Special guests of our gallery are Victor Kot, the official representative of the International Informatisation Academy in UNO,and Jhan Ives Djubo (photographer) and his wife Martin (librarian) from France.
Some of the photos from our photo gallery
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On the Bookshelf
by Popova D. |
My First Detective
by Popova D. |
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by Nadezhda A.
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The Books and the Dolls
by Boylo S. |
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Rising to the Challenge
by Popova D. |
by Kuznyetsova O.
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by Nadezhda A.
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by Nadezhda A.
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I ike Reading
by Melkova E. |
My Bookhouse
by Kuznyetsova O. |
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The Sacred Love for Reading
by Tishkevich O. |
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Reading with My Friend
by Kovtonyuk A. |
Summer Reading in New York
by Krasova Ya. |
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In Libraries the Books have Come Alive
by Lyaskovskaya I. |
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From Janet Johnson Wells, President, Central Kentucky School Media Association
We started last fall making bookmarks to exchange this year. We are located in Kentucky, USA and I am the school librarian and sponsor of the Book Club. We participated last year and enjoyed receiving a letter and pictures from our matched school.
Mr. Jerry Mathema, School Librarian, Masiyephambili College -- download his report on celebrating International School Library Day.
Last updated 18 December 2010 (XYZ)