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What people are doing for ISLM 2011 

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Australia

From Karen Bonanno, Executive Officer, Australian School Library Association, Australia

The Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) and Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd (LinksPlus/Weblinks) have pleasure in announcing the winner of the 2011 Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award – Maureen Twomey from Assisi Catholic College, Upper Coomera, Queensland.

This national award recognises and honours an exceptional Australian teacher librarian in a school setting whose professional practice has a positive impact on student achievement and information literacy. ASLA describes the role of a teacher librarian as having three key professional standards: professional commitment, professional knowledge and professional practice. 

The Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year 2011 is awarded to a teacher librarian who demonstrates a high level of achievement in each of these three components of her role and thus provides a library and information service that improves student learning.

The 2011 Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year, Maureen Twomey, a member of the School Library Association of Queensland (SLAQ), manages a diverse library service at Assisi Catholic College, Upper Coomera, QLD. The college is a Preparatory to Year 12 college (5-18 years) that opened in 2005 on the northern end of the Gold Coast, in south-east Queensland. Assisi Catholic College espouses a strong focus on connectedness within the middle years curriculum (Year 7 to Year 9). There is a clear spotlight on the integration of information and communication technologies with teaching and learning, and on eco-friendly structures and practices, in line with the College’s Franciscan philosophies. The school is administered by Brisbane Catholic Education and is located in one of the fastest growing population corridors in Australia.

More information about Maureen’s citation.

We congratulate all the state and territory nominees for this award:

  • Gai Dennett, Canberra Grammar School, Nominated by the Australian Capital Territory
  • Susie Glasson, Cranbrook School, Nominated by the Australian School Library Association (New South Wales)
  • Maryann Pearson, Woodcroft College Junior School, Nominated by the School Library Association of South Australia
  • Brenda Clover, Perth College, Nominated by the Western Australian School Library Association

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Canada

From Jo-Anne Gibson, Past President, Manitoba School Library Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

International/National/Provincial School Library Day and the Drop Everything And Read Challenge

Schools across Manitoba celebrated International, National, and Provincial School Library Day on Monday, October 24, 2011 by taking the Manitoba School Library Association’s Drop Everything and Read (D.E.A.R.) Challenge.  Students and staff members from 114 Manitoba schools, including four (4) Independent schools  and four (4) First Nations Educational Authority schools picked up their favorite books or magazines and enjoyed reading for twenty minutes at 11:00 a.m. on this day.  In all, 34,236 students and staff members from 27 school divisions from across Manitoba participated. 

The Manitoba School Library Association wishes to thank the Government of Manitoba and the Minister of Education, Nancy Allen, for their support of the Manitoba D.E.A.R. Challenge and for proclaiming October, 24, 2011 as Provincial School Library Day.  Manitoba is one of only a few provinces that is willing to make an official government statement regarding the importance of school libraries in the educational, social and cultural lives of its students.

This was the first year that there was a push to unite schools from across Canada in a national D.E.A.R. event.  British Columbia and New Brunswick were other provinces which reported having schools participate in the 2011 D.E.A.R. Challenge.

Thanks to all the schools in Manitoba that participated this year and took the time to celebrate reading and school libraries.  The Manitoba School Library Association hopes that even more schools and students will take the challenge next year as we move into the third year for this event.  Watch for the challenge information and proclamation that is sent out by Manitoba Education in late September every year.

Students from École Crane, Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Croatia

From Ksenija Kesegi-Krstin, School Librarian, Ugostiteljsko-turisti?ka škola, Osijek, Croatia

A group of teachers and students participated in the activity of making posters and bookmarks called Read under the stars. Goals were: popularization of  reading (outside reading), creation of critical thinking, exercising social skills, learning foreign languages (teachers were reading in English, French, German and Russian), and presentation of librarians and their work. Students liked teachers as readers rather than as lecturers.

As continuation of this activity there was a new one called Take and leave with a goal of permanent stimulation of reading. Students and school employees were invited to leave the books they had read and wanted to recommend to others. The books were put on the shelf outside the library and students could take home any book they wanted and bring it back on the shelf after reading. Both activities were well accepted by students.

Students chose some books.
The shelf where you can leave books.

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Last updated 12 December 2011 (XYZ)