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October is ISLM: International School Library Month!

October is International School Library Month.  All over the world, people are recognizing and celebrating the powerful role that school libraries play in education. Come on in to the School Library at LTS, and continue to check back online, for more on our local celebration of International School Library Month!

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Magazines, Newspapers and More

The School Library Program offers many choices in terms of reading material and sources of information for research. One of the areas that many students (and staff) should check out more often is Periodicals. We have regular subscriptions to a wide variety of magazines. We also pick up other magazine titles on a more casual basis.  And we have  a daily subscription to both the Vancouver Sun and the Province.

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More than that, through our district sponsored online resources, we offer you access to thousands of different newspapers, magazines, journals and more. We have created a short tutorial on how to use one of these databases to find current articles. Click here.

Looking for a place to film?

Are you looking for a place to film? Perhaps you are working on a class project and need somewhere to work on a video. Maybe you would like to use a green screen for special effects. Come down to your school library.

We have our own “Green Monster” set up in our filming area. Classes can book this space, or small groups can come down on a drop-in basis to use the green screen and the space for filming.

Don’t forget, we also have digital video cameras that you can borrow!

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Who Comes to the School Library?

Who comes to the School Library?  That is an excellent question.  The short answer:  We get hundreds of people visiting each day, and tens of thousands of visits each year.

Some of our visitors are people who come multiple times a day, every day.  Some come more casually. Some students come down when their classes are booked into the library.  Many IMG_0457more come down as drop-in students, either during class or during “study blocks” or “free blocks.”  And many more again make their way here before school, at lunch, and after school.

We have class bookings from virtually every department and grade in the school.  While it is most typical to have Social Studies or English classes come in, we have had classes and small groups of students come in from Science, Math, LST, French, Spanish, Planning, PE, Woodwork, Cafeteria, ELL, Hockey Academy and more.

IMG_0017[1]We have hosted a multitude of special events, some that come every year, such as Safe Teen, Food Safe and International Games Day. We have been delighted to showcase our local talent with such events as the LTS Poetry Slam and Library Unplugged. We have hosted guest speakers such as war veterans, poets, writers and more.

We host meetings of all sorts, including meetings of Department Heads, the Parent Advisory Council, the Scholarship Club, sports teams and more. We host immunization clinics, photo sessions, book displays, contests and more.

IMG_0110[1]Students come here looking for a place to do research, study, work on projects. Some want to work alone, some prefer to work in small groups. We offer space for both.

Students come here looking to borrow from our growing collection of PlayAway Audiobooks,  DVDs, eBooks and other alternatives to print media. Our magazines and newspapers draw in many visitors.  Students also want to make use of our growing collection of board games and table games.

Students and staff come here looking for good books to read.  Students and staff come here looking for a quiet comfortable space in which to read.  We are delighted to do what we can to make that happen!

Whatever the reason, we get hundreds of visitors each day. If you haven’t been in to your school library lately, we hope to see you here soon!

 

October is ISLM: International School Library Month!

October is International School Library Month.  All over the world, people are recognizing and celebrating the powerful role that school libraries play in education. Come on in to the School Library at LTS, and continue to check back online, for more on our local celebration of International School Library Month!

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