Category: Libraries

7 Haunted Library Stories, From Dublin to Melbourne

Thanks to 1000 Libraries for sharing this article that combines two of our favourite things: scary tales, and stories about libraries!

“Most ghosts, in the stories, make a nuisance of themselves. They slam doors, move furniture and walk the corridors at the hour they died. Library ghosts are different. Almost every one on record is described doing what the living do in the same room: sitting in a favourite chair with a newspaper, taking a volume down from a shelf, turning pages at a table after the lights are out. The building seems to decide what kind of haunting it gets.

What follows are seven of those stories, from Dublin to Melbourne, chosen because each has a name, a date and a witness attached. Whether you believe them is your own affair. The librarians who tell them mostly do not, and tell them anyway….”

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source: 1000 Libraries

October is International School Library Month
October is Canadian Library Month
October is HORROR month in your School Library

Library Hall of Fame

October is Canadian Library Month and International School Library Month. As we celebrate CLM and ISLM each year, we highlight notable librarians who have made significant contributions to libraries and librarianship. We also celebrate librarians who have raised the profile of libraries and librarianship with their fame in other fields. Here are the 2026 inductees into our Library Hall of Fame. Please note that all of them worked closely with many other people, some whose names we will never hear:

Abdel Kader Haidara

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Abdel Kader Haidara (b.1964) In 2012, Abdel Kader Haidara and his team helped save hundreds of thousands of historic manuscripts from destruction in Mali. Fundamentalist Jihadist forces, aligned with Al-Queda, had seized power in Mali. They target Books and any other media which presented a more moderate expression of Islam for destruction. Haidera, who had inherited responsibility for a substantial private library of historic manuscripts, took great personal risks in masterminding a smuggling operation to protect the precious pieces of Timbuktu’s glorious history. His story is told in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer

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Amanda Jones

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Amanda Jones is one of the heroic librarians featured in the 2025 documentary feature “The Librarians.” Jones is an award winning teacher librarian from Louisiana who is a prominent anti-censorship advocate. Her story is told in “The Librarians,” recounting the attacks she faced for speaking out against book banning, and her resolve to stand up and fight back.

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Dick Ellis
Toni Samek

Dick Ellis and Toni Samek were the co-recipients of the 2025 CFLA-FCAB Intellectual Freedom Award. Both were honoured for lifetime achievements in advocacy for Intellectual Freedom in Canada. Dick Ellis (1942-2025) had a distinguished career as a librarian and educator, including decades at Memorial University in Newfoundland.

Toni Samek has also been one of Canada’s most prominent advocates for Intellectual Freedom. She is a University of Alberta Professor, and has spoken out about the current issues facing Alberta school and public libraries. Samek is a strong voice both in Canada and internationally. Among her current roles is Scholar in Residence for the Centre for Free Expression.

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Previous Library Hall of Fame Inductees:

  • Brian Deer
  • Shiela Egoff
  • Ed Greenwood
  • Zoia Horn
  • Gene Joseph
  • Audre Lorde
  • Nancy Pearl
  • S.R. Ranganathan
  • Ken Roberts
  • Leslie Weir
  • Jessamyn West
  • Zenodotus




Canadian Library Workers Day

October 16 is Canadian Library Workers Day. Today we celebrate the vital role of Library Team in our school. We are especially thankful for the student volunteers who come in on their own time to serve the staff and students of our school. We also thank our lunch-time Supervisor. Further, we acknowledge the work of the many thousands of staff in school libraries, public libraries, and a variety of other libraries around the nation. Thank you!

source: librarianship.ca

October is Canadian Library Month
October is International School Library Month

Banned Books Week

ALA Banned Books Week is October 4-10. As Canadians we stand in solidarity with libraries, librarians, and freedom loving people across the US as they stand up for their democratic rights. Censorship continues to thrive as a weapon of choice for those who seek to advance their political agendas by attacking fundamental individual rights and freedoms. Join with us as we learn more about the fight against book banning and the unending struggle for the protection of intellectual freedom.

International School Library Month

October is ISLM. Join with us at YOUR School Library as we celebrate the essential role that school libraries hold in education.

Learn more. Visit us in person or online and find out more about why School Libraries are vital.

Truth & Reconciliation

September 30 is not just a day off of school. Learn more about why Truth and Reconciliation is something all Canadians should care about. Join with us during Truth & Reconciliation Week at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary as we learn more about the Indigenous Peoples of Canada, our shared history as Canadians, and what our shared future might look like.. Dress for Orange Shirt Day at school on September 29. Observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a genuine resolve actively participate in reconciliation in our country in the coming year.

International Day of Peace

September 21 is the International Day of Peace, established by the United Nations and recognized by peace loving people everywhere.

From the United Nations:

Invest in Peace – For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day

On 21 September, the world marks the International Day of Peace.

Today, amidst staggering volatility, the search for peace feels overwhelming—but it has never been more urgent.

Peace is more than the absence of war; it is the foundation necessary to collectively tackle humanity’s challenges. It is the lived experience of safety, dignity, opportunities and cooperation in our daily lives.

Under the theme Invest in Peace: For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day, this year’s International Day of Peace honours the ‘everyday architects of peace’—people driving local action, laying the groundwork for stability, and building a lasting peace from the ground up.

Remember, peace isn’t just built in conference rooms—it is shaped by everyone, everywhere, every day.

Everyone, everywhere can do their part for peace. Take one small step for peace every day:

Give your time to help someone else.

Lend your voice to drive positive change.

Host a Peace Circle – an intergeneration youth-led conversation on solutions.

Use your platform to promote a cause or tell a story of peace and hope

Show us how you’re building the architecture of peace and justice using #InvestInPeace.