A big thank you goes out to all the workers in Canada’s libraries! We especially thank all those students, volunteers and staff here at LTSS who are the heartbeat of the School Library. Happy Canadian Library Workers Day!
October is Canadian Library Month and International School Library Month. Today we are highlighting a few noteworthy librarians who are the first inductees into our “Library Hall of Fame.”
Zoia Horn
Zoia Horn (1918-2014) was a librarian who went to jail rather than abandon her professional integrity and steadfast commitment to intellectual freedom. Horn was pressured by authorities to testify against anti-war activists charged with conspiracy during the Vietnam War. Horn refused, and was jailed for three weeks for contempt, the first time that has happened to a librarian in the United States. The California Library Association presents an annual Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award in honour of her legacy.
Brian Deer
Brian Deer (1945–2019), a Mohawk from the First Nations Territory of Kahnawake in Quebec, was one of the first Indigenous librarians in Canada. Deer developed an original library classification system that expresses Indigenous knowledge structures. The Brian Deer Classification System has been adapted for use in libraries across Canada, including the indigenous library at UBC, the Xwi7xwa Library.
Nancy Pearl
Probably the most famous living librarian in the world. Nancy Pearl rose to fame in Seattle while working for the Seattle Public Library. Her fame grew rapidly with the success of her books. Today is she is well known around the continent, and even the world, for her presence on public radio, podcasts, public appearances and more. She has won numerous awards, including Library Journal‘s Librarian of the Year Award in 2011. Her crowning achievement, however, may be the phenomenal success of the Nancy Pearl Librarian Action Figure.
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Check back here in upcoming posts for more additions to the “Library Hall of Fame.”
Come down to your School Library to check out these books about libraries and librarians. Join with us as we celebrate Canadian Library Month and International School Library Month!
Come down to the School Library to check out our display of materials related to libraries, librarians, librarianship and all related issues.
October is Canadian Library Month and International School Library Month. Check out our collection of fiction with a library and librarian connection.
Do you have a Library Card? If not, get one! Do you use your Library Card? If not, why not? Take advantage of all that libraries have to offer. Visit your local Public Library, and the many great libraries of your city, including Surrey Libraries, VPL and FVRL. And as always, take advantage of everything that your School Library has to offer. October is Canadian Library Month. The best way to celebrate is to use the library!
October is International School Library Month! Join with people around the globe in recognizing the vital role that school libraries play in education, celebrating the amazing joy and power that school libraries can bring to students.
In addition to the fact that October is ISLM (International School Library Month), October is also Canadian Library Month! As Canadians we enjoy and benefit from some of the best libraries in the world. Canadian Library Month is a chance to celebrate all of our libraries, including Public Libraries, School Libraries and more. Go to the Canadian Libary Association’s CLM page to find out more!
Drop Everything & Read is just eleven days away! National School Library Day is Monday, October 28.
As part of the celebration of school libraries, the BCTLA and the BCTF have issued the “DEAR Challenge” to EVERY PERSON in BRITISH COLUMBIA. All over the province, people are challenged to put down the work, turn off the TV, set aside the iPad,iPod or iPhone, pause the video games– you get the idea– and just read!
October is International School Library Month and Canadian Library Month. October 28 is National School Library Day. Be sure to stay posted for news and special events happening to celebrate your school library!
“Reading is a beautiful thing. Today.
Every day.
Read for twenty minutes.”
October is International School Library Month and Canadian Library Month. October 28 is National School Library Day and the day for the DEAR Challenge: Drop Everything and Read.
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October is Internatioal School Library Month. It is also Canadian Library Month. Celebrate the vital role that libraries play in Canadian life. Canadian Library Month is a celebration of libraries of all kinds, including public libraries and school libraries. Visit the Canadian Library Association for more information.
Happy International School Library Month!
Check out our display of books related to libraries, books, literacy and more.
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