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!
International School Library Month
Canadian Library Month
BC School Library Day, October 24
Drop Everything and Read, October 24
Canadian School Library Day, October 24
Come down to your School Library in the month of October as we celebrate all that is amazing and wonderful about libraries, especially School Libraries in the public education system.
The theme of ISLM in 2021 is “Fairy Tales and Folk Tales Around the World.”
Check out some of these titles which collect legends, myths, tales, sagas and stories from around the globe:
Note: Some tales have been handed down from ancient times, many since before they were written down, while other are modern “mash-ups” or new spins on old stories. Some of the stories are integral to deeply held spiritual or religious beliefs. Some are, clearly, made up stories told for entertainment value of adventure or comedy. Others are somewhere in between. As with all great stories, we hope you can learn while you enjoy!
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.
October is International School Library Month. Come down to your School Library to browse through our collection of books related to libraries, librarians, librarianship and library books.
Here are some non-fiction library books about libraries:
Join with us in celebrating International School Library Month. Come down to the School Library to check out our display of FICTION books about libraries.
Join with us in celebrating International School Library Month. Come down to the School Library to check out our display of non-fiction books about libraries.
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.”
Happy International School Library Month!
Check out our display of books related to libraries, books, literacy and more.
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