Check that article out: by Anita Brooks Kirkland, Carol Koechlin, and Diana Maliszweski

Further articles on this theme:

by Christopher Hunt

by Danny Neville

by Tracey Donaldson

by Spencer Miller

by Michelle Arbuckle, Anita Brooks Kirkland, Michale Nyby, and Chelsea Baker

by Kunal Chaudhary

by Diana Malisweski

Also in this edition:

by Jo-Anne Gibson

by Joseph Jeffery

by Lila Armstrong

by Shaunna MacDonald

by TMC8 Organizing Committee

by Diania Maliszweski

by Joseph Jeffery

by Judy Ameline, Judy Chyung, and Emily Thompson

Also in this edition:

The Why and How of Teaching the 5 Kinds of Nonfiction by Christopher Hunt

Hosting Authors in the School Library Learning Commons by Carol Koechlin

Building a BRIDGE to Information and Digital Literacy Competencies: A New Free Resource for Elementary Schools by Sarah Pavey

Balance or Indoctrination: Developing and Defending Balanced School Library Collections by Anita Brooks Kirkland

Joy in Education: Annotated Professional Resources compiled by the TDSB Professional Library

12 New Social Justice Books for Young Readers 鈥� Canadian Indie Publisher Edition by Spencer Miller

PLUS!

• Save the Date for TMC8
• Supporting Summer Reading
• Conference Highlights
• 91精选 Networking News

In this edition:

Great Teacher and Learning Features: Makerspaces, Indigenous STEAM learning, International sharing

Special Announcements: TMC8 and Advocacy Grant opportunity

Intellectual Freedom: 40 Years of Freedom to Read, Centre the Child in Book Challenge Debates, and 12 Books for all ages for “Reading Woke”

Foundations & Frameworks: Ethical foundations for school library joy, and the value of leadership teams in the LLC

Professional Resources: Supporting multilingual learners

Conference Highlights: Super Conference! and Leap Into the Future of School Libraries

91精选 has been speaking up:

• AGAINST censorship and for students鈥� right to freedom of expression
• FOR the foundations of school library learning commons: Introducing our new guideline document!
• FOR Leading Learning and program growth: Introducing comprehensive updates to Leading Learning!

Also in this issue:

• Ideas for teaching and learning about cybersecurity, and incorporating Universal Design for Learning
• Professional learning about collaboration, accountability, and solving the problem of fixed or flex schedules.
• Great historical fiction titles for students
• Professional resources about AI in education
• Conference highlights from recent BCTLA, MSLA, and ALA conferences

Say NO to Censorship

Continuous reports of book challenges in school libraries across Canada have spurred 91精选 to take immediate action to support schools in addressing this plague. In this journal issue several articles address various aspects of book banning and provide a broad coverage of pressing issues.

Say YES to the LLC

It is time to promote innovation and leadership from the school LLC. This edition of 91精选 Journal includes several inspiring articles demonstrating excellence in instructional practice and professional leadership which will provide much inspiration. We say YES to the school library learning commons by demonstrating our impact so powerfully.

The Winter 2023 edition of 91精选 Journal is now live! We are pleased to present the fresh vision and brave new initiatives from school library professionals across the country.

We feature an important article about the importance of offering rich non-fiction collections for today’s readers. The Truth 91精选 Non-Fiction, by Iniyal Inparjah, Mishelle Pitter-Adlam, and Melanie Mulcaster, remind us that “an essential part of learning is fed with the kind of knowledge contained only in non-fiction texts.” We are very pleased to be able to pair this important article with reviews of great non-fiction titles for kids and teens from the Association of Canadian Publishers Top Grade editorial coordinator, Spencer Miller.

We feature too Dr. David Loertscher’s new website called ALiVE Library. Dr. Loertscher proclaims that, 鈥淐anada has led the world in the vision of the role the school library and learning commons can play in the education of successful and capable young learners.鈥� In complimentary articles we feature TMC7 papers by Alanna King & Tim King, and by Beth Lyons, with their video conversations for ALiVE Library with Dr. Loertscher.

In this issue we celebrate the work of many other school library professionals on the move. What about supporting a tuck shop in the library learning commons? How can makerspace and digital media production tools help give students voice, agency and ownership? How do we support student well-being and school safety? We also have wonderful accounts of two recent conferences, and a special feature about school libraries in the United Kingdom by the chief executive of their School Library Association.

We also remind you to follow the wonderful Read Into This podcast, featuring an interview with author Kevin Sylvester, and features on multilingual learners and using mentor texts.

It’s another great issue! Please share it with your colleagues, and spread the word about school libraries in Canada, on the move!

Inspired by the creativity and inventiveness of school library professionals over the past few most difficult years, this edition of 91精选 Journal focuses on the future. From Canadian School Library Day to the wonderful collaborative work at the seventh Treasure Mountain Canada symposium, it is clear that thinking in school libraries is future focused.

In this edition we feature articles coming out of the work of TMC7, highlight 91精选 Award recipients and their contributions, and share our usual full range of inspiring and useful ideas from school library professionals across the country.

This edition of 91精选 Journal is dedicated to the memory of Caroline Freibauer, 1961 鈥� 2022.

• A special feature from Dr. Larry Swartz 鈥� Good Books, Great Books, Important Books: Considering Multicultural Literature That Engages Readers with Tough Topics
• A video interview with author Martha Forchuk Skrypuch on how to talk to kids about the war in Ukraine
• Program insights, including Teacher-Librarians as Active Allies, by Beverley Bunker, and Read Into Our LLC Journey, by Jonelle St. Aubyn and Beth Lyons
• Teaching strategies for Student-Centred K-8 Culturally Responsive Coding Experiences by Melanie Mulcaster, Mishelle Pitter-Adlam, and Amanda Williams-Yeagers
• Advice from TMC veteran Diana Maliszewski on Making the Most of Your TMC Experience
• Articles on everything from setting your books free for the summer to planting a school garden to support monarch butterflies!

This edition of 91精选 Journal is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ross Todd, friend, renowned academic and international champion of school libraries.

In this edition:

• A special Canadian tribute to Dr. David Loertscher, on the occasion of his retirement.

• Insight into how 91精选 makes connections across the country as we build a national community of practice, and an invitation for you to get involved.

• A call for you to participate in 91精选’s TMC7 research symposium, which will explore post-pandemic potential for the library learning commons. We need everyone’s voice at the table!

• Articles on everything from freedom of expression rights to taming the library dragon!

Optimism, Joy, and Cautionary Tales

So much to celebrate from coast to coast. Canada鈥檚 school libraries are emerging from the pandemic crisis with new purpose. In this edition we celebrate the emerging (albeit cautious) optimism that is emerging in so many ways.

Optimism & Joy

We are very pleased to feature the work of Barbara Stripling, leading school library scholar and a past president of the American Library Association. Barbara shares her latest work to develop strategies and processes that ensure students are building deep reading skills. Don鈥檛 miss this very special feature!

A timely new resource from Quebec provides a framework for librarians and library technicians to support teachers as they integrate information literacy skills. We are very pleased to publish an introduction to the new continuum des comp茅tences informationnelles / information literacy framework in both French and English.

Our national champion of school libraries, Dr. Dianne Oberg brings to our attention the brand new IFLA School Library Manifesto.

Judith Sykes and Lila Armstrong have analyzed the latest Leading Learning exemplars. Read about the pretty astonishing trends that they see emerging for school libraries in Canada. Some of those trends are evident in Lila’s article about the recent BCTLA conference, which focused on TL leadership during and post-Covid.

I Read Canadian Day is coming up in February, and teacher-librarian Marianne Whittaker shares her strategies for inspiring high school students and teachers to read Canadian. And don鈥檛 miss learning about a great opportunity for high risk teen girls to join a national book club, A Room of Your Own.

We share the overwhelmingly joyful stories from Canadian School Library Day 2021, and celebrate students’ joy at retuning to school libraries in Quebec this fall as recounted by our ABQLA colleagues.

New Realities and Cautionary Tales

The students are back in the building, or at least most of them are. Are you or staff in your school engaged in teaching hybrid learning? Our resource list, curated by the librarians of the Toronto DSB Professional Library, is sure to help.

We also have some trending ethical issues and cautionary tales for our readers to ruminate over in this issue. Anita Brooks Kirkland challenges our thinking about library neutrality, and Richard Beaudry looks at the alarming repression of free speech we are seeing emerge in the US, and its implications for all of us.

New and Exciting Resources from 91精选

We are so very proud to announce the completion and publication of two new 91精选 projects in this issue, the Collection Diversity Toolkit, and the Great Canadian Book Project.

We celebrate the expertise and creativity of school library professionals from across Canada who joined together to work on these wonderful resources.