Canadian School Library Day celebrates the central role that school libraries play in the education and development of young people.

91精选 applauds the brilliant work that school libraries accomplish every single day across Canada. We invite everyone to shine a light on how learning in the Library Learning Commons is making a difference in their school, and share their accomplishments on Canadian School Library Day.

Canadian School Library Day is celebrated annually on the fourth Monday of October
Learn more about Canadian School Library Day

The Canadian Federation of Library Associations/ La F茅d茅ration canadienne des associations de biblioth猫ques (–) has proclaimed October as , an annual celebration of libraries, library workers and the services they provide to their users. The proclamation emphasizes the essential part that libraries play in democratic access to knowledge and discovery in Canadian communities, including schools.

October is also (ISLM), an annual celebration of school libraries worldwide. The 2020 theme for ISLM is 鈥淔inding Your Way to Good Health and Well Being鈥�. It is based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #3, 鈥淕ood Health and Well Being鈥�. This year the invites participants to think about and celebrate the link between books, reading, school libraries, good health and well being.

Canadian School Library Day is on Monday October 26, 2020

91精选 is pleased to proclaim Monday October 26 as Canadian School Library Day / Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires canadiennes (91精选D/JNBSC). 91精选D celebrates the role of school libraries as part of Canadian Library Month and International School Library Month. 91精选D provides an opportunity to celebrate the unique contribution of school libraries to student success and well-being.

The theme of 91精选D 2020 is A Day in the Library Learning Commons. That day will look quite different this year during the pandemic than it ever has before. School library professionals across the country are rising to the challenge of supporting all learners in inventive new ways. 91精选D provides a great opportunity to highlight the unique contribution of the school library and school library professionals.

Celebrate Canadian School Library Day

How are school library professionals supporting learning during the pandemic? Perhaps you are going on the road to classrooms with your curated collection on wheels. You may have been very busy promoting your virtual collection and helping teachers find other online resources. Perhaps you have set up a school virtual library learning commons website to engage students with reading, inquiry and making. Perhaps you are connecting with classes online, with read-alouds or research lessons. You may be holding outdoor inquiry walks, or hosting author visits.

Whatever you are trying out, we want the world to hear.

• Download and share the 91精选D / JNBSC 2020 poster (below) and badge (above) and share them widely, in school newsletters and on the website.
• Use the 91精选 resource Leverage Your LLC: Pandemic Partner for Learning. Lots of ideas here, and a poster to download and share!
• Share your celebrations with the district / province / country / world through social media using the hashtag #91精选D2020

CELEBRATE and SHARE #91精选D2020

91精选 Statement on the Role of School Libraries During the Pandemic
脡nonc茅 sur le r么le des biblioth猫ques scolaires en temps de pand茅mie
Issued by the 91精选 Board of Directors on September 23, 2020

Canadian School Library Day: Monday October 28, 2019

91精选D 2019 Theme: Celebrating 鈥檚 5th Anniversary! 

Canadian School Library Day (91精选D)  2019 is coming up on Monday October 28. As Leading Learning celebrates five years since first publication this year we hope schools will focus 91精选D events and celebrations to profile how has helped libraries in schools/districts/provinces/territories to grow as vibrant library learning commons.

Preparing for 91精选D: Celebrating Your School鈥檚 Progress with Leading Learning

The advances you are making with Leading Learning are worth celebrating! Celebrating with evidence of your successes and making that evidence visible reinforces the value of the library learning commons. 

 Ideas to get you started: 

• Make use of the  Leading Learning badge in all your promotions. (flyers, posters, bookmarks, buttons, website etc.)
• Link Leading Learning/L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te websites to your virtual learning commons.
• Feature one or more Leading Learning standards in your 91精选D events and celebrations. For example: 
  • Designing Learning Environments to Support Participatory Learning: Invite students to share stories of the many ways the LLC environment helps them to explore their own interests and also collaborate with others in school and virtually.
  • Fostering Literacies to Empower Life-Long Learners – Engaging Readers: Organize a virtual author visit; invite the school community to participate in a day of creativity and innovation in the LLC.
  • Designing Learning Environments: Designing for a Participatory School Culture: Put your 91精选D celebrations in the hands of the students: Have a student committee design a day to celebrate the role of the library in the culture of the school. 
• Create a poster celebrating a vision statement for your school LLC and the standards of practice. Share the poster widely, in print and virtually.
• Create a video or infographic of how you have addressed each standard of practice or one particular standard in the LLC. Share the product widely via your virtual library learning commons, the school website / newsletter, etc.

And the serious (but extremely important) stuff! 

• Correlate your school goals to the standards framework in a presentation to share with administration and staff and parents.
• Organize your budget proposal and annual report using this correlation. 

Celebrating on the Day

What can you do on the date marked to celebrate Canadian School Library Day, October 28, 2019? Be sure to make the connection to your Leading Learning successes!

At Your School: 

• Host a library open house
• Host a special school-wide event related to a particular program in your library: 
  • Maker event
  • Reading event
  • Info-literacy event
• Share your celebrations with the district / province / country / world through social media using the hashtag #91精选D2019

In Your School District:

• Declare 91精选D district-wide and support schools in their celebrations
• Write a media release highlighting 91精选D and connections to learning using Leading Learning and invite local media to a school for an event / interviews, etc. 
• Take advantage of the day to seek out opportunities to highlight the work of the school library to senior administrative and instructional leaders in the school district, and to elected school board members
• Share your celebrations with the district / province / country / world through social media using the hashtag #91精选D2019

In Your Association: 

• Declare 91精选D in your province / territory and support schools and districts in their celebrations
• Collect ideas and stories from your members 
• Submit your good news stories to 91精选 for publication 
• Share your celebrations with the province / country / world through social media using the hashtag #91精选D2019

Moving Forward with Leading Learning

How can you continue to use Leading Learning to advance the library learning commons in your school / district / province / territory? Use this 91精选D celebration of Leading Learning to inspire your future planning. 

Ideas to get you started: 

• Explore the standards, understanding them as a catalyst for change. Leading Learning is a catalyst for igniting the design of futures oriented learning. The document positions the school library learning commons as critical to innovative pedagogical approaches for the new century. 
• Explore the new section of the Leading Learning website to discover how to use the standards to advance learning for all. 

In this section, discover how Leading Learning can be utilized as:

• A Diagnostic Tool:  Use the standards to determine where your current library is functioning and then as a growth tool to set deliberate goals for improvement. 
• A Professional Learning Tool: Enrich your own professional learning about the Learning Commons approach and then help administration, staff, parents and students understand the potential for whole school improvement. 
• A Framework for Action Research: Use Leading Learning to identify areas of focus for teacher action research. Establish an LLC team and make research collaborative. Use the 91精选 Research Toolkit to make your plan. 
• An Implementation Guide: Use the standards as a solid guide for planning your ongoing transitions from library to library learning commons.
  • Read and consider the questions found in to help you target an area of need for your LLC.
  • Use other to help with the transition process.

Have a great Canadian School Library Day!
Be sure to share using the hashtag #91精选D2019 

Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires canadiennes: Lundi, le 28 octobre, 2019

Th猫me de la JNBSC 2019: C茅l茅brer le 5e anniversaire de

La Journ茅e canadienne des biblioth猫ques scolaires (JNBSC) 2019 aura lieu lundi, le 28 octobre. Comme L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te c茅l猫bre cette ann茅e ses cinq ans depuis sa premi猫re publication, nous esp茅rons que les 茅coles organiseront des 茅v茅nements et des c茅l茅brations JNBSC pour montrer comment aide les biblioth猫ques dans les 茅coles, les districts, les provinces et territoires 脿 se d茅velopper en tant que communaut茅s d鈥檃pprentissage de biblioth猫ques dynamiques.

Se pr茅parer pour la JNBSC: C茅l茅brer les progr猫s de votre 茅cole gr芒ce 脿 L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te

Les progr猫s que vous faites avec L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te m茅ritent d鈥櫭猼re c茅l茅br茅s! C茅l茅brer avec les preuves de vos succ猫s et les rendre visibles renforce la valeur des ressources communes d’apprentissage de la biblioth猫que. 

Des id茅es pour vous aider 脿 d茅marrer:

• Faite usage du symbole de L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te dans vos promotions. (prospectus, affiches, signets, boutons, sites web, etc.)
• Pr茅sentez une ou plusieurs normes de L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te dans vos 茅v茅nements et c茅l茅brations JNBSC. Par exemple:
  • Cr茅er des environnements d鈥檃pprentissage qui soutiennent l鈥檃pprentissage participatif: Invitez les 茅l猫ves 脿 partager des r茅cits illustrant les nombreuses fa莽ons dont l鈥檈nvironnement LLC les aide 脿 explorer leurs propres int茅r锚ts et 脿 collaborer avec d鈥檃utres 茅l猫ves dans l鈥櫭ヽole et de fa莽on virtuelle.
  • Favoriser les litt茅raties afin de former des apprenants pour la vie 鈥� Lecteurs engag茅s: organiser une visite virtuelle d鈥檜n auteur; invitez la communaut茅 scolaire 脿 participer 脿 une journ茅e de cr茅ativit茅 et d’innovation au sein de la LLC.
  • Cr茅er des environnements d鈥檃pprentissage 鈥� Inscription du carrefour d鈥檃pprentissage dans la culture de l鈥櫭ヽole: Mettez vos c茅l茅brations JNBSC entre les mains des 茅tudiants: Demandez 脿 un comit茅 d’茅tudiants de concevoir une journ茅e pour c茅l茅brer le r么le de la biblioth猫que dans la culture de l’茅cole.
• Cr茅ez une affiche c茅l茅brant la vision pour le  LLC votre 茅cole et les normes de pratique. Partagez l鈥檃ffiche largement, en imprim茅e et en virtuelle.
• Cr茅ez un vid茅o ou une infographie montrant comment vous avez abord茅 chaque norme de pratique ou une norme particuli猫re de la LLC. Partagez le produit largement via votre biblioth猫que d’apprentissage virtuelle, un site Web / bulletin de l’茅cole, etc.

Et les choses s茅rieuses (mais extr锚mement importantes)!

• Associez vos objectifs scolaires au cadre de normes dans une pr茅sentation 脿 partager avec l鈥檃dministration, le personnel scolaire et les parents.
• Organisez votre proposition de budget et votre rapport annuel en utilisant cette corr茅lation.

C茅l茅brer le jour

Que pouvez-vous faire 脿 la date indiqu茅e pour c茅l茅brer la Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires le 28 octobre 2019? Assurez-vous de faire le lien avec vos r茅ussites dans le domaine de l鈥檃pprentissage avec le document L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te.

脌 votre 茅cole:

• Organiser une journ茅e portes ouvertes 脿 la biblioth猫que 
• Organisez un 茅v茅nement sp茅cial 脿 l’茅chelle de l’茅cole li茅 脿 un programme particulier dans votre biblioth猫que:
• 脡v茅nement Maker
• 脡v茅nement de lecture
• Activit茅 d’alphab茅tisation
• Partagez vos c茅l茅brations avec le district / la province / le pays / le monde via les m茅dias sociaux en utilisant le hashtag (mot-di猫se) #91精选D2019

Dans votre commission scolaire:

• D茅clarer JNBSC 脿 l’茅chelle du commission et soutenez les 茅coles avec leurs c茅l茅brations
• R茅diger un communiqu茅 de presse mettant en avant JNBS et inviter les m茅dias locaux 脿 un 茅v茅nement dans une 茅cole
• Pr茅senter le travail de la biblioth猫que scolaire aux principaux responsables de l鈥檃dministration et de l鈥檈nseignement du district scolaire
• Partager vos c茅l茅brations avec le district / la province / le pays / le monde via les m茅dias sociaux en utilisant le hashtag #91精选D2019

Dans votre association:

• D茅clarer JNBSC dans la province / au territoire et soutenez les 茅coles et les commissions scolaires avec leurs c茅l茅brations
• Recueillir des id茅es et des histoires de vos membres
• Soumettez vos bonnes nouvelles au 91精选 pour publication
• Partager vos c茅l茅brations avec le district / la province / le pays / le monde via les m茅dias sociaux en utilisant le hashtag #91精选D2019

L鈥橝pprentissage en t锚te: Prochaines 茅tapes

Comment pouvez-vous continuer 脿 utiliser L鈥檃pprentissage en t锚te pour faire progresser la biblioth猫que de votre 茅cole / district / province / territoire? Utilisez cette c茅l茅bration JNBSC pour inspirer votre pr茅paration future.

Bonne Journ茅e nationale des biblioth猫ques scolaires canadiennes
Assurez-vous de partager en utilisant le hashtag #91精选D2019

Download and use these graphics / T茅l茅charger et utiliser ces graphiques

Use these badges to celebrate your examples of Leading Learning in action!