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International School Library Month (October)

March 21, 2008 at 12:43 am · Filed under Advocacy, ISLD, School librarians, School libraries

For nine years the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) celebrated International School Library Day (ISLD).  ISLD has just got a whole lot bigger.  It has grown into International School Library Month (ISLM).

This change was approved by the IASL Board in order to accommodate the many ways that school library personnel were celebrating ISLD.  It was decided that each country, province, state and even school can choose their own specific day, week or even the whole month of October to celebrate school libraries.

In the coming months the International School Library Month (ISLM) section of the IASL web site will be updated to reflect the change.

Rick Mulholland, ISLM coordinator, has announced that the ISLM Committee has chosen Literacy and Learning at your School Library as the 2008 ILSM theme.

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International School Library Day (ISLD) celebrations

November 19, 2007 at 7:21 am · Filed under ISLD

ISLD logoThe 9th International School Library Day was celebrated worldwide on 22 October 2007.

All IASL members were encouraged to get involved and spread the word about ISLD. IASL President, James Henri, stated, “Let us all grab the opportunity to promote the value of school libraries to the world. We are blessed to have a quantity of research that demonstrates that a well resourced library in partnership with a full time professionally qualified school librarian is probably the single most resource efficient way to boost student learning that ultimately empowers students to become efficient independent learners.”

Vice-President, Dr Diljit Singh, reminded members that ISLD was first celebrated in 1999, under then-President of IASL Blanche Woolls. It has been 8 years since we have been celebrating ISLD and it has had an impact on the school library communities around the world. Dr Singh stated, “Each year, there has been a different theme to highlight the many ways we can view the role of the school library. This year’s theme is “Learning: Powered by Your School Library”, and as ISLD Coordinator Rick Mulholland points out, it is an opportunity to show that the school library plays an important part in learning.”

To find out how many school libraries and school librarians celebrated then read their stories on What people are doing on ISLD 2007.

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