Library Links

 This document though not commissioned by the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, aligns with the Ontario Curriculum documents released to date.

• Curriculum Links
• Ministry of Education School Library Documents
  • Partners in Action: The Library Resource Centre in The School Curriculum  (1982) - 53 page pdf file
  • Information Literacy and Equitable Access: A Framework for Change  (1995)- 18 page pdf file
• OSLA School Library Documents
  • Evidenced-Based Practice Toolkit
  • Research and Inquiry Support Material for Grade 11 Courses 
    http://www.accessola.com/osla/bins/content_page.asp?cid=626-648-649
    PowerPoint presentations and Word and pdf documents to support teachers in teaching of information literacy.
• Reading Programs
• Knowledge Ontario Resources

• Students' Information Literacy Needs in the 21st Century: Competencies for Teacher-Librarians  http://www.cla.ca/casl/literacyneeds.html Prepared by the Association for Teacher-Librarians in Canada and the Canadian School Library Association. Outlines the professional and personal competencies for Teacher-Librarians.
• A Position Statement on Effective School Library Programs in Canada
• Technology in the School Library

• Battle of the Books http://www.library.barrie.on.ca/programmes/parents/bob.htm
  Current and back lists for competing in Battle of the Books.

This site has been rebuilt and it an excellent resource for archived accounts of Canadian books, images, music and much more. There are student pages on the History Links Page. Take some time to explore.

Lists of book awards, authors, illustrators and organizations that support Canadian book industry.

Useful links for teacher-librarians. Author links, children's literature collections, banned books, book lists, publishers, library associations.

• Standards and Guidelines Includes standards and guidelines for school library programs. 

Library skills listed by grade level- K-12.

Literature Issues, Kid Lit Web Sites, book awards, links to Library of Congress, The National Library of Canada.
 

• Latest News in Canadian reading/writing
• a-z Author list
• Publications
  • Literary/trade publications
  • Ezines
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines,
  • First Nations Publications
  • Small Press Publications
• Canadian publishers
• Writing resources 
  • History of Censorship in Canada

Research of library issues connected to computer use in schools.

A thinkquest that reviews the Dewey system and library resource organisation.

Review the Dewey categories, complete the Dewey assignment and then take the on-line quiz.

Click on Librarians/Media Specialists for specific links for lesson connections and professional articles.

An exceptional on-line resource of literary reference databases including: factbooks, dictionaries, thesauri, verse links, biographies, classic essays, and writing guides. 

A categorized list of library cartoons.