School Library Associations/Professional Links

iste-sigms-- What is SIGMS?
SIGMS provides a support network to school library media specialists and others in leadership positions who are working to promote the use of instructional technologies to enhance student learning.

• Read iste's Learning & Leading with Technology Journal by clicking on the graphic. Back issues are available.
• The Role of School Librarians in Promoting the Use of Educational Technologies
   

Joyce Valenza shares and discusses library lessons, links, and issues on this blog in association with School Library Journal.

•  Reading Programs

• Ministry of Education School Library Documents
  • Together for Learning: School Libraries and the Emergence of the Leraning Commons - A Vision for the 21st Century
  • Partners in Action: The Library Resource Centre in The School Curriculum (1982) - 53 page pdf file
  • Information Literacy: A Framework for Change  (1995)- 18 page pdf file
  •   OSLA Documents 
    • Information Studies Kindergarten -12 
    • The Teacher Librarian's Toolkit for Evidence-Based Practice - EBP 

• SLIC - School Libraries in Canada: A Journal of the Canadian School Library Association
  • Archived Documents 

• Canadian Association for School Libraries (CASL) 
  http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CASL2
  • Publications
    • The Role of the Teacher-Librarian
    • Technology in the School Learning Resource Centre
    • A Position Statement of Effective School Library Programs in Canada - 2004
    • Students' Information Literacy Needs in the 21st Century: Competencies for Teacher-Librarians

Links to library and literacy sites.

A valuable resource for Canadian book, author, and award information. Links to other organizations and book publishers. Sign up to become a member of the important organization for Canadian literature.

Links to on-line resources, library information and publications.

An international organization for librarians.

• IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto

 School and school library issues with links to newspaper reports and government communication. 

 The Qualifications Evaluation of Ontario.

Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario.

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation.

Education Quality and Accountability Office.

Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan.

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.