Moving a School Library Toward a Learning Commons

Moving a School Library Toward a Learning Commons

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  Moving the LibraryToward a Learning Commons February 2014 Sandra Chambers Gallipeau, MLIS Library Technician
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   Who amI  Library Reorganization  21st Century School Library  Toward a Learning Commons  New layout of book shelves  New Moveable Furniture  New Resources  Future Projects  Databases  Ontario Library Association (OLA), & Engage Literacy Inc.,  15 Minute interactive video on school libraries and parent engagement ->student success
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   Sandy ChambersGallipeau, M.L.I.S ◦ My background  Current  ½ time Library Technician - Waterloo CDSB  Past  Academic Librarian – University of Guelph  Software Quality Assurance Analyst – Manulife & MKS ◦ St. Paul School Library  Mrs. Gallipeau schambersgallipeau@wellingtoncdsb.ca  ½ time Library Technician  Monday, Wednesday all day and Friday afternoon
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   The goalsof the 21st Century Library are: ◦ Promote a joy of reading ◦ Support Information Literacy  Find, evaluate and use resources  Scholarly vs. Popular ◦ Encourage Academic Honesty  Citation & Paraphrasing  Avoiding Plagiarism
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   Layout wasbroken up by the furniture ◦ Created dark areas and unused spaces  Collections ◦ Easy reads was split into 3 sections ◦ Nonfiction shelves were split up, divided the room
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   Opened upthe layout ◦ Moved the book shelves ◦ Moved the tables and chairs  Reorganized the collections ◦ Easy reads, fiction, nonfiction
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   Thank youfor your generous fundraising support!
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   New bookshave arrived and will be processed and placed on the New Book Shelf!  Entering new books into the database  Donations! Donations! Donations!  Scholastic Book Fair credit & Second Book Fair
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   Wireless devicesin the library  Technology bar  Electronic catalogue  Evaluating ILS’s  Student Engagement:  Forest of Reading (Red Maple Steering Committee)  Guinness World Record Attempt for Reading and Talking about a book online  Blog for students to post book reviews http://kidblog.org/StPaulReads/  Signage
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   One goalof the school library is to ensure students are aware of all the resources available for research  Database access is purchased by Wellington CDSB and includes: ◦ Nelson’s GALE Databases Canada in Context  InfoTrac Junior Edition  COI.Q (Canadian Periodicals)  Kids InfoBits  Literature Resource Centre  http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ko_k12elm_d69 Note: Databases are password protected please see me for logins and passwords
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   Learn 360– Free Ministry Licensed Video/Audio Resources ◦ Students can stream resources (no downloads) ◦ http://www.learn360.com/index.aspx ◦ Requires username and password
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   Guelph PublicLibrary’s EBSCO Databases http://www.library.guelph.on.ca  Free with a library card  Click on the eLibrary tab and select Kids eLibrary  Examples include: ◦ Kids Search - encyclopedia and on-line dictionary ◦ NoveList ◦ PebbleGo ◦ Tumblebooks
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   Tutorial producedby Ontario Library Association (OLA), & Engage Literacy Inc., ◦ Identifies the importance of school libraries and parent engagement in student success ◦ www.accessola2.com/Parent_Engagement/sto ry.html] ◦ “Research shows school libraries have a positive impact on student success and contribute to higher scores on provincial standardized testing,” -Shelagh Paterson, Executive Director, Ontario Library Association.
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   The newfurniture arrived!