Standard: Advancing the Learning Community to Achieve School Goals
Theme: Leading Action for Collaborative Professional Development and Growth
Growth Phase: Emerging
Growth Indicator: Teacher-librarian/LLC teacher builds capacity by actively participating in professional learning opportunities.
A librarian for the Central Quebec School Board in Quebec City and Quebec School Librarians Network (QSLIN) Co-Chair is pleased to share summaries of presentations held at the 2023 version of the annual QSLIN symposium with the theme of “Creating a Community of Belonging”.
Baker, C. (2023, May 24). Quebec School Librarians Network (QSLiN) Symposium 2023. Canadian School Libraries Journal 7(2). Retrieved from https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/quebec-school-librarians-network-qslin-symposium-2023/
The Quebec School Librarians Network (QSLiN) posts session recordings from annual QSLiN symposiums. Topics from 2022 include “Making Reading Accessible to Everyone” and “Let’s Talk Collections with Lelsey Bogan and Rabia Khokhar”.
Quebec School Librarians Network (QSLiN). (2016-2022). Library Symposium Videos [Video files]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/user/qslinchannel
This Canadian School Libraries (CSL) resource provides approaches, tools and examples from across Canada that support districts and schools as well as university training programs to embark on studies of the learning commons approach.`
Canadian School Libraries (CSL). (2023). Supporting You: Professional Learning. Retrieved from https://llsop.canadianschoollibraries.ca/supporting-you-professional-learning/
My First Ever (and hopefully not last) ABQLA Conference
The school librarian consultant at the Central Quebec School Board in Quebec City reflects on experiences at the 91st annual, L’Association des bibiliothécaires du Québec/Quebec Library Association (ABQLA) conference in the heart of Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles at the Centre des mémoires montréalaises (MEM). The theme “Can You Hear Me?” called attention to structural imbalances of voices in the GLAM sector – Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums. Highlights to key sessions attended included.
Baker, C. (2024, May 22). My first ever (and hopefully not last) ABQLA conference. Canadian School Library Journal 8(2). https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/my-first-ever-abqla-conference/