Standard: Designing Learning Environments to Support Participatory Learning
Theme: Designing for Accessibility in the LLC
Growth Phase: Emerging
Growth Indicator: LLC physical and virtual spaces are designed to address accessibility in accordance with district and regional policies.
This secondary school in York District, Ontario, includes a major goal for the library learning commons is to “maximize accessibility” in both the physical and virtual commons to accommodate differentiated learning.
Tommy Douglas Secondary School. (2017). Library Learning Commons. Retrieved from http://www.yrdsb.ca/schools/tommydouglas.ss/library/Pages/default.aspx
Three secondary teacher-librarians in New Westminster, British Columbia express their discomfort with classifying resources in their respective school libraries using the Dewey Decimal System. They explore alternatives and settle on the Brian Deer Classification System (BDC). The writers state that, “we should be focusing on acts of reconciliation, and by decolonizing our library catalogue by making the switch the BCD, we are doing just that.” They share their process and the steps they went through to complete this project as well as reflections and helpful considerations for readers.
Chang, J., Seddon, L., & Wethered, S. (2025). How do you solve a problem like Dewey? Paper presented at the Treasure Mountain Canada 8 Symposium, Toronto, Canada. https://researcharchive.canadianschoollibraries.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TMC8_2025_Chang_Seddon_Wethered.pdf