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The AASL is an advocate for the indispensable role of school library media programs and an essential resource for school library media specialists seeking professional development, leadership opportunities, communication with peers, and the most current information, research, and theory in the field. This site includes a variety of toolkits for library specialists and students including KidsConnect's research toolbox, KCTools. |
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This database offered by the Evaluation and Development Institute provides only resources that have been reviewed and found to be of the highest quality. They seek to provide only child-safe links, useful for teachers, students, parents, or librarians; including actual documents, projects, pictures, and discussion groups that are current. |
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The BCTLA is a specialist organization of the BCTF concerned with school libraries, cooperative planning, cooperative teaching, literature appreciation, resource-based instruction and advocacy. This site provides links to additional resource materials for teacher librarians, teachers and students. |
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The Canadian Association for School Libraries (CASL) was formed when the members of The Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada (ATLC) and The Canadian School Library Association (CSLA) recognized the need for one strong national organization. The CASL provides a national forum for promoting school library programs, as an essential element in the educational process, through advocacy, continuing education, and leadership. |
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The CLA is an award-winning organization, serving as the national voice of the Canadian library and information community and delivering a range of services to professional librarians, library technicians, trustees and the organizations that employ them. It includes 5 Divisions as well as Interest groups which represent the whole scope of librarianship. |
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This site is particularly good for support staff who have to 'do it all' and includes great links to school library resources in Sites2Good 2PassUp4Librarians. |
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The OSLIS provides quality licensed online databases for K-12 learners including reliable information resources, online tutorials, and age-appropriate articles with reading levels defined for K-12. Information skills practice is provided as well as resources to instruct students on citing work and how to research. |
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This site offers one stop for librarians to find indispensable information needed to integrate libraries into school curriculum, become leaders in the areas of technology, reading, and information literacy and create high-quality collections for children and young adults. |
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The Teacher Librarian website is designed specifically for the library professional meeting the needs of children and young adults. It provides relevant articles exploring current issues such as collaboration, leadership, technology, advocacy, information literacy, and management as well as reviews of professional materials, strategies to manage library resources, articles on information technology and themed internet resources. |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Descriptions are compiled from information provided within the
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