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School Library Information Centre Handbook. purchase - available from Toronto District School Board Library and Learning Resources site. 2000. E-mail requests for orders to: curriculumdocs@tdsb.edu.on.ca
A guide to organizing a school library as well as integrating the Ontario Curriculum with Ontario School Library Association's Information Studies document.

The School Library Program: A Handbook for Administrators, UPEI, 1999.
Includes documents on the role of the t/l, rationale for school library programs as well as criteria for evaluating the collection, the library itself and the personnel.
http://www.upei.ca/~fac_ed/projects/handbook/program.htm

School of Library and Information Science at Univ. of Alberta.
Dr. Dianne Oberg of the University of Alberta's home page. She researches in the areas of program development, evaluation and implementation as well as the role the school principal plays.
http://www.slis.ualberta.ca/faculty_doberg.htm

The 4th R: Resource-based Learning in the Curriculum. Saskatchewan School Library Association, 1998.
A document which supports the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Goal to produce students who can participate in life-long learning by describing the roles as well as the outcomes if the teacher-librarians, teachers, principals, and students participate in the process.
http://www.stf.sk.ca/ssla/4thr.htm

Building Information Literacy. Prince Edward Island, 1998
Connects literacy to learning outcomes and provides guides for teacher-librarians to plan with teachers.
http://www.edu.pe.ca/bil/

Calgary School Libraries Supporting Quality Learning, 1999. pdf.
Provides a clear vision of how Information Literacy connects in the learning process to all the other literacies.
http://www.qualitylearning.org/qldocs/library.pdf

Information Studies - the Ontario School Library Association's curriculum document for Library programs from K - 12. Comprehensive scope and sequence charts for Information Technologies, Inquiry and Research, and Information and Society comes complete with rubrics for evaluation.
http://www.accessola.com/action/positions/info_studies/

InfoZone. Assiniboine South School District. 2002.
A great place for students to begin their research - links sorted according to the Information Skill process.
http://www.assd.winnipeg.mb.ca/infozone/

Media Awareness Network, a Canadian non-profit organization that has been pioneering the development of media literacy programs since its incorporation in 1996. It has re-designed the site and lists excellent teaching guides in a side-bar on the right. MNet News provides current resources for teachers, teacher-librarians and parents.
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm

Research helper: a guide to organizing and presenting information, by Sandra Hughes. Although tailored to a specific school, it serves as a companion to the OSLA Research Planner.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/sandra.hughes/sandra.hughes/research/default.html

Virtual Resource Centre. Thames Valley District School Board, Ontario.
Student tutorials and suggestions for help in doing research. Links to Public Library.
http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/vrc/index.htm

Calgary School Board Style Guide for student reference citations. 2000 pdf.file
http://www.cbe.ab.ca/sss/SSSpdf/ref-citations-05-00.PDF

Secondary Student Guide to Research. Thames Valley District School Board. 2000.
http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/onyourown/index.htm

Blue Spruce Award
Ontario SLA's primary reading program with current titles for children in grades K - 3.
http://www.accessola.org/osla/reading/blue_spruce.htm

Canadian Children's Illustrated Books in English Project
Visitors to the site are treated to a sampling of the literary and visual contributions of Canadian authors and illustrators to children's literature. The site features an extensive list of multi-media resources, including an annotated list of picture books that won national awards between 1970 and 2001 in Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and the United States.
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/saltman/ccib/home.html

The Children's Literature Web-guide. 2001
Created and hosted by David Brown from Calgary, Alberta to provide on-line resources related to books for children and young adults.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/

Freedom to Read Report Card 2003. The Book and Periodical Council of Canada throws darts at the Provinces for under-funding school libraries in recent years. Kudos go to the Canadian Coalition for School Libraries for campaigning to restore the level of libraries in schools to past standards. A kit promoting Freedom to Read is available.
http://www.freedomtoread.ca/committee/report.htm

The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a non-profit organization which represents an international network of people who are committed to bringing books and children together. Founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1953, IBBY International now has more than sixty National Sections from all over the world. IBBY-Canada was established in June, 1973.
http://www.ibby-canada.org/index.html

International Forum on Canadian Children's Literature. 2003.
Hosted by the Canadian Children's Literature Service on the fiftieth anniversary of the National Library of Canada in June 2003.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/forum/index-e.html

Just For Kids Who Love Books
A site for children ages 8-14 who love to read to communicate with each other via reviews, and suggestions. Up-dated weekly; provides information for adults too.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/alanbrown/

Kid's Page. National Library of Canada. 2002
Find programs here for helping kids do homework, for parents and teachers, as well as links to historical and literary works to encourage children's reading.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/kids/index-e.html

"Read Up On It"
The National Library of Canada's program to promote Canadian books for young people. Theme changes annually.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/3/11/

The Red Cedar Awards
for Young Reader's Choices from British Columbian books in fiction and non-fiction for grades 4-7.
http://redcedar.swifty.com/

Red Maple Awards
Ontario School Library Association reading program for grades 7 - 9. System is based on the Silver Birch program. Voting takes place in the Spring on a yearly basis, followed by an Awards celebration.
http://www.accessola.com/programs/redmaple/

Silver Birch Awards
Ontario School Library Association reading program for grades 4-6. Children read from a selected list of fiction titles and vote for their favourites.
http://www.accessola.com/programs/silverbirch/

White Pine Reading Program
A reading incentive program for secondary students created by the Secondary Teacher-librarians of the Durham District School Board. The yearly list includes 10 Canadian YA fiction titles.
http://www.accessola.com/osla/reading/white_pine.htm

Willow Award
Saskatchewan's Young Reader award to promote reading among young people from K - YA.
http://www.lib.sk.ca/sla/syrca-letter.htm

Teacher Librarian Resources. 2000
Saskatoon Public School Division provides links within the District as well as beyond.
http://www.sbe.saskatoon.sk.ca/Clrc/library.html

Virtual Reference Library: National Library of Canada.
School libraries may want to join by District to obtain a wealth of reference services from Libraries across Canada.
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/vrc-rvc/index-e.html

Winnipeg Library Media Services provides resources for Manitoba area t/ls as well as a rich selection of Pathfinders and links for all Canadian library personnel.
http://www.wsd1.org/PC_LMS/default.htm

Please note: Teacher-Librarian associations have been moved to the Professional Development page.

Albert Campbell High School, Ontario.
Library home page: attractive and comprehensive site with library policies and searching advice, as well as research guides for students.
http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/albertcampbell/library/lib.html

Galt Collegiate Library
http://gci.wrdsb.edu.on.ca/library/

Dr. George M. Weir Elementary School Library
http://weir.vsb.bc.ca/library/library.htm

Gordon Bell High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba
A colourful, useful, and stream-lined home page with local, provincial and national links.
http://www.wsd1.org/gordonbell/gblibrary/default.htm

Ontario School Library Association.
Look for Links to School Library Web Sites (Ontario) for a wide variety of school libraries on-line.
http://www.accessola.org/about/

Sackville District High School Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Holly Gunn's comprehensive school library guide for parents, students, teachers, and teacher-librarians. Features guides to "power internet searching".
http://www.accesswave.ca/~hgunn/