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Found here is a collection of links to current policies on a variety of practices, for School District and Board personnel as well as for staff in the school library to use in creating their own policies. Standards of service for libraries in Canada and the Provinces are included.
Provincial Policies - National Policies and Comments - Board and District Policies for Libraries - Selection Policies for Collection Development - Internet Use Policies
| National Policies and Comments |
Elementary
and Secondary Schools: the role, challenges and financial conditions
of schools and school library resources in Canada.
This report, prepared for the National Library of Canada in 2001 "concludes
that school libraries in Canada are suffering from declines in the
public funding and the professional staffing required to meet the
needs of the nation's children."
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/14/index-e.html
Students'
Information Literacy Needs in the 21st Century: Competencies for Teacher-librarians.
1997.
A joint report by the Canadian School Library Association and the
Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada profiles the role
of the t/l with respect to professional and personal competencies.
http://www.clatoolbox.ca/divisions/csla/pub_2.htm
Achieving
Information Literacy
The
new CSLA and ATLC Canadian School Library Standards, "Achieving
Information Literacy", is the most significant Canadian School
Library publication printed to date. Developed jointly by the Canadian
School Library Association, and the Association
for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada.
If
you want to learn more or order your own copy visit the link below.
Please note: The publication is priced at an affordable $24.95, but
if you, your school, or district order before June 22, 2003, you pay
only $19.95.
http://www.lerc.educ.ubc.ca/fac/mcpherson/standards2.htm
Statement
of Purpose for Ontario's School Library Information Centres
as well as the Policy and Position Statement on the Role of the Teacher-librarian.
1996.
http://www.accessola.org/osla/advocacy/statement_policy.htm
| Board and District Policies for Libraries |
Toronto
District School Board Literacy Foundation Policy. 1998
Provides the rationale for cross-curricular cooperation in providing
a variety of experiences for student literacy.
http://www.tdsb.on.ca/boardroom/policies/b/b01.doc
| Selection Policies for Collection Development |
Calgary
Board of Education Guidelines for Evaluation of Learning Resources.
1998.
Roles and Responsibilities of evaluators along with criteria for evaluation
of each type of materials from fiction to non-fiction print and electronic.
http://www.cbe.ab.ca/sss/SSSpdf/guidelin.PDF
Collection
Development Policy, Trafalgar Castle School, Whitby, Ontario.
2002
A comprehensive materials selection policy for use with purchases
or donated items.Includes the Reconsideration Policy, "De-selection"
policy and questionnaire and form reply to challengers.
http://www.clatoolbox.ca/slip/cdpolicy.pdf
Evaluating
Internet Information
LibraryNet (Industry Canada) offers links to Resources which are designed
to help librarians (and teacher-librarians) evaluate and select the
very best of the Internet for their patrons and themselves.
http://www.librarynet.ca/e/training/eval.html
Halton
District School Board "Approval of Learning Resources".
1995 ed.
http://www.haltondsb.on.ca/library/docs/6000-11.pdf
Policy
Learning Resources
Greater Victoria School District. One page, opens with Explorer. Rev.
Feb. 1995
http://www.sd61.bc.ca/super/polreg/pdf/pol6163.1.pdf
Thames
Valley District School Board Ont. Learning Resources Policy.
2000
- a succinct policy, followed by very comprehensive Procedures, and
Request for Formal Reconsideration - a good model to begin with.
http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/policies/learning_resources_selection.pdf
When
the Censor Comes. 1996 Book and Periodical
Council of Canada. A document designed primarily for teachers, librarians
and booksellers, which offers basic information about dealing with
would-be censors. It includes suggestions for procedures and policies
to be in place before a crisis erupts, and tips on dealing with pressure
groups, Customs and the police.
http://www.freedomtoread.ca/censor/index.htm
| Internet Use Policies |
Go to "In the classroom" bar and look for "Acceptable use guidelines". Comprehensive and current
http://www.haltondsb.on.ca/navbar.asp
Internet
Acceptable Use Policy of Toronto District School Board's Virtual
School. 2001
Includes consequences of misuse and Board liability statement.
http://www.itworks.edu/virtual_school/index.asp
Internet
Acceptable Use Procedures for Students. Saskatoon Public School
Division, 2000.
1 page, downloadable in pdf.
http://www.sbe.saskatoon.sk.ca/REPORTS/INTERNETAUP.HTML
Internet
Access Policies:
School Libraries and Schools for 6 of the Canadian Province's school
districts.
Compiled in 2001 and regularly updated, by Dr. Schrader at University
of Alberta.
http://www.ualberta.ca/~aschrade/internet/school.htm
Internet
Use Denial Form. Saskatoon Public School Division, 2000.
Parents may sign this to deny access to the internet for any purpose
at school. 1 page, pdf.
http://www.sbe.saskatoon.sk.ca/REPORTS/DENIALFORM.PDF