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I like the design and the use of Symbaloo for this school library's web page

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excellent source to use as we build our online collections available through our school libraries

"The Tattered Pages, a new and used bookstore in our school. Through newsletters, articles in the local newspaper, advertisements, and speaking engagements I solicited donations. I also received grants and new book donations from our local colleges and retail bookstores. Today, The Tattered Pages contains over 3,000 new and used books that students and their families can buy. What makes The Tattered Pages unique, however, is that books are "bought" using earned coupons, rather than real money. Students earn these coupons in a variety of ways, including: "

-what an amazing idea!

"If I was starting a library in a middle school, these are the first ten books I'd buy. In reading these books, students would be reading stories Native writers create about Native people and places. The books I list here include fiction, historical fiction, and poetry."

"If I was starting a library in a high school, these are the first ten books I'd buy. In reading these books, students would be reading stories Native writers create about Native people and places. The books I list here include fiction, historical fiction, poetry, short stories, and, prose. "

"If I was starting a library in a high school, these are the first ten books I'd buy. In reading these books, students would be reading stories Native writers create about Native people and places. The books I list here include fiction, historical fiction, poetry, short stories, and, prose. "

"If I was starting a library in an elementary school, these are the first ten books I'd buy. In reading these books, students would be reading stories Native writers create about Native people and places. The books I list here include fiction, historical fiction, traditional story, and poetry. "

Freedom to Read week is in February but it well worth checking out their poster gallery - 25 great posters to use whenever!

School Library Kindle project

"The reading revolution is starting to hit home How does the medium - print or electronic - change the way our children experience books?"

library site for Good Spirit School Division - something to emulate.

So, my vote is that schools have extensive digital collections for research and scholarly work, and a good selection of interesting and age-appropriate fiction and nonfiction for pleasure reading.

A small collection of printed books no longer supports the type of research required by a 21st century curriculum. We wanted to create a library that reflected the reality of how students do research and fostered what they do, one that went beyond stacks and stacks of underutilized books.

[the YA books in my libraryare] all appropriately reviewed, of course, and many of them are award winners, some several times over-but when it comes to content, they don't pull any punches. So it shouldn't really come as a surprise that I recently got my first book complaint. As librarians, we tend to talk a lot about intellectual freedom and defending our teens' right to read whatever they want. But when push comes to shove, how do we really respond to book challenges in the heat of the moment?

I feel lucky that I have not had to defend a book. I hope I would listen to the parent's concerns, arrange a time to respond to that concern, check our division policy again, do some reviews, and then respond. I try to read all the books of an older nature for a K-8 library, so I know the content. In some cases I've sent books on the Jen at NBCHS, because they are to mature for our students, but are still great books. I know I should spend more time researching the books before I buy them, but sometimes I am buying them based on a student's recommendation.

What should I read next? Type in a title and an author and suggestions will appear from Amazon and Library Thing, etc..

Just in case there are people out there that don't use CanLit already, I thought I'd post it. CanLit is a great way to buy Canadian content in both fiction and non-fiction. You just select the appropriate package for your students and order it all at once. They will also bill the school, so you can get the books very quickly. In addition, you can also substitute titles in the packages if you already have an item, or don't think it would be appropriate for your schoo.