• Information Studies K-12
  http://www.accessola.com/action/positions/info_studies/
  This document though not commissioned by the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, aligns with the Ontario Curriculum documents released to date.
  Keywords: Information Literacy, Information Technologies, Information and Society, Inquiry and Research
  Level: Adult
  
  
• Ontario School Library Association OSLA
  http://www.accessola.com/osla/bins/index.asp
  • Curriculum Links
  • Ministry of Education School Library Documents
    • Partners in Action: The Library Resource Centre in The School Curriculum  (1982) - 53 page pdf file
    • Information Literacy and Equitable Access: A Framework for Change  (1995)- 18 page pdf file
  • OSLA School Library Documents
    • Evidenced-Based Practice Toolkit
    • Research and Inquiry Support Material for Grade 11 Courses
      http://www.accessola.com/osla/bins/content_page.asp?cid=626-648-649
      PowerPoint presentations and Word and pdf documents to support teachers in teaching of information literacy.
  • Reading Programs
  • Knowledge Ontario Resources
  
  
• Canadian Asociation for School Libraries
  http://www.cla.ca/casl/index.html
  • Students' Information Literacy Needs in the 21st Century: Competencies for Teacher-Librarians
    http://www.cla.ca/casl/literacyneeds.html
    Prepared by the Association for Teacher-Librarians in Canada and the Canadian School Library Association. Outlines the professional and personal competencies for Teacher-Librarians.
  • A Position Statement on Effective School Library Programs in Canada
  • Technology in the School Library
    

• Barrie Public Library
  http://www.library.barrie.on.ca/
  • Battle of the Books
    http://www.library.barrie.on.ca/programmes/parents/bob.htm
    Current and back lists for competing in Battle of the Books.
    
    
• National Library of Canada
  http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/index-e.html
  This site has been rebuilt and it an excellent resource for archived accounts of Canadian books, images, music and much more. There are student pages on the History Links Page. Take some time to explore.
   
  
• The Canadian Children's Book Centre
  http://www.bookcentre.ca/
  Lists of book awards, authors, illustrators and organizations that support Canadian book industry.
  
  
• Children's Literature
  http://www.childrenslit.com/
  Useful links for teacher-librarians. Author links, children's literature collections, banned books, book lists, publishers, library associations.
  
• Texas School Library Information
  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/schoollibs/index.html
  • Standards and Guidelines
    Includes standards and guidelines for school library programs.
    
    
• Library Scope and Sequence Skills- Houston Intedpendent School District
  http://dept.houstonisd.org/librarysvcs//scope_and_sequence-grade%20level.htm
  Library skills listed by grade level- K-12.
  
  
• Standards for Minnesota Library Programs
  http://www.memoweb.org/htmlfiles/linkseffectiveslmp.html
  
  
• The Children's Literature Web Guide
  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html  
  Literature Issues, Kid Lit Web Sites, book awards, links to Library of Congress, The National Library of Canada.
  Level: Senior, Adult
  
  
• Online Guide to Writing in Canada
  
  • Latest News in Canadian reading/writing
  • a-z Author list
  • Publications
    • Literary/trade publications
    • Ezines
    • Newspapers
    • Magazines,
    • First Nations Publications
    • Small Press Publications
  • Canadian publishers
  • Writing resources 
    • History of Censorship in Canada
      
• The Educational Technology Journal: From Now On - Jamie McKenzie
  http://fno.org/ 
  Research of library issues connected to computer use in schools.
  
  
• ChildrensLit.com
  http://www.childrenslit.com/f_bowen.htm
  Lists associations, author sites, awards, essays and reviews, publishers, lesson plans.
  
  
• "Do we" really know Dewey?
  http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5002/index.shtml
  A thinkquest  that reviews the Dewey system and library resource organisation.
  
  
• Dewey Resource Page
  http://www.mikids.com/DeweyResources.htm
  Review the Dewey categories, complete the Dewey assignment and then take the on-line quiz.
  
  
• Proquest K-12: Curriculum Support
  http://www.proquestk12.com/curr/default.shtml
  Click on Librarians/Media Specialists for specific links for lesson connections and professional articles.
  
  
• Bartleby.com
  http://www.bartelby.com/
  An exceptional on-line resource of literary reference databases including: factbooks, dictionaries, thesauri, verse links, biographies, classic essays, and writing guides.
  
  
• Librarians in the movies
  http://www.lib.byu.edu/dept/libsci/films/introduction.html
  Have some fun investigating those we admire in our profession as seen in the movies!
  Lists of categorized movies, actors and actresses who have portrayed librarians.
  
  
• Library Cartoons
  http://pw1.netcom.com/~dplourde/cartoons/
  A categorized list of library cartoons.
  
  
• The Warrior Librarian
  http://www.warriorlibrarian.com/
  A humorous look at the library profession. 
  

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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Sunday September 9, 2007 7:16 PM