5 October 2009
This year we are encouraging all our members to celebrate International School Library Day on 5 October 2009 in the UK, part of the worldwide International School Library Month initiative by IASL. The theme for this year is School Libraries: the Big Picture.
New for 2009, the SLA has two additions to our series of great posters, which are all still available to download. Look also at the bookmarks and other resources to help librarians celebrate the day. There is also a specially-produced online video.
As a recognition of all the invaluable help that pupil librarians can be to busy school librarians the SLA launched the Pupil Librarian Toolkit last year as a free download for all SLA members. The Toolkit was produced by the SLA's Past Chair Eileen Armstrong and designed by our Production Editor, Richard Leveridge.
The IASL also has a range of posters and bookmarks to download from its own website.
Founded in 1999 by the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL), ISLD was originally celebrated in most parts of the world on the fourth Monday in October. As this is almost always in school holidays in the UK, the SLA decided that we will celebrate it here on the first Monday in October instead. This is also the first day of the UK's National Children's Book Week, which includes National Poetry Day on the Thursday. IASL have now made it into International School Library Month which lasts for the whole of October and librarians can decide when and for how long they wish to celebrate the achievements of school libraries and school librarians.
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