Congratulations to the double winners of 2013:
Ginette Doyle, Chair of the SLA School Librarian of the Year Selection committee said: “It was an extremely strong, and international, Honour List. In the end we chose two librarians both working in different ways to bring their libraries into the heart of the school and learning. They are not joint winners, but each deserves the accolade of SLA School Librarian of the Year. ”
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The awards were presented at a special celebration at the Hotel Russell in London on 7 October 2013 by Candy Gourlay, author of the award-wining Tall Story and recently published second novel, The Shine.
Read Candy Gourlay's blog of the day...
Read Michael Thorn's Achuka blog of the day
Sally Cameron Presentation
Hilary Cantwell Presentation
Lyn Hopson Presentation
John Iona Presentation
Hilary Cantwell, librarian at St Paul’s Community College, Waterford, Republic of Ireland.
Hilary gained expertise in New York schools and public libraries before joining an Irish government programme to create school libraries. St Paul’s has 430 students and is in a rural county with the highest unemployment in Ireland. It is affiliated to the Irish government’s inclusion programme, Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools.
John Iona, librarian at Oasis Academy Enfield, London.
John creates award-winning resources, delivers the school’s Extended Project Qualification programme and plays a significant role in curriculum planning and support. The school has 1,100 students of which up to 70% have English as a second language. John actively promotes reading for pleasure with a number of initiatives including Reading Games.
Both librarians are committed to creating and maintaining book loving-schools and to help make learning a fascinating and rewarding journey.
Sally Cameron, early childhood and elementary school (3-11) librarian at Marymount International School, Rome, Italy, moved to the library from a teaching post at Marymount and has created a book-loving community that embraces families, many of them new to the city and from many different countries with 50% native Italian. One of the ways in which Sally entices people into the library is with food, including Rise and Read breakfast sessions.
Lyn Hopson, librarian at Don Valley Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, has put her students’ love of reading on the map with the Doncaster Book Award. Don Valley specialises in the performing arts and has more than 1,200 students from a variety of backgrounds. Lyn has worked at Don Valley for 11 years and is also a Curriculum Leader and part of the Support Staff Leadership Team.
Four exceptional school librarians were selected as the Honour List finalists for the SLA School Librarian of the Year 2013 in an international list reflecting excellent practice across all age groups. Read their full profiles:
SLYA 2013 Winner Press Release
Downloadable Press Release with full details of the winner and honour list for the SLA School Librarian of the Year Award 2013
The Award in 2013 was sponsored by Softlink and Raintree. The SLA is very grateful for this sponsorship, without which the Award could not continue in its current format.
Softlink
www.softlink.co.uk
Raintree
www.raintreepublishers.co.uk