Presentation given to St. Paul School Parent Council in February of 2014. The goal of the presentation was to introduce myself and outline my goals for the reorganization of the physical layout of the library and of the resources in the library. Contains before and after pictures of the library as well as followup of the new moveable furniture which arrived after the presentation.

1. Moving the Library Toward a
Learning Commons
February 2014
Sandra Chambers Gallipeau, MLIS
Library Technician

2.  Who am I
 Library Reorganization
 21st Century School Library
 Toward a Learning Commons
 New layout of book shelves
 New Moveable Furniture
 New Resources
 Future Projects
 Databases
 Ontario Library Association (OLA), & Engage
Literacy Inc.,
 15 Minute interactive video on school libraries and parent
engagement ->student success

3.  Sandy Chambers Gallipeau, M.L.I.S
◦ My background
 Current
 ½ time Library Technician - Waterloo CDSB
 Past
 Academic Librarian – University of Guelph
 Software Quality Assurance Analyst – Manulife & MKS
◦ St. Paul School Library
 Mrs. Gallipeau schambersgallipeau@wellingtoncdsb.ca
 ½ time Library Technician
 Monday, Wednesday all day and Friday afternoon

4.  The goals of the 21st Century Library are:
◦ Promote a joy of reading
◦ Support Information Literacy
 Find, evaluate and use resources
 Scholarly vs. Popular
◦ Encourage Academic Honesty
 Citation & Paraphrasing
 Avoiding Plagiarism

5.  Layout was broken up by the furniture
◦ Created dark areas and unused spaces
 Collections
◦ Easy reads was split into 3 sections
◦ Nonfiction shelves were split up, divided the room

6.  Opened up the layout
◦ Moved the book shelves
◦ Moved the tables and chairs
 Reorganized the collections
◦ Easy reads, fiction, nonfiction

7.  Thank you for your generous fundraising
support!

8.  New books have arrived and will be processed
and placed on the New Book Shelf!
 Entering new books into the database
 Donations! Donations! Donations!
 Scholastic Book Fair credit & Second Book Fair

9.  Wireless devices in the library
 Technology bar
 Electronic catalogue
 Evaluating ILS’s
 Student Engagement:
 Forest of Reading (Red Maple Steering Committee)
 Guinness World Record Attempt for Reading and
Talking about a book online
 Blog for students to post book reviews
http://kidblog.org/StPaulReads/
 Signage

10.  One goal of the school library is to ensure
students are aware of all the resources available
for research
 Database access is purchased by Wellington CDSB
and includes:
◦ Nelson’s GALE Databases Canada in Context
 InfoTrac Junior Edition
 COI.Q (Canadian Periodicals)
 Kids InfoBits
 Literature Resource Centre
 http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ko_k12elm_d69
Note: Databases are password protected please see me
for logins and passwords

11.  Learn 360 – Free Ministry Licensed
Video/Audio Resources
◦ Students can stream resources (no downloads)
◦ http://www.learn360.com/index.aspx
◦ Requires username and password

12.  Guelph Public Library’s EBSCO Databases
http://www.library.guelph.on.ca
 Free with a library card
 Click on the eLibrary tab and select Kids
eLibrary
 Examples include:
◦ Kids Search - encyclopedia and on-line dictionary
◦ NoveList
◦ PebbleGo
◦ Tumblebooks

13.  Tutorial produced by Ontario Library
Association (OLA), & Engage Literacy
Inc.,
◦ Identifies the importance of school libraries
and parent engagement in student success
◦ www.accessola2.com/Parent_Engagement/sto
ry.html]
◦ “Research shows school libraries have a
positive impact on student success and
contribute to higher scores on provincial
standardized testing,”
-Shelagh Paterson, Executive Director, Ontario Library Association.

15.  The new furniture arrived!