School Library program as outlined by the Ontario Ministry of Education

The school library program can help to build and transform students’ knowledge to support a lifetime of learning in an information- and knowledge-based society. The school library program supports student success across the language curriculum by encouraging students to read widely, teaching them to read for understanding and enjoyment, and helping them to improve their research skills and to use information gathered through research effectively. The school library program enables students to:

develop a love of reading for learning and for pleasure;
acquire an understanding of the richness and diversity of literary and informational texts produced in Canada and around the world;
obtain access to programs, resources, and integrated technologies that support all curriculum areas;
understand and value the role of public library systems as a resource for lifelong learning.

The school library program plays a key role in the development of information literacy and research skills. In collaboration with classroom or content-area teachers, teacher-librarians* develop, teach, and provide students with authentic information and research tasks that foster learning, including the ability to:

access, select, gather, critically evaluate, create, and communicate information;
use the information obtained to solve problems, make decisions, build knowledge, create personal meaning, and enrich their lives;
communicate their findings for different audiences, using a variety of formats and technologies;
use information and research with understanding, responsibility, and imagination.

What is in our library?

Elementary School Library Collection

The elementary school library collection is made up of a combination of fiction and non-fiction resources. It is intended to provide students with reading choices that are engaging and appropriate and non-fiction resources that can support their information and curriculum needs (LIBRLT375 School Libraries).

Picture Books

The picture book collection "supports the reading interests of early primary students and forms the core fiction collection for these grades. Older students may select books from the picture book collection as well, depending on their reading ability and interest in illustrations or a particular author. (LIBRLT375 School Libraries).

Fiction

The fiction section is comprised of a mixture of new and classic fiction titles for older children. The fiction collection is arranged alphabetically by the first three letters of the author’s last name (LIBRLT375 School Libraries).

Graphic Novels

These book length comics are visually very appealing, and are popular with many younger readers. They are organized by the author’s last name, like a fiction book. The most common types of these novels are superhero, fantasy and manga (Japanese comics). Students know exactly where to find them! (LIBRTLR375 School Libraries).

Nonfiction

The nonfiction collection is the largest collection in the school library, and serves students at all grade levels as well as teachers. The nonfiction collection is comprised of books that are written especially for young students and is developed keeping in mind curriculum and course studies (LIBRTLR375 School Libraries).

Nonfiction books are arranged and shelved by the Dewey Decimal System.

Dewey Decimal System

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