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TL9.2final 33 Ontario School Library Association One Stop Shopping: A Dynamic School Library MEI-LAN MARKO, Teacher-librarian PATRICIA IRVING, Principal, Rideau High, Ottawa. As secondary schools undergo majorchanges in the area of curriculum,information literacy is even more crit- ical to the success of our students. The goal of this session was to share with you, from the perspective of an administra- tor/facilitator and a teacher-librarian, what a vibrant facility and library program could look like. The school profile (Rideau is a large multi-cultural secondary school in Ottawa) and school improvement plan have identified literacy as one of our major initia- tives. The library plays a key role in raising skill levels in the area of reading and writing, information skills, and computer literacy. Our visual presentation provided a view of our library facility itself and then showed our program in all of its facets. We demonstrated some of the strategies we use to address varying levels of literacy. Through the deliv- ery of a skills continuum, student conferenc- ing, strategies for ESL teachers and learners, literacy groups, collaborative planning with teachers in all subject areas, and meaningful assessment and evaluation, we have devel- oped a strong program that is yielding mea- surable results in school achievement. Our goal was also to illustrate the benefits of the teacher-librarian's involvement in key curriculum committees as well as in general school life. We provided concrete examples of outreach activities such as staff training, linkages with feeder schools, regular newslet- ter communications which we feel have helped to enhance our inclusive and busy library program. In recognizing the impor- tance of implementing and facilitating a strong library program, our principal ensures increased use of the school library, resulting in improvement in student achievement. z Boy, Have I Got A Good Book For You ALLISON HAUPT AA llison Haupt entertained andinformed more than 60 librarians andteacher-librarians at this session. Starting with research Boys and Girls Learn Differently by Gurian, Allison underlined the critical need to keep boys reading. She then gave an inspiring, hour-long book talk: Guy Time: Novels for Young Men, Grades 4-9. Allison reminded us that, although we need to recognize learning differences, many of her titles will appeal to girls as well. She also stressed that we must not "dumb down" literature for reluctant readers. Rather, we must find novels so compelling that boys (and girls) will have to finish them. One crite- rion of a compelling book is that it must have emotional content. In this context, Allison recommended The EQ Edge by Steven J. Stein and Howard E. Book. She also mentioned a 1991 Horn Book article by Katherine Paterson, "Living in a Peaceful World." I received an incredible number of evalua- tion forms, and I have never seen so many #1s circled! z -- Susannah D. SSuuppeerr CCoonnffeerreennccee SSeessssiioonn RReevviieewwss @ your library™ K n o w le d g e i s s w e e t