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TL9.2final The Teaching Librarian Volume 9, no. 2 34 Helping Readers Read What Writers Write JANE DRAKE, author ANN LOVE, author and teacher librarian SUSAN LEPPINGTON, Library Curriculum Consultant, York Region District School Board We heard from Ann and Jane, suc-cessful authors of several non-fic-tion books (some of which have been Silver Birch nominees). They talked about how they construct non-fiction text, including how they make decisions about the layout of pages, placement of visuals, and the use of conventions such as titles, head- ings, and labels. We heard from Susan about how we, as teacher-librarians, help students to decon- struct this non-fiction text to make meaning of it in the research process. Presenters gave us ideas for activities we can use at the pre- and post-reading stages to teach skills so students get the most out of non-fiction texts. These include identification of main idea, sequencing, predicting, making inferences and evaluating content. What made this workshop different was that we heard two points of view: from the writers and the readers. z --Cheryl Dinnin Curriculum In Action MICHAEL ROSETTI, HETTY SMEATHERS, MARY JANE AGALA, MARG ESAW, LINDA GIRARDO, ANGELA DI PRIMA, MICHELLE REGINA York Catholic District School Board This group of "Teacher-Librarians inAction" shared a collection of collabo-ratively planned units from a variety of grade levels (K - 11!), each of which uses the four-stage research process from Information Studies and integrates Information Studies expectations with grade/subject curriculum expectations. To top off an excellent, absolutely professional presentation, every- one in attendance was given a CD ROM with the presentation as well as all the units, all in Ministry licensed Corel so the CD can be used in any school board in Ontario. Impressive work from an impressive team! You Are The Author Of Your Life Story: Advocating For Your Library KENDRA GODIN-SVOBODA Facilitator, Library & Computers, Durham District School Board This talk was all about passion. Schoollibraries play a pivotal role in creatinglifelong readers and in teaching infor- mation skills. Research from Stephen Krashen, Paul Kropp, Keith Curry Lance, Ken Haycock continues to support information literacy programs in school libraries. Kendra suggested concrete ways in which we can transform our passion for school libraries into action: though advocacy, lead- ership and management strategies. The @ your library program at the Durham District School Board is tremen- dously successful. A Library Conference scheduled on February 12 featured Roch Carrier as a keynote speaker. The message? Literacy is important in our schools. The new curriculum is providing teacher- librarians with the opportunity to make a mark on student learning. Let us show our passion, let us seize the day. z President's Notes Super Conference 2002 was OLA's largest event yet with over 3,600 in attendance. 835 teacher- librarians took part and brought over 130 principals and other administrators to see our expertise and our best prac- tices. Of the 210 events from which dele- gates could choose, over 50 were developed by OSLA. Super Conference is Canada's largest library education event by far and one of Angela di Prima at the Curriculum in Action session