Canadian Teacher Librarian Associations Please
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National/Regional
Association
for Media and Technology in Education in Canada
(AMTEC)
A national association
for educational media and technology professionals.
Association
for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada (ATLC)
An organization of educators
and friends of school libraries. The ATLC promotes the
profession of teacher-librarianship and provides teacher-librarians
with a national voice in education and library communities.
Canadian
Association of Children's Librarians (CACL)
The CACL focuses on issues
of particular interest to librarians working with and
for children. CACL administers the Book of the Year for
Children Award and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's
Award.
Canadian
School Library Association (CSLA)
A division of the Canadian
Library Association, the CSLA provides teacher-librarians,
library technicians and library assistants in schools
across Canada with a site that provides access to a wealth
of pertinent information related to the provision of
quality school library programs and service in Canada.
Provincial/Territorial
Alberta
Teacher's Association Learning Resources Council
The Learning Resource Council
of the Alberta Teachers' Association is a specialist
council that provides professional leadership for quality
teaching and learning through school libraries.
British
Columbia Library Association Young Adults and
Children's Services
We are a section of the
British Columbia Library Association. Founded in 1980
our members include librarians, teacher-librarians and
others interested in services to youth in B.C. Public
Libraries. Includes a Vancouver chapter, the Vancouver
Teacher-Librarians' Association (VTLA)
British
Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association
The BCTLA is just one of
many library associations throughout the world concerned
with advocacy, cooperative planning, cooperative teaching,
literature appreciation, resource-based instruction,
and school libraries. Welcome!
Manitoba
School Library Association
MSLA is an organization
of teacher-librarians and others interested in school
libraries. The MSLA on the Internet web page is an online
resource developed by the MSLA for the benefit of its
membership.
Newfoundland
and Labrador Teachers' Association Learning Resources
Council (LRC)
A Special Interest Council
of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teacher's Association.
(Northwest Territories) NWTTALRC
c/o Michell Krause, NWTTALRC President. 6 Perkins
Court. Yellowknife, NWT, X1A 3L7
Nova
Scotia Teacher-Librarians' Association
Our objectives include establishing the concept that
school libraries are fundamental to quality education
and to information literacy, securing recognition that
school libraries must be properly staffed and securely
funded, increasing cooperation between teachers and teacher-librarians
by promoting cooperative programme planning and cooperative
teaching and campaigning for uniform standards of school
library service throughout Nova Scotia and for the maintenance
of such standards at a high level.
Ontario
Library Association-AccessOLA
The OLA is a personal
member organization. Membership is open to anybody who
works in libraries or is a trustee of an Ontario public
library. OLA also has a friends category for those individuals
who are not directly connected to libraries, but support
the activities of the Association.
Ontario
School Library Association
Prince
Edward Island Teacher-Librarians' Association
(PEITLA)
(Quebec)
Association du Personnel des Services Documentaires
Scolaires
For teacher librarians
and media specialists.
Quebec Library Association,
School Libraries Section
c/o Susan Perles,President,16 Cavalier. Kirkland,
Quebec, H9J 1M5. e-mail: doggie2@hotmail.com.
Saskatchewan
School Library Association
SSLA promotes libraries
through advocacy and throughout the provision of professional
development for teacher-librarians and interest groups.
Yukon LTA
c/o Eliane Mulholland. Resource Services, 1000 Lewes
Blvd. Whitehorse, Yukon. Y1A 3H9. e-mail: Eliane.Mulholland@gov.yk.ca.
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