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From: Gerald R. Brown [mailto:browner1@mts.net]
Sent: Sunday, 4 July 2004 3:11 AM
To: IASL LINK
Subject: [IASL-LINK] Canadian Associationn for School Libraries .. a new
union
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From: Gloria Hersak
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 8:44 AM
Subject: CLA News Release Re CASL
Below is the CLA News Release in text form and as an attachment announcing
the official formation of The Canadian Association for School Libraries.
Gloria Hersak
Co-President
Canadian Association for School Libraries
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
The Canadian Library Association is pleased to announce the formation of the
Canadian Association for School Libraries (CASL) to support the education
and literacy development of
Canadian children. As critical players in elementary and secondary school
education, teacher librarians and others who work in school libraries create
and manage programs that help our youth become independent readers and teach
them the skills to become lifelong learners in Canada's learning society.
As a new national school library organization, CASL brings together members
of the former Canadian School Library Association (CSLA) and the Association
for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada (ATLC) in their advocacy for school
library programs and teacher-librarianship in Canada.
Last fall, after a series of cooperative projects, the Executive Council of
CSLA and the Board of Directors of ATLC committed to pursuing the concept of
"stronger together" which has culminated in CASL.
CASL will:
o provide a national voice for school libraries
o promote excellence in all aspects of school libraries
o provide members with opportunities for professional growth
o promote all forms of literacy including information literacy
(skills and abilities in research, comprehension and dissemination)
among Canada's youth through the formal school system
o unite library and media personnel and other interested parties in
furthering and improving school library media service
throughout Canada
o provide for the exchange of ideas and experience among members
cooperate with internal and external groups and organizations in the
advancement of education and librarianship and library,
information and media services, and
o support and promote the objectives of the Canadian Library
Association.
Without the efforts and commitment of many people in both the school and
wider library community, this vision could not have been realized. We are
optimistic that a more forceful and united national voice for school
libraries in Canada, informed by provincial and
territorial associations and connected to other national library sectors,
will propel school libraries into a stronger and more strategic position in
teaching and learning in Canadian schools.
This event, which has received overwhelming approval of the CSLA and ATLC
membership, has been made possible through the assistance and involvement of
Executive Council of the Canadian Library Association (CLA). CASL is a
division of CLA.
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