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The votes are in! It was a very tight contest between 6 excellent books, but the winner of the 2023 Northern Ireland Book Award, as decided by our participating schools, is... The Monsters of Rookhaven by Pádraig Kenny! Congratulations! Thanks to all who took part this year!

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Disgraceful, and mirrors the situation of many school libraries. Libraries promote creativity, literacy, & community. They open minds, celebrate diversity & provide access to information for all. Precious resources we should value and fund accordingly! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

The Exact Editions' Black History Month UK Reading List has been created in collaboration with 20 publishers, including Pan Macmillan, Vintage Books, Granta Books, & Harvard University Press. Check out the reading list below 👇 exacted.me/BlackHistoryMo… #BlackHistoryMonth

Thank you Irish Independent for publishing this letter from School Libraries Group, LAI . Expansion of JCSP Library Project has been on 'temporary' hold since 2008. There is no longer any excuse for this shameful failure to meet expansion commitments under DEIS policy. #Budget24 needs to reflect progress

🚨 1 MONTH TO GO! 🚨 ⏰ Time is running out to nominate for our 2024 awards. 🎉 If you know a school library project, partnership, or person worth celebrating - tell us! Nominations are #FREE and close on 1st December. Find more details here 👉🏼 buff.ly/3qu3NHU

Call for Papers and Posters: CILIP Ireland / LAI Joint Conference 2024: Building for the Future. We want to hear from you! Our call for papers and posters is officially open! Full details available at bit.ly/Call-For-Paper… Library Association CILIP

The 39th IBBY International Congress will take place in Trieste, Italy 30/08-01/09 2024. Call for papers is now open and deadline for submission of abstracts is Jan 15, 2024. Don't miss this great opportunity to share your research and expertise. Details below 👇

💥Have you fancied building a #CorsiRosenthalBox but money held you back? 💥 Are you a leader in a school/ community, or in charge of a public space? Based in Northern Ireland? Costs of fan & filters covered by a corporate sponsor! Get in touch asap. #CleanTheAirWeShare

What else could the government have funded with £8m - £250 for each UK school? Books for one, so I'd like to gift £250 of new science books below to a school with a high % of disadvantaged pupils. If you could use them, pls leave school name & county below & I'll pick at random

“The school library is without question the most important room in the entire school, because it contains […] books that no one might expect to find. Books on every subject under the sun. Books that some teachers don’t even know are there.”

Don’t overlook the potential that a well resourced school library & librarian can have on reading for pleasure, critical thinking, academic attainment & pastoral support: kappanonline.org/lance-kachel-s… tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #GreatSchoolLibraries #StudentsDeserveSchoolLibraries

School #libraries are often the only place for children to #access #books and other #reading materials, also #learning via #digital devices 📚💻🛜 with the guidance and support of a school #librarian they can #empower Great School Libraries Education School Library Association (SLA) National Literacy Trust SLA Northern Ireland

School Book Clubs #inspire #children SLA Northern Ireland School Library Association (SLA) Education #literacy #books #education 📚📖

Access to #books and other reading resources in print 📖 and online 🛜 empowers children and protects their UNICEF #rights- The #school #library is often the only opportunity for many pupils in areas of #disadvantage to do so. Libraries NI SLA Northern Ireland Education Great School Libraries

📢Calling all schools 👋 We are inviting primary and secondary schools across Ireland to apply for hundreds of books for their school library, class sets for their students to keep, visits from authors and illustrators, and more! Interested? Of course you are! Join us at 5pm

📣📣📣 ALL school #librarians! Your input is greatly appreciated. Are you a school #library professional currently working in a school library anywhere in the world? 🌎🌍🌏 Please participate in Dr. Merga's survey notredame.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dg…

It is hard to understand why Ireland remains such an outlier in terms of school library provision. Access to a print-rich, professionally-staffed school library should be the right of every child. #SchoolLibrariesMatter #SchoolLibrariansMatter

Guess what's giving us that #FridayFeeling? The SLA Awards are now OPEN for the next round of nominations! 🎉 If you know a #SchoolLibrary project or person(s) worth celebrating, we want to hear about it. Download our guide and apply for #FREE! 👉🏼 buff.ly/3YchMVB

Absolutely delighted to have an article highlighting the importance and role of #SchoolLibraries and #Librarians published in the current edition of NEU NI’s Educate NI. #GreatSchoolLibraries #SchoolLibrariesMatter