{"id":1752,"date":"2022-02-03T10:38:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T10:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:42:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:42:33","slug":"2021-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2022\/02\/03\/2021-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Roundup – St Margaret Mary’s Secondary School Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

The blog is back! Watch this space for monthly updates from St Margaret Mary\u2019s and St Oswald\u2019s School Library. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a02021 Recap \u2013 What have we been up to?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>eBooks & eAudiobooks<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0\u00a0The library continued to roll out the <\/span>Libby app<\/span><\/a> to all S1 pupils in both St Margaret Mary\u2019s and St Oswald\u2019s school. The eBooks, audiobooks, and eMagazines supplement the physical stock in the library, offering pupils a broader range of formats and books, with accessibility features to make the reading experience more inclusive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Pupil Library Committee:<\/span><\/b> This year, the school library has created the Pupil Library Committee to help provide young people\u2019s voice in the stock and library service.\u00a0 Duties include shelving and organising stock, selecting books to be featured in the library\u2019s monthly newsletters, create and deliver quizzes\/activities, and curate monthly displays.\u00a0Some members of the PLC have also been heavily involved in stock selection, focusing on graphic novels, thrillers & horror, and enhancing our Equality & Empowerment collections.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Book Week Scotland<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0The library hosted a very popular manga quiz for both BGE and S4+ St Margaret Mary\u2019s pupils and St Oswald\u2019s BGE pupils . We were also delighted to have award-winning slam poet, <\/span>Ash Dickinson<\/span><\/a>, deliver a session to Mr Cawley\u2019s S2 class.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

EAL book group<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0We\u2019ve continued our EAL book group this year. The project is funded by the Scottish Library and Information Council on behalf of the Scottish Government through their Scottish Library Improvement Fund, which support innovative projects in the school library sector.\u00a0The EAL project is aimed at pupils who are developing their English literacy skills whilst also placing an emphasis at valuing home\/original languages and multilingualism. In addition to reading books and completing literacy-based activities, pupils are invited to create multilingual signage for the library and contribute book reviews to school library newsletter and magazine. In November, our group met the talented <\/span>Neil Slorance<\/span><\/a>, who delivered a virtual session to the group where he taught them how to create their own comic. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The project also supported the library\u2019s first \u2018Community Languages\u2019 collection, a\u00a0section devoted to books and resources in languages other than English. Many thanks to GCC EAL and Dyslexia Unit as well as Multilingual Library Scotland for their recommendations.\u00a0 We\u2019re excited for the upcoming <\/span>Languages Week Scotland<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>International Mother Language Day<\/span><\/a> (Feb 21st), where our group will be looking at an array of international book awards and festivals for young people.\u00a0On a city-wide level, our group is collaborating with other EAL book groups to create a pupil-led Glasgow Guide by and for pupils. Work on the guide is still ongoing and we\u2019ve commissioned <\/span>Metaphrog<\/span><\/a> to design the cover and background.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Workshops<\/span><\/b>:\u00a0During the autumn, the school library delivered an\u00a0eResources workshop to Dr Moody\u2019s English class. The workshop introduced pupils to how to think critically about using online media resources to their assignments. The Higher English class were introduced to <\/span>ProQuest<\/span> and <\/span>Gale Literature Resource Centre<\/span>. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Library publications: <\/span><\/b>This year, the school library has continued its monthly newsletter, packed with book lists, reviews and the latest news in the YA literary world. An interactive format is circulated via the English department.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The Glasgow School Library service has also continued its quarterly digital magazine, <\/span>Swatch<\/span><\/i>. In it, you can find author interviews, guest features, book lists, crafts, quizzes and more. The upcoming issue will be released in March. Links to past issues are below.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Winter 21<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Autumn 21<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Summer 21<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Spring 21<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Winter 20<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Autumn 20<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jan<\/strong>uary\/February book lists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best books of the year 2021<\/a> – BBC<\/p>\n

Best new books January <\/a>– Book Trust<\/p>\n

Best new children’s books February <\/a>– Toppsta<\/p>\n

Bookbug book of the month January <\/a>– Scottish Book Trust<\/p>\n

Book of the month February <\/a>– Scholastic<\/p>\n

Debuts of the month February <\/a>– LoveReadingforKids<\/p>\n

Great Books Guide 2021<\/a> – Book Trust<\/p>\n

Monthly Roundup January<\/a> – Love Reading<\/p>\n

Top 10 Audiobooks February<\/a> – Love Reading<\/p>\n

UK Public Library Authorities ‘ top eBooks, audiobooks and digital magazines borrowed in 2021<\/a> – Overdrive<\/p>\n

Waterstones Books of the Month February<\/a>– Waterstones<\/p>\n

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Literary & cultural calendar book lists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Veganuary<\/a><\/strong>: Veganuary<\/a>, Vegan Society<\/a><\/p>\n

Martin Luther King Jr Day<\/a> (17th<\/sup>): <\/strong>Book Riot<\/a>, The King Centre<\/a>, Reading Rockets<\/a>,<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Holocaust Memorial Day<\/a> (27th<\/sup>):<\/strong> BookTrust (YA<\/a>, Middle Grade<\/a>), Holocaust Memorial Trust\/World Book Day<\/a>, Penguin Random House<\/a>, Reading Agency (2020),<\/a> Scholastic<\/a><\/p>\n

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In the news…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bookbug Picture Book Prize shortlist announced\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Branford Boase Award Longlist Announced<\/a><\/p>\n

Costa Book Award winners announced\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Games review February<\/a> – Metacritic<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Last Cuentista\u201d wins 2022 Newbery Medal; \u201cWatercress\u201d earns Caldecott; \u201cFirekeeper\u2019s Daughter\u201d wins the Printz<\/a> – School Library Journal<\/p>\n

National Storytelling Week\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Read for Empathy Collections 2022 Announced<\/a><\/p>\n

Tennesse School Board Bans Pulitzer Prize Winning Maus<\/em>, Becomes #1 Bestseller <\/a>\u00a0-Open Culture<\/p>\n

Terry Pratchett Estate backs Jack Monroe’s idea for ‘Vimes Boots’ poverty index <\/a>-Guardian<\/p>\n

T.S. Eliot Prize winner announced<\/a><\/p>\n

Upcoming film releases for 2021<\/a> – IMDB<\/p>\n

What is entering the public domain in 2022?<\/a> – Public Domain Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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