Canadian School Library Day – Canadian School Libraries

Canadian School Library Day / Journée nationale des bibliothèques scolaires canadiennes

Canadian School Library Day celebrates the central role that school libraries play in the education and development of young people.

CSL applauds the brilliant work that school libraries accomplish every single day across Canada. We invite everyone to shine a light on how learning in the Library Learning Commons is making a difference in their school, and share their accomplishments on Canadian School Library Day.

Journée nationale des bibliotheques scolaire canadiennes

Canadian School Library Day 2024 celebrates every student’s right to read, and to see themselves reflected in their reading choices. Over the past two years we have been faced with challenges from people and groups seeking to restrict student’s reading choices, and calls for schools and libraries to remove books from collections. On Canadian School Library Day we stand up for diversity and for rich reading choices for every student.

CSLD 2023 Was All About Speaking Up for School Libraries!

The theme of CSLD 2023 was Speak Up for School Libraries! The previous year had demonstrated yet again excellence in instructional practice in School Library Learning Commons right across Canada as well as the continued leadership of school library professionals coast to coast. Canadian school libraries had also met with significant challenges over the year regarding book banning and other collection development and management issues. In response CSL prepared a position statement, Book Challenges and Censorship in Canada’s School Libraries, in support of school library professionals who are on the front lines of these challenges. CSL also supported library professionals with a guide to developing excellent school library collections, the Collection Diversity Toolkit.

For Canadian School Library Day we encouraged people to share the progressive work they were doing, but also speak out and amplify the message that school libraries make a difference, and that every child in Canada deserves an excellent school library.

CSLD / JNBSC is celebrated annually on the fourth Monday of October.